Over a million recipes
Yummly blogs
Yummly Discuss
Extensive filtering tools including, with and without, popular, and difficulty level
Dietary restriction and allergy compatible recipes
Ability to post your own recipes

The blogs themselves are very useful for users. Yummly Dish publishes numerous articles on a variety of topics including kids and family meals, entertaining, and how-to's. Yummly Lab includes article focusing on the science of food and cooking in addition to news about the website. Another great feature of the site is the unique filtering for searches. Yummly allows users to filter recipe searches using a slider bar which lets you control how sweet, salty, sour, etc. you want the recipes to be. The filter also lets you choose items to leave out of the search. This is useful for users when there is a particular food item that perhaps they are allergic to or simply do not like. Additionally, an especially unique feature is the Just for You section. This section is compiled by the site as users "Yum" a recipe. This is similar to "Liking" on Facebook and once a user has accumulated "Yums" the site recommends recipes based on the user's tastes. This feature can be great for users when looking for inspiration for future meals. Yummly also allows users who sign up with them to submit their own recipes and promote those recipes on other websites using the "Yum" button.

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The Bad

Submitting recipes
Visibility of filters

When we reviewed the website site we could not see the filters at first when searching the recipes. However this problem is solved when someone signs up for the website. Once a user has created a profile either using a Facebook account, Google+ account, or email they are granted access to the entirety of the website. If a user does not sign up by using one of the methods listed. Recipes are not visible and you cannot search by filtering. Signing up for the site is the only way to see the actual recipes, however sign up is free and only takes a few moments. Submitting recipes is the same. In order to contribute to the website and build a taste profile you must sign up with the website. All in all this inconvenience is small and once a user is signed up with one of the provided methods the entire site is opened up for them. While some users may not want to sign up for a variety of reasons, it is also not uncommon for a website to require this.

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The Bottom Line

We recommend signing up for Yummly. If you are interested in food, recipes, and meal creation Yummly can provide numerous options and articles created to make the most of your cooking experience. The sign up process is quick and worth it for "foodies" who want access to a large number of recipes. The unique filtering and profiling capabilities place Yummly at the top of the food chain.

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Yummms

I love yummly, it's really convenient to be able to browse recipes that only follow your dietary requirements or preferences. Simply googling makes this more challenging. I'm surprised so many people are upset that you have to join, as most decent websites make you become a member. I linked my google account, and now I never have to log in and I've never received an email from them. Plus, how would you save recipes and remember which ones you liked best, if you didn't join? Bookmarks? Not a nice way to browse your favourite recipes in my opinion. The idea of having to leave yummly to read the instructions, is obviously being kind to all those bloggers who want you to visit their blogs rather than just use their recipes on another website. It doesn't discourage me at all that I have to click one more time to read a recipe. How lazy are you people?? I love the food filters, pretty pictures, reviews, and yums. Only problem I have found is that on mobile it often keeps scrolling me back up the list, which is some sort of glitch.

7 years ago

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Dee Orlando, FL

I can put in my allergies, and my diet preferences and automatically get suggestions back that are soy free, dairy free, and vegan. There are options for pescetarian, vegetarian, and paleo. There are also options for more allergens. I can also save favorite recipes and send them directly to a shopping list.

8 years ago

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Shante Reeder Ogden, UT

This is such a cool program! I love that it shows me step by step directions for cooking delicious recipes. I also love that I can cook with my favorite celebrity chefs! So fun!

6 years ago Edited September 14, 2021

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Marcos Ciarrocchi

Tons of recipes, great for looking up things on the go It's beautiful, and I love that it saves my filters so that I only ever see vegan recipes. I haven't tried the grocery list feature yet, but it looks useful too.

