Terms of Use

Last updated: October 18, 2026

By using cookclear.com you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

General information, not professional advice

CookClear provides general cooking and food storage information for home cooks. It is not medical, nutritional or professional food safety advice. Ovens, thermometers, ingredients and kitchens vary, so use your own judgment, follow the instructions that came with your appliances, and check doneness with a food thermometer where we recommend one.

When in doubt about whether food is safe to eat, throw it out. If you have a food allergy or a medical condition, or think someone is ill from food, talk to a doctor.

Accuracy

We check our answers against trusted sources and update them when guidance changes, but we cannot promise that every page is complete, current or free of errors. If you spot a mistake, please tell us at ask@cookclear.com.

Our content

The text, layout, logo and original graphics on CookClear belong to CookClear. You are welcome to share links to any page and to quote a short passage with a link back to the source. Please do not copy whole pages or republish our content without permission.

Photos are used under the licenses listed in each credit and belong to their photographers. Embedded videos belong to their creators and are shown through YouTube.

Links and embedded content

We link to outside websites and embed videos we think are helpful. We do not control those sites or videos and are not responsible for their content, accuracy or practices.

Advertising

The site shows ads from Google and its partners. An ad on CookClear is not an endorsement of the product or company behind it.

Search engines and AI assistants

Search engines and AI assistants are welcome to index CookClear and to quote or summarize short parts of a page in their answers, as long as they credit CookClear and link back to the page they used.

Acceptable use

Please do not try to disrupt the site, access parts of it that are not public, or copy its content in bulk with scrapers, download tools or automated scripts. Automated access that ignores our robots.txt rules or puts heavy load on the server may be blocked.

No warranties

CookClear is provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent the law allows.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, CookClear and the people behind it are not liable for any loss, injury or damage arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its content, including anything that happens in your kitchen.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows the latest version, and continuing to use the site means you accept the current terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

Contact

Questions about these terms can go to ask@cookclear.com.