2025 Taste of Home – Modern Slow Cooker Recipe Contest

Entry Deadline: October 31, 2025
Categories: Recipe Contests
2025 Taste of Home – Modern Slow Cooker Recipe Contest

General Information

Today’s home cooks make the most of their slow cookers—and we want to hear those secrets!

If you have a slow-cooked dish people can’t get enough of, share the recipe and you may walk away a winner! Have a slow-cooker appetizer crowds clamor for? What about a new take on stew, lasagna or ham simmered to perfection in the slow cooker? Let us know! If you created a new slow-cooked side or even a sweet treat, your recipe might earn you the $500 first prize.

What We’re Looking For
– New dinner mashups
– Healthy takes on classic comfort foods
– Trendy appetizers, sides or desserts people can’t get enough of

Judging: The winner of the Contest will be determined by judging all qualifying entrants’ submissions based on the following criteria:
Taste: 25% – Does this recipe taste great with every bite? Does it have mass appeal? Would you want to make this recipe over and over again based on taste alone? Does it contain interesting, yet gratifying flavor combinations?
Visual Appeal: 25% – Does this recipe present beautifully on a plate or in a baking dish? Do your eyes make you want to eat this before you even smell or taste it?
Creativity: 25% – Is the recipe your original idea? Is the recipe reflective of unique twists to ingredient usage? Have you incorporated your personal touch to this recipe?
Crowd Appeal: 25% – Does your recipe appeal to fellow home cooks everywhere? Does the recipe have easy-to-find everyday ingredients and is it easy to make? Does the recipe have a story that will inspire many others to make it?

Prizes / Awards / Medals / Ribbons

1st Place (1) – $500.00
2nd Place (1) – $300.00
3rd Place (1) – $150.00

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