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24 alternatives to Making Better Hamburgers With Science: A Conversation With J. Kenji López-Alt

A chat with the guy behind The Food Lab

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Making Better Hamburgers With Science: A Conversation With J. Kenji López-Alt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Momentum Machines▲69

   Gourmet Hamburger-making Robots: The Next Gen of Fast Food

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Recursive Recipes – directions to make food from scratch▲250

   2018 · recursive.recipes · its alternatives →

3. 3RA
   Recipelab, a simple nutrition calculator / recipe analyzer▲46

   2016 · recipelab.org · its alternatives →

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   Maker Hunt▲268

   The knowledge-sharing community for Product Hunt makers

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Mellow▲151

   The robotic sous-chef for home cooks

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Kerfuffle - The Idea Machine▲61

   Getting ideas and what gets in the way

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Spoon University▲87

   Food network for next generation.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CARROT Hunger▲87

   A judgemental calorie counter

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Yood!▲115

   Yo for food

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Parsly▲75

    Recipe and grocery intelligence

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bakey's▲213

    Edible cutlery

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss▲62

    A conversation/debate/trading of ideas

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Take Off With Elixir▲61

    An Introduction to Elixir

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Dim Sum Field Guide▲62

    A taxonomy of dumplings

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Nom▲98

    Twitch for food lovers!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    RecipeWriter – An editor to write recipes▲48

    2014 · cucumbertown.com · its alternatives →

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    Ramen▲115

    Share your ideas and learn from your peers

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Buffer CultureLab - Superpower Values▲110

    The Buffer team shares lessons learned about culture + work

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    FarmLogs▲118

    Data Driven Farming

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tech Soup: A Look Inside Campbell's Test Kitchen▲55

    How does an iconic food brand evolve itself?

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Forks Over Knives▲76

    Recipe App from the Groundbreaking Documentary

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Tasted▲74

    Your voice-enabled cooking companion

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    An attempt to measure fermentation activity from the sound of bubbles▲27

    2017 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →

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    Icebergs▲80

    Visual organization for creative minds

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →