BigOven

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—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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BigOven offers recipe organization, meal planning, grocery lists, and tools intended to reduce food waste.

Pricing

Basic MemberFree · Add recipes: max 50 · RecipeScan: 3 free to try · Nutrition facts: calories onlyFree
BigOven Pro (monthly)$2.99/mo · 25 free RecipeScans upon joining$2.99/mo
BigOven Pro (annual)$24.99/yr · 25 free RecipeScans upon joining$24.99/yr

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Facts

Website: bigoven.com
Price: Free tier · from $24.99/yr
Free trial: Yes
Community: The service supports recipe reviews, comments, and following other home cooks and food bloggers.
Company history: BigOven says it began in 2003 after its founder wanted access to family recipes and a broader cookbook while shopping.
Developer API: BigOven says its Kitchen Cloud platform provides an API for recipe, shopping, and nutrition applications.
Grocery list: Grocery lists can be shared, sorted by department or recipe, and used offline.
Leftover search: The Use Up Leftovers feature suggests recipes based on up to three ingredients.
Meal planning: The meal planner supports daily, weekly, and monthly planning, with notes and grocery-list additions.
Pro features: Pro includes ad removal, dietary search filters, Nutrition Insight, unlimited recipe saves and uploads, and private notes.
Recipe collection: Users can clip online recipes, scan them from photos, save and share recipes, and organize them in folders.
Support: BigOven provides a support knowledge base with recipe-feature help organized by web, iPhone/iPad, and Android.
Web and mobile: BigOven describes its recipe software as available on web and mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.

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