OSRS IronFood to Level
Rank every food by XP per hour, with the burn chance your level, kitchen and gauntlets give you.
| Food | Avg XP/h | Items | Hours | XP each | Prep (no XP) | XP/h now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cooked karambwan Cooking 30 · needs Tai Bwo Wannai Trio · 24% burn Fastest | 249,236.9 | 69,887 | 51.2 | 190 | — | 196,538.7 |
Swordtip squid Cooking 56 · 42% burn | 198,191.7 | 87,887 | 64.4 | 150 | — | 119,170.9 |
Swordfish Cooking 45 · 17% burn | 189,912.1 | 91,718 | 67.2 | 140 | — | 158,254.7 |
Bass Cooking 43 · 16% burn | 176,494 | 98,691 | 72.3 | 130 | — | 148,337.1 |
Lobster Cooking 40 · 11% burn | 163,497.9 | 106,536 | 78 | 120 | — | 145,884.4 |
Curry Cooking 60 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 11% burn | 146,236.7 | 45,659 | 87.3 | 280 | 61.7% | 130,482.8 |
Cake Cooking 40 · 1 prep step, 0 XP · 11% burn | 143,680.9 | 71,024 | 88.8 | 180 | 36.2% | 128,202.3 |
Tuna Cooking 30 · 0% burn | 136,500 | 127,607 | 93.5 | 100 | — | 136,500 |
Chocolate cake Cooking 50 · 1 prep step, 0 XP · 11% burn | 127,610.4 | 60,878 | 100 | 210 | 28.3% | 116,868.7 |
Salmon Cooking 25 · 0% burn | 122,850 | 141,786 | 103.9 | 90 | — | 122,850 |
Pike Cooking 20 · 0% burn | 109,200 | 159,509 | 116.9 | 80 | — | 109,200 |
Cod Cooking 18 · 0% burn | 102,375 | 170,143 | 124.6 | 75 | — | 102,375 |
Mushroom pie Cooking 60 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 25% burn | 101,307.4 | 65,097 | 126 | 200 | 62.1% | 77,116.4 |
Trout Cooking 15 · 0% burn | 95,550 | 182,296 | 133.5 | 70 | — | 95,550 |
Botanical pie Cooking 52 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 21% burn | 92,008.7 | 71,676 | 138.7 | 180 | 62.1% | 73,401.9 |
Mackerel Cooking 10 · 0% burn | 81,900 | 212,679 | 155.8 | 60 | — | 81,900 |
Anchovy pizza Cooking 55 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 5% burn | 78,164.5 | 70,135 | 163.3 | 182 | 52.1% | 75,113.4 |
Stew Cooking 25 · 2 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn | 77,059.1 | 109,066 | 165.6 | 117 | 51.7% | 77,059.1 |
Plain pizza Cooking 35 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 5% burn | 73,880.3 | 89,263 | 172.7 | 143 | 62.1% | 70,438.3 |
Meat pizza Cooking 45 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 5% burn | 72,581.4 | 75,530 | 175.8 | 169 | 52.1% | 69,748.2 |
Herring Cooking 5 · 0% burn | 68,250 | 255,214 | 187 | 50 | — | 68,250 |
Apple pie Cooking 30 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn | 67,184.1 | 98,160 | 189.9 | 130 | 62.1% | 67,184.1 |
Fish pie Cooking 47 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 11% burn | 60,167.5 | 77,953 | 212.1 | 164 | 73.1% | 53,685.7 |
Meat pie Cooking 20 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn | 56,848.1 | 116,007 | 224.5 | 110 | 62.1% | 56,848.1 |
Sardine Cooking 1 · 0% burn | 54,600 | 319,018 | 233.7 | 40 | — | 54,600 |
Garden pie Cooking 34 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 5% burn | 50,707 | 92,497 | 251.7 | 138 | 73.1% | 48,344.7 |
Mud pie Cooking 29 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn | 47,046.8 | 99,693 | 271.2 | 128 | 73.1% | 47,046.8 |
Anchovies Cooking 1 · 0% burn | 40,950 | 425,357 | 311.6 | 30 | — | 40,950 |
Cooked chicken Cooking 1 · 0% burn | 40,950 | 425,357 | 311.6 | 30 | — | 40,950 |
Cooked meat Cooking 1 · 0% burn | 40,950 | 425,357 | 311.6 | 30 | — | 40,950 |
Shrimps Cooking 1 · 0% burn | 40,950 | 425,357 | 311.6 | 30 | — | 40,950 |
Redberry pie Cooking 10 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn | 40,310.5 | 163,599 | 316.6 | 78 | 62.1% | 40,310.5 |
| Not yet: unlocks as you level | ||||||
Monkfish Cooking 62 · from level 62 · 25% burn Cooking 62 | 199,954.8 | — | — | 150 | — | — |
Pineapple pizza Cooking 65 · from level 65 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 0% burn Cooking 65 | 80,761.6 | — | — | 188 | 51.7% | — |
Giant krill Cooking 69 · from level 69 · 55% burn Cooking 69 | 201,227.7 | — | — | 177.5 | — | — |
Admiral pie Cooking 70 · from level 70 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 19% burn Cooking 70 | 75,234.2 | — | — | 210 | 73.1% | — |
Jumbo squid Cooking 71 · from level 71 · 54% burn Cooking 71 | 201,877.3 | — | — | 180 | — | — |
Dragonfruit pie Cooking 73 · from level 73 · 3 prep steps, 0 XP · 22% burn Cooking 73 | 106,785.4 | — | — | 220 | 62.1% | — |
Haddock Cooking 73 · from level 73 · 57% burn Cooking 73 | 194,699.8 | — | — | 180 | — | — |
Yellowfin Cooking 79 · from level 79 · 59% burn Cooking 79 | 202,306.5 | — | — | 200 | — | — |
Shark Cooking 80 · from level 80 · 22% burn Cooking 80 | 254,702.6 | — | — | 210 | — | — |
Sea turtle Cooking 82 · from level 82 · 23% burn Cooking 82 | 247,024.2 | — | — | 211.3 | — | — |
Halibut Cooking 83 · from level 83 · 61% burn Cooking 83 | 202,324.2 | — | — | 212.5 | — | — |
Anglerfish Cooking 84 · from level 84 · 22% burn Cooking 84 | 268,280.5 | — | — | 230 | — | — |
Wild pie Cooking 85 · from level 85 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 21% burn Cooking 85 | 76,210.9 | — | — | 240 | 73.1% | — |
