Not to worry mainesoul, you aren't losing your mind. The new contest was accidentally live very briefly this morning, and quickly taken down. We had planned to launch today, but had a few kinks to work out—fingers crossed it launches tomorrow!
I'm looking forward to the contests coming back too. @Food52, is there timeline for when the new 'n' improved contests will launch? I miss new, inspired recipes from the community! Cheers!
I'm relieved that the contest is to be resumed. It is IMHO the best internet cooking contest. The quality of entries is excellent and the fact that the shortlisted recipes are tested is great.
I'm relieved that the contest is to be resumed. It is IMHO the best internet cooking contest. The quality of entries is excellent and the fact that the shortlisted recipes are tested is great.
Some recipes have unusual ingredients with a short season (specialized citrus ramps); these are disadvantaged by the contest cycle, which may originate well in advance of availability. For example, a contest for the holiday season is timed for October so that the vote can come about a month later and still be relevant by late December/early January. It may not be fixable; I'm just pointing out some of the limitations.
I'm happy that the contests are being re examined, just to see what a change might bring. I wish there was a little more time to test, since Community Picks often seem to coincide with a busy few days in our household, especially if an unusual ingredient has to be gatherered.
I too would like to see a longer time period for testing. I have not been able to test any recipes yet because I plan my menu out a week or two at a time and can only make quick recipes or ones that can be mostly made in advance on week nights.
What new contest page? I'm on this site nearly every day and I have yet to see any mention or link to a new contest page.
What was wrong with the contests? Smells like you're revamping the whole thing and cutting out the contests. It would be better to just say so.
And while we're at it. If "Community Picks" are a result of contests - i.e., recipes that are/have been considered for finalists, then there should be a different name for recipes contributed by staff and guest writers. They were not chosen by the community - not to mention that some of them don't even work!!!
We're not cutting out the contests! The contest page is still right at the top (or here: https://food52.com/contests). We haven't talked about its snazzy visual refresh yet because we're waiting until a new contest gets going, so we can tell people how to get involved. And, because, as you can see from inpatskitchen's comment, we're still working out a couple of kinks.
Also, we absolutely want to know when a recipe has issues and appreciate hearing about it, you can always reach us at [email protected], it's a faster, more direct way to let us know than adding a comment to a recipe.
Hi mainesoul, we took some time off the contests and are working on making them the best they can be (and we also launched a whole new contest page, which you should check out if you haven't gotten to yet!). The contests will be back soon!
Hi Lindsay-Jean! I've seen the new contest page and even wrote the editors about it. The recipes listed as "community picks" aren't...any time frame for when this will be fixed?
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What was wrong with the contests? Smells like you're revamping the whole thing and cutting out the contests. It would be better to just say so.
And while we're at it. If "Community Picks" are a result of contests - i.e., recipes that are/have been considered for finalists, then there should be a different name for recipes contributed by staff and guest writers. They were not chosen by the community - not to mention that some of them don't even work!!!
Also, we absolutely want to know when a recipe has issues and appreciate hearing about it, you can always reach us at [email protected], it's a faster, more direct way to let us know than adding a comment to a recipe.