WhichMealKit| Service | Its quickest choice | Oven-ready |
|---|---|---|
| Gobble Price shown during sign-up | Every recipe is designed to be on the table in 15 minutes, with the prep done by its sous chefs. Upcoming menus and Home page | Not on the pages we read |
| HelloFresh Three dinners for two: $70.93–$79.93 with shipping, checked 8 Oct 2026 | A Quick & Easy plan of recipes in 20 minutes or less, and a “20 Min or Less” section on its weekly menu. Prepared Meal Delivery and This week’s menu | Prep & Bake recipes among its 60+ weekly recipes. Prepared Meal Delivery |
| Sunbasket Price shown in its cart | A filter on its menu for dinners under 20 minutes. Menu | Not on the pages we read |
| Home Chef Three dinners for two: from $47.94 before shipping, checked 8 Oct 2026 | Express meal kits that come together in under 30 minutes. Our menus | Oven-Ready kits with the ingredients chopped, to assemble in an oven-safe tin. Our menus and Oven Ready |
| EveryPlate Three dinners for two: from $41.94 before shipping, checked 5 Oct 2026 | A Quick & Easy plan of meals ready in 30 minutes or less. Menus and plans | Not on the pages we read |
| Dinnerly Three dinners for two: $83.92 with shipping, checked 5 Oct 2026 | Each recipe on its menu shows a time range, some as short as 15 to 20 minutes. Menu | Not on the pages we read |
| Marley Spoon Three dinners for two: $93.92 with shipping, checked 5 Oct 2026 | Each recipe on its menu shows a time range, such as 20 to 30 minutes. Menu | Not on the pages we read |
| Green Chef Price after you enter a ZIP code | A Quick & Easy plan of its fastest recipes; the page gives no time. Plan picker | Not on the pages we read |
| Blue Apron Priced dish by dish | Not on the pages we read | Oven-ready meals made for sharing, which serve the whole family. Menu |
What the times mean
Each time is the service’s own estimate for its recipe card. Marley Spoon and Dinnerly print a range on every recipe, such as 20 to 30 minutes, so you can pick the short ones from any week’s menu. Gobble’s 15 minutes rests on prep its kitchen has already done before the box ships.
Oven-ready kits
Home Chef’s Oven-Ready kits come with the ingredients chopped and an oven-safe tin to assemble them in: “No Prep, No Mess”, Home Chef says. HelloFresh puts Prep & Bake recipes on its weekly menu beside its usual kits, and Blue Apron sells oven-ready meals made for sharing, one dish at a time.
Faster still
Meals to heat skip the cooking altogether: Factor says its meals take two minutes in the microwave. Prepared meal delivery compares every service’s single meals, and meal kits vs prepared meals how the two fit a week.
Compare
HelloFresh vs Home Chef sets a 20-minute plan against 30-minute Express kits, both with an oven-ready choice, and EveryPlate vs Home Chef the two 30-minute choices. The Gobble page gives its boxes, cutoff and how to skip or cancel.