# BigOven

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bigoven/  
**Website:** https://www.bigoven.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

BigOven is a recipe and meal planning platform providing access to over 1,000,000 recipes via a REST API. Developers can search recipes, retrieve nutritional information, manage cloud-based grocery lists, and build diet and meal planning features. The API is offered by Aisle Ahead, Inc. and supports commercial food, nutrition, diet, and grocery applications.

## Kin Score — 34.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.9 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **BigOven Collection API** — The Collection API from BigOven — 3 operation(s) for collection.
- **BigOven GroceryList API** — The GroceryList API from BigOven — 8 operation(s) for grocerylist.
- **BigOven Images API** — The Images API from BigOven — 6 operation(s) for images.
- **BigOven Me API** — The Me API from BigOven — 6 operation(s) for me.
- **BigOven Note API** — The Note API from BigOven — 3 operation(s) for note.
- **BigOven Recipe API** — The Recipe API from BigOven — 21 operation(s) for recipe.
- **BigOven Review API** — The Review API from BigOven — 6 operation(s) for review.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bigoven Agentic Access** — 66 operations · 33 acting

## Security (2)

- **Bigoven Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Bigoven Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bigoven Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Recipes, Meal Planning, Grocery Lists, Nutrition, Food, Cooking

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bigoven/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.