Recipe Suitability Scorer

Your score is a weighted total of four sub-scores: Time Fit (35%), Skill Fit (35%), Equipment Fit (15%), and Variety Fit (15%). Time Fit compares your Available Time to the recipe’s Active Time; Skill Fit compares your Cooking Skill to the recipe’s Difficulty; Equipment Fit applies a penalty based on how well your kitchen matches; Variety Fit rewards novelty and reduces repeat patterns. After that, the final score is clamped to 0–100 and adjusted by a few practical “override” rules (like missing key equipment).

This tool uses simplified levels for skill and equipment, so it’s best for quick planning—not precise judgments of technique. Active time is treated differently from passive time (waiting, rising, resting), so a recipe with lots of hands-off time may still score low if its active time is high. Variety depends on recent meal patterns (cuisine/protein/style), so your inputs there meaningfully change the result.

If your Available Time is short by more than 15 minutes, the score caps at 49 even if other factors look good. If the recipe difficulty is 2 or more levels above your skill, the score caps at 69 unless you choose to seek a challenge. And if Equipment Fit is set to “missing key tool,” the final score is capped at 59—useful when you’re trying to avoid getting stuck mid-cook.

The calculator intentionally ignores ingredient availability, cost, nutrition, dietary restrictions, and taste preferences—so a high score doesn’t guarantee the recipe fits your pantry or diet. It also assumes the recipe is otherwise acceptable in flavor and overall fit. Use the Fit Breakdown and Burnout Risk Flag to guide your decision, then sanity-check ingredients and constraints before cooking.