9 years ago

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JH Adrian, MI

Duck Duck Go gave me a notification that yummly tried to steal information during set up when I opened the yummly sign in link in my gmail. This attempt was blocked, and I was able to complete the yummly account set up by opening the yummly sign in link through copying and pasting the sign in address in a new tab. There is no data tied to my gmail account that yummly is entitled to access, especially since they do not have permission to view my credit card data or personal address, and yummly did not request access. That's theft. Breaking into my mailbox and opening my mail is a crime, as is opening my wallet or entering my home without permission. Yummly isn't entitled to breaking into my web accounts.

5 years ago

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Excalibur Bradenton, FL

I will no longer even consider looking at Yummly for recipes. How idiotic that one must give them an email address to view their recipes. I did not like all of the questions in the beginning of searching, either, as I can peruse recipes and decide which ones I would like to see, myself. Very sad. If they have excellent recipes, why would I need to give them my email address to view them?

7 years ago

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pdcrct Speedwell, VA

I hate this site, it's absolutely useless, I can never get to the recipes for all the ridiculous questions you have to go through and I never make it through, even though I try to skip everything, because there's ALWAYS an error message. It has to be the most aggravation site on the internet, don't use it, it does no good to try to get past the stupid questions to find anything useful.

7 years ago

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Sam Hastings, FL

I have never been able to use a recipe from this sight owing to the aggravation factor. when you go to the sight you have to answer a dozen questions before they let you get started. I was looking for peanut flour bread, after answering the questions I was told there were over 1,400 recipes. There is absolutely no way they have that many recipes for peanut flour bread.

7 years ago

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Phil

Dont join Yummly, they will send you never ending emails, when you click on something interesting they FORCE you to identify (LOGIN) yourself to the AI. When you unsubscribe and write a reply email to their tipsand tricks address to explain you will find it is FAKE and also they state they have a 4.9 of 5 star review rating, yeah, from their paid employees at a recruitment site called GLASSDOOR..... Dishonest, fake, corporate rubbish...stay away if you value ethics and honesty, cause these folk don't.

7 years ago

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Marthinus Christiaan Kotze

An amazing service. Diet specific recipes and browser extension that allow you to add your own recipes you find across the internet.

8 years ago

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juris magone

If there is log in only access to the website that should be made clear from the beginning. After being taken through some silly questionary (no choice of skipping that) you need to log in or create account or nothing happens. Very welcoming, thank you. The worst website experience I have encountered for awhile.

8 years ago Edited September 14, 2021

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Bonita Ryan

I resent any site that demands you fill out a survey or submit your email address to look at their site. I just wanted a quick idea for some ingredient, while I was cooking, not spend 15 minutes filling out their surveys, only to be asked for your email address at the end of it, or you couldn't look at their site. Time is precious, especially when you're prepping a meal, not stuck on the computer filling out nonsense BS.

9 years ago

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Sally Rector East Carondelet, IL

What has happened to Yummly.com I'm not sure. Since the "upgrade" / change several months ago the site has operated terribly. Many crashes, slow loads, very difficut to sign in, and just difficult to use. I was willing to overlook so many things as it certainly was my favorite site to search for recipes. I left food.com for similiar reasons. Now I see food.com is speaking of a revamp of their site and I might just have to go back to them. Really a shame, this site was great.

9 years ago

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Copper pans Petoskey, MI

I signed up for Yummly and and my e-mail spam file EXPLODED with unwanted e-mail offers. I've also seen performance of my computer drop; occasional slow key stroke and mouse response. Malwearbytes scan is not finding any malware. Curious.

7 years ago

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Dwayne Meier Salem, OR

Yummly "Sucks" just want to view recipes. This page make you pick to narrow down ingredients, cooking method, time, ect. then wants an email to harass you with junk mail. Just want to look at recipes. Will not visit Yummly waste of time.

7 years ago

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T Gilbert Novato, CA

Every other recipe site allows users access without the requirement to login. Why doesn't Yummly? If I really need to exclude some ingredient, let me login and use my profile. But, why not just let me look around and browse?

7 years ago

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Gabriele Alice, TX

Why do I have to create a profile to simply view a recipe. The owners are out of their mind if they think they will get more people to come and visit the site with all of these conditions. I just simply wanted to see the recipe. Why do you have to make it so complicated!

