Recipe Rush: free cooking game, put recipe steps in order

What is Recipe Rush?

Buffer is cooking the recipes everyone searches for: tea, pancakes, banana bread, egg fried rice, bread. Tap each recipe's steps in the right order, one tap per step, as many as you can in 60 seconds. Each recipe ends with the logic (or the safety rule) behind the order.

Recipe Rush is a free 60-second cooking game. A recipe appears, from a cup of tea to pancakes, banana bread, egg fried rice and homemade bread, with its steps shuffled. Tap the next step, then the next: the last one falls into place by itself, and a new recipe begins.

Three levels take you from 3-step snacks to 4-step classics and then to recipes where the order is about safety: cooling rice quickly, washing your hands after raw chicken, cooking it right through. Each recipe ends with one line on why the order works.

At a glance

Category

Quick Games

Difficulty

Easy

Play time

1 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Tap the next step

Tap it or press 1 to 4. The last step falls into place by itself.

Three levels

3-step snacks, then 4-step classics, then recipes with safety steps. Every 6 right taps, the next level.

Time

60 seconds. A wrong tap costs 2 seconds and shows the right step.

Score

10, 15 or 20 points by level plus up to 5 for speed, ×2 after 5 right in a row, ×3 after 10, ×4 after 15.

Scoring

Each right answer scores 10, 15 or 20 points by level plus up to 5 for answering within 4 seconds, multiplied by your streak: ×2 after 5 right in a row, ×3 after 10, ×4 after 15. The level goes up every 6 right answers.

The run lasts 60 seconds. A wrong answer costs 2 seconds and resets your streak. Your best score is kept in this browser.

What it trains

Recipe logic

Seeing which step has to come first, and why.

Kitchen safety

Where hand-washing, cooling and cooking through belong.

Sequencing

Putting steps in order quickly, a skill for any how-to.

Strategy and tips

Find the first step

What has to exist before anything else? Boiling water, a batter, a dough.

Heat before food

Pasta and noodles go into water that's already boiling; batter goes into a hot pan.

Finish last

Dressings, cheese and toppings usually come at the end.

Safety has a place

Wash your hands right after raw chicken, and reheat rice until piping hot.

Read all the options

Two steps can look alike; one always needs the other first.

Why play Recipe Rush?

Recipes are little algorithms: each step sets up the next. Seeing why the order matters makes recipes easier to remember, easier to adapt, and safer to cook.

Frequently asked questions