No. 38 overallNo. 6 in Wealth, Luxury & Lifestyle
Cook's Illustrated
Rigorous, ad-free recipe testing. Few magazines are more trusted by home cooks.
84.6out of 1002026 score
Visit americastestkitchen.com2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 8.8
- Influence20%
- 8.3
- Trust & transparency15%
- 9.3
- Design & craft15%
- 7.6
- Digital experience15%
- 8.4
- Reach10%
- 8.0
8.8 × 25% + 8.3 × 20% + 9.3 × 15% + 7.6 × 15% + 8.4 × 15% + 8.0 × 10% = 84.6
At a glance
- Founded
- 1993
- Publisher
- America's Test Kitchen
- Ownership
- America's Test Kitchen has been majority owned by brand company Marquee Brands since 2023. Its sister title Cook's Country stopped its print edition after the October/November 2025 issue; Cook's Illustrated continues in print.
- Based in
- Boston, United States
- Published
- Six issues a year
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- americastestkitchen.com
Ranking history
How Cook's Illustrated has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 38 | No. 6 in Wealth, Luxury & Lifestyle | 84.6 | First edition |
About the magazine
Cooking magazine from America's Test Kitchen that publishes recipes and reviews of equipment and ingredients based on kitchen testing. It carries no advertising.
Sources for these facts
- foundeden.wikipedia.org
- publisher and no advertisingamericastestkitchen.com
- cityamericastestkitchen.com
- frequencysupport.americastestkitchen.com
- Marquee Brands ownershipmarqueebrands.com
- Cook's Country print endedsupport.americastestkitchen.com
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