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Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from fans and television critics.

In 2008, Empire placed The Simpsons at the top of their list of " The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time ", and noted " King-Size Homer " as the show's best episode, calling it " An unimprovable mix of sharp dialogue, hilarious sight gags and heart.

" Kimberly Potts of AOL Television named the episode the seventh best episode of the show, while Michael Moran of The Times ranked it as the tenth best.

" King-Size Homer " appeared on The Star-Ledger < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s list of the ten best episodes on The Simpsons that represent the comic and emotional scope of the show.

The Herald Sun put the episode at ninth place on their list of the top twenty episodes of The Simpsons, and highlighted the scene in which Homer is seen " commandeering an ice cream truck in a frantic dash to the nuclear plant to avoid an impending meltdown ".

Todd VanDerWerff of Slant Magazine named the episode the show's fifth best, stating " while there are a lot of funny jokes in this episode ( including Homer's fingers that are too fat to dial ), the best thing about it is the sight of Homer, weighing well over 300 pounds, dressed in a muumuu and a ' fat guy hat.

' The climax is a little forced and cartoon-y ... but Homer's weight gain works so well visually that the episode gets away with a lot more than it might.