Bluefin Cooking 87 · from level 87 · 63% burn Cooking 87 | 190,791.9 | — | — | 215 | — | — |
Dark crab Cooking 90 · from level 90 · 16% burn Cooking 90 | 258,630 | — | — | 215 | — | — |
Manta ray Cooking 91 · from level 91 · 15% burn Cooking 91 | 260,417 | — | — | 216.3 | — | — |
Marlin Cooking 91 · from level 91 · 65% burn Cooking 91 | 183,005.5 | — | — | 225 | — | — |
Summer pie Cooking 95 · from level 95 · 5 prep steps, 0 XP · 16% burn Cooking 95 | 82,126.2 | — | — | 260 | 73.1% | — |
| Needs an open fire | ||||||
Roast bird meat Cooking 11 · needs 20 Firemaking and an iron spit Needs an open fire | — | — | — | 62.5 | — | — |
Prep is the share of each hour spent on steps that pay no Cooking XP. Pastry dough, pie shells, fillings, pizza bases and uncooked cakes all pay nothing; only putting the food on the heat pays. A burn destroys the whole prepared item, so you pay for the preparation whether the cook works or not. A dash in that column means there is nothing to prepare; a dash anywhere else means this row has no answer to that question yet.
That is why pies and pizzas lose. A plain pizza is worth 143 XP against a swordfish's 140, but three steps that pay nothing come first, so at level 60 the pizza gives roughly 70,000 XP per hour against the swordfish's 158,000.
Burn chance comes from the wiki's skilling success function, worked out from each food's own numbers at your level. A burnt cook takes just as long as a good one, so the Items column counts raw food, including the ones you will ruin.
Items and hours are worked out level by level, because burn chance falls as you train and a food's rate climbs during the grind. Cooking karambwan from 30 to 99 is about 53 hours, not the 93 you get by dividing the XP gap by today's rate.
Rates assume you keep cooking with nothing in the way, and supply is not modelled: there is no bank input and no gathering time, so a food you cannot get in bulk can still rank high. Tick manipulated karambwan and 2 tick cooking are also out of scope, and both are much faster, so read these as a steady AFK pace rather than a ceiling.
Meat, fish and admiral pies, stew, curry, and the meat and anchovy pizzas all need an ingredient that has to be cooked first. Cooking it is a separate job this tool does not charge them for, so those rows look better than they are.
About the Food to Level calculator
Which food gets you to your target Cooking level soonest, how many you have to cook, and how many hours it takes, across the 43 foods in the table. Burn chance is worked out at every level you pass through, so the answer accounts for a food getting faster as you train rather than freezing today's rate for the whole grind.
How the burn model works
The OSRS Wiki publishes two numbers per food, one for level 1 and one for level 99, and the chance of a good cook interpolates between them at your level with the game's standard skilling success function. The Hosidius kitchen adds a flat amount to both ends, 12 with the easy Kourend and Kebos diary and 25 with the elite, while cooking gauntlets replace the pair outright on lobster, swordfish, monkfish, shark and anglerfish. A cooking cape stops every burn.
Throughput follows the training guide's own shape, 117 ticks plus the tiles you walk: a full inventory is 28 items at 4 ticks each plus 5 ticks of banking, and then the walk back. Real kitchens sit at eight different distances and this tool ships two of them, a bank beside the fire or range and a short walk, so a spot in between reads a little fast or a little slow.
Frequently asked questions
Why does this disagree with other Cooking calculators?
Two reasons, and both make this tool slower to agree and quicker to be right. It walks the levels one at a time instead of dividing the XP gap by today's rate: cooked karambwan from 60 to 99 at the Hosidius kitchen is about 51 hours that way, against about 65 hours from the division, because burn chance keeps falling while you train. It also charges for preparation, so a plain pizza at level 60 spends about 62% of every hour on dough, bases and toppings that pay no Cooking XP at all.
Which of the two rate columns should I believe?
XP/h now is what you would see this hour at your current level. Avg XP/h is what you will average over the whole climb to your target, and it is the one the order follows, because a food that burns badly today can still finish first once you have levelled through it.
Does the cooking cape really stop every burn?
Yes, and it needs 99 Cooking to wear, so the toggle is a preview of the last stretch rather than a setting most accounts can use. The one exception in game is raw oomlie, which cannot be cooked successfully on its own at all and is not in this table.
Is the data live?
No. Every number is verified against the OSRS Wiki and hardcoded, so the page works offline.
Burn numbers, XP values, tick costs and banking distances verified against the OSRS Wiki on 2026-08-12. Static data, no live lookups.