Time spent cooking a weeknight meal in the U.S. 2019, by duration

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Jun 14, 2022
A survey conducted by Kitchen Stories in 2019 investigated the cooking habits of people living in the United States (U.S.). It was found that 50 percent of the respondents were happy to spend between 30 and 60 minutes cooking a weeknight meal. About 41 percent of the people interviewed, instead, preferred investing less than 30 minutes cooking during the week.

On average, how much time are you happy to spend cooking a weeknight meal?

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Less than 30 min 41.43%
30 - 60 min 50.17%
More than an hour 8.4%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents41.43%41.43%50.17%50.17%8.4%8.4%Less than 30 min30 - 60 minMore than an hour
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December 2019

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United States

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2019

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