Cooking for Blockheads
by BlayTheNinth
Adds a multiblock kitchen with a recipe book that shows all food you can cook from your available ingredients.
Overview
Cooking for Blockheads is a farming mod created by BlayTheNinth. Adds a multiblock kitchen with a recipe book that shows all food you can cook from your available ingredients. As a farming mod it concentrates on crops, food, and agricultural systems, and it has been downloaded around 65 million times, which puts it among the options players reach for in this space.
Cooking for Blockheads is built for players who want a tidy kitchen that cooks from connected ingredients. Its kitchen multiblock and cooking book let you craft any meal whose ingredients are available in linked storage, ideal alongside food mods. It is approachable enough to drop into a world and use right away, with little setup required.
The mod is available for Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge, so it fits a range of modpacks and launchers. It currently supports Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, spanning the 1.20.1 to 1.21.1 releases. It runs on both the client and the server, so on a multiplayer server every player who connects needs it installed alongside the server itself.
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Key Features
Cooking for Blockheads brings a focused set of features to the table. Highlights include recipe book showing available recipes, plus multiblock kitchen setup, with the full list below.
- Recipe book showing available recipes
- Multiblock kitchen setup
- Refrigerator and counter blocks
- Cooking oven and sink
- Integration with food mods
Dependencies
This mod requires the following dependencies to be installed:
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How to install Cooking for Blockheads
Cooking for Blockheads supports Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge; pick one loader (you cannot mix them) and install it for your chosen Minecraft version. It is built for Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, so make sure your profile uses one of those versions.
- 1Choose and install one mod loader from Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge for a Minecraft version this mod supports (1.20.1 and 1.21.1).
- 2Download the required dependency for the same version and loader: Balm. Cooking for Blockheads will not load without it.
- 3Drop the Cooking for Blockheads .jar file into your instance's mods folder. On a server, place it in the server's mods folder instead, and make sure every connecting player has it too.
- 4Launch the game with that loader profile and confirm Cooking for Blockheads appears in the in-game mods list; if it does not load, re-check the loader, the Minecraft version, and the dependencies above.
Supported Minecraft versions: 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Always download the build that matches your version exactly, as mod files are version-specific.
See our full mod install guideCompatibility & alternatives
Cooking for Blockheads works particularly well alongside Balm, Farmer's Delight, and Pam's HarvestCraft 2. It depends on Balm, so those must be present and on the same loader and version. Because it ships for both Fabric and Forge-family loaders, it slots into most popular modpacks regardless of which side they are built on.
Cooking for Blockheads has a modest footprint for what it adds and is widely used in modpacks without notable performance concerns.
If you are comparing options, a similar mod worth a look is Farmer's Delight. They overlap in purpose, so most players pick whichever suits their loader and pack.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Cooking for Blockheads mod do?
Adds a multiblock kitchen with a recipe book that shows all food you can cook from your available ingredients. It is a farming mod by BlayTheNinth, aimed at players who want a tidy kitchen that cooks from connected ingredients.
Is Cooking for Blockheads Forge or Fabric?
Cooking for Blockheads supports Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge. You only install it on one of these loaders, never several at once, so choose the one your pack uses.
What Minecraft versions does Cooking for Blockheads support?
Cooking for Blockheads supports Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Be sure to download the file built for your specific version, since mod jars are not interchangeable across versions.
Does Cooking for Blockheads need any dependencies?
Yes. Cooking for Blockheads requires Balm to be installed on the same loader and Minecraft version, or it will fail to load.
Can I use Cooking for Blockheads on a multiplayer server?
Yes. Cooking for Blockheads runs on client and server, so install it on the server and make sure every player who joins has the same version installed too.
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