7 years ago

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olderwiser1

This is not an easy to navigate site although the photos are beautiful. Lots of questions, wasted time to log in and check back to your email, and when all is said and done, nothing can be printed. Too many Ooops and Unavailable messages. Lots and lots of other alternatives with great recipes to access with ease.

8 years ago

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Kelly

Next to impossible to find what you are looking for. It asks you a million questions over and over and is too complicated with sign ins and additional questions to be worth my time. If I saw they did a major overhaul, I would try it again, but as is it is an aggravating mess. No recipe is worth that.

8 years ago

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R Hristov

A google search for a recipe would return every now and then a link to yummly. I keep on clicking on it, just to regret it. After asking a million questions, the user is eventually prompted with a log in screen. Bad, bad, bad web-site experience. Pity there is no negative stars. I will try to remember not to visit yummly again.

8 years ago

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D Griffin Canyon, TX

Yummly forces you to answer tons of questions as it moves from screen to screen then forces you to be on their mailing list ... and still does not show the recipes related to your search ... the most appropriate rating would be a minus 10

8 years ago

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Kirianna Russell North Bend, WA

Can't use the website unless you sign up for emails.. Which you then can't unsubscribe from. The option is there, but no matter how many times you hit 'unsubscribe' they keep on coming. Had to send them an email to get off their mailing list. I only wanted one recipe from their site - that is ridiculous.

9 years ago

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Kari Kennett Square, PA

Horrible website...I do not want to download app onto my iPad....but the only way I can view recipes is using the app....when I browse using iPad it gives me a pop-up with no option to bypass. Guess your advertisers will never reach me.

10 years ago

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Johnnie Yuma, AZ

I think its utterly ridiculous to force users to sign up with an email and password to see 1 recipe. Not worth it. Plus the password wont even work if you do sign up. Apps like these are a nightmare.

7 years ago

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Ben New York, NY

This site has gone from ok to worse. What used to be a simple, clean cooking blog meta-search engine has become a bloated cash grab based on other people's efforts.

7 years ago

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SG Northampton, MA

It's crap. Any valuable content comes from other sites. You're betting off Googling and avoiding wasting your time on Yummly pages. I'm going to block it from my Google search results.

7 years ago

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Shari Evers Lehi, UT

Great recipes, a lot of the recipes require too much work. Especially on nights when I am in a rush!

8 years ago

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Laka kuharica

They changed something on the website and I cannot log in any more. Links are simply not clickable. They try to pass it as if it is my fault and are not able to fix anything. So I am forced to quit. They are really bad.

10 years ago

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tereas ciello Stone Mountain, GA

I couldn't get to the recipes for all the pop-ups and filters. NOT WORTH MY TIME. Then I went to submit it, and I'm told they have my information for their use. RIDICULOUS!!

10 years ago

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Deborah Portland, OR

The app is faulty.when I do a search it doesn't bring up anything close to the words I type. When I get yummly email recipes you have to sign in for each recipe you want to save. Very time consuming and inconvenient

10 years ago

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Gabriele R Baden, ON

Used to be my goto app for all kinds of great recipes but this new format with having to have a virtual pantry, SUCKS! Better off using Google! Too bad!

5 years ago

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Trac Beverly Hills, CA

Yummly forces you to sign up with them before you can view a single recipe. They will not allow you to view any recipes until you sign up. Bad business.

7 years ago

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Jacinda E Sandy, UT

I have tried to use their website but they always ask for my email or download their app which I don't want to do. So I haven't tried any of their recipes.

8 years ago

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Landon Robison Layton, UT

Great place to look for recipes. They have options for all types of food. Definitely recommend.

8 years ago

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Piotr

Utterly frustrating trying to find a recipe. Answer a million questions first, submit your email, no password is wrong. AAARGH No thanks

7 years ago

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Brenda Brueggemann

Yummy only puts their own preferences of taste on my yum boards

10 years ago