50 Times People Failed In The Kitchen So Badly, They Just Had To Share Pics Online (New Pics)
No matter what Top Chef and MasterChef may show us, the truth is not everyone was born to cook. And it’s totally fine. We find our ways around it, from ordering in, eating out, finding happiness with a way more cooking-savvy partner, and opting for ready-mades and super easy meals a child could make.
The brave ones, however, dare to play games with their cooking talent, or rather the lack of it, and take their kitchen on a ride. Surprise, surprise! Often, cooking fails and mishaps follow, but hey, you never know if you never try. And if you never try, you never learn!
After all, it gives us the greatest gift of laughter because life is short, and if it takes a tray of burnt muffins to make us smile, so be it. Scroll down below and be sure to share our previous features with more cooking fails here and here.
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My 20-Year-Old Cousin Got His Own Apartment And It's Going Pretty Well
Honestly, high school should have a class that's just 'adulting.' This is how to use and maintain the basic kitchen appliances, this is how to do a budget, this is how insurance works, this is how college loans work. Not every little thing, just the first few big things a new adult has to deal with.
The Taste You Can See
Husband's Turn To Cook... I Pop In The Kitchen For A Moment. He Says We're Out Of Breadcrumbs. No Problem, I Say, You Can Use Crackers As A Substitute
My Dough Turned Into A Monster
Tried To Make Purple Lemonade... Got Dirty Mop Ade Instead
The Brioche Looked So Great Right Until I Cut It
You Might Think “Oh, Cute, A Child Tried To Decorate Halloween Cookies!” Nope. This Was All Me. A Grown Man With A Career And No Artistic Ability
I'm Supposed To Bring A Snack To Share At A Work Meeting, I'm Thinking The Beef Broth Gelatin With Hot Dogs And Eggs Should Do It
Today I Learned That A Coffee Pot Can Explode
My Pizza On The Left, My Husband’s... Single Cell Organism On The Right
Date Said Her Favorite Food Was Blue Cheese Pizza. I Guess I Misunderstood Where The Emphasis Was Supposed To Be
My First Time Baking Bread... Forgot The Yeast
My Husband Asked Me To Heat Up The Croissant And That He Wanted It Very Crunchy... I Guess I Nailed It
Is Roommate Shaming A Thing?
Forgot About Eggs Boiling
Forgot Spaghetti With Mushrooms In The Microwave For A Week. Now It's A Floofly Ball Of Mold
Asked My Wife To Keep The Oven On Low For The Burgers. Puts It On Low, Broils, And Forgets To Take The Plastic Cover Off
I've Been Looking For My Glasses For 3 Days. Found Them
Casual Reminder - Clean Your Grills. Burgers And Grilled Pineapple. Sort Of
Grabbed The Wrong One And Now All Of My Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste Weird
Just A Normal Milk Shattered A Glass Perfectly In Two And Exploded The Milk Across The Kitchen
I Accidentally Created Vantablack When I Forgot About My Pizza
Brain Malfunctioned While Preparing Scrambled Eggs
This Is How My Boyfriend Cuts An Avocado
My Step-Dad Keeps Forgetting To Take The Boiled Eggs Out Of The Freezer When They Cool Down
My Girlfriend Told Me She Has Never Cooked The Fish Before. I Didn’t Expect Scrambled Haddock
Glass Pot Lid Exploded Into The Pasta
I Just Wanted To Make Pizza Dough
My 6-Year-Old Son Decided To Try To Microwave Dry Mac And Cheese Before I Woke Up
My Favorite Knife - Defeated By Some Leek
My Boyfriend Used To Unscrew The Red Pepper Flakes' Tops At Pizzahut In Junior High For S&Gs. Karma
The New Jar Of Nutella My Girlfriend Tried To Heat In The Microwave
I Planned On Making Pork In The Crockpot While I Was At Work Today. When I Got Home, I Was Shocked My Apartment Didn’t Smell Delicious Until I Saw It
These Eggs My Dad Made With "A Bit Of Turmeric"
I Forgot This Pizza In The Oven About A Year Ago
Wifey Just Learnt That You Can’t Microwave Hard-Boiled Eggs
Wanted To Cook A Nice Meal For My Grandma Since She Doesn’t Have A Lot Of Time Left. I Didn’t Realize She Used Her Oven As A Pantry. I Usually Pre-Check Ovens, Too
Could have been worse. Here in Sweden a woman forgot she had stored hair spray in the oven. The explosion took out a big hole in the outer wall, a door and several windows. The evacuated neighbours wasnt happy. Luckily noone died.
Nothing Like A Little Glass For Seasoning
There seem to be a lot of glass lid recipes these days.
I Rarely Make Breakfast For Myself, But I Decided To Treat Myself This Morning. I Had To Take Like 15 Minutes To Calm Down Before I Could Clean It Up. I Was So Mad
Don’t Cut A Slice Off Before Baking Camembert
Just Spent The Last 3 Hours Cooking For Family Coming Over... Then They Brought Their Own Takeaway To Eat
More for you then. I would never invite those ungrateful sods over again.
I Just Remembered I Wanted Waffles 6 Days Ago
Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke
Nooo, don’t do that! Mould grows and spread by hyphaes, and only visible like this after a while. Food contaminated with mould should not be eaten!
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You paid for an intact glass - that, they owe you. That, you are entitled to demand. Polite of course, nothing to get salty about, but still, you're owed what you paid for, and that likely is a nonmolded version of that.
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That's what I was going to say. My brother made jam a few years ago from fruits in his garden & almost all of the jars turned out amazing. But a few had mold just like this. We couldn't figure out how it happened since all the jars were new & cleaned properly, sterilized & dried before filling. Kids were all sterilized too. They were all tightened properly & stored properly. But then his gfs grandma cracked the code. She said that this usually only happens when the jars aren't sterilized right. Or if there's too much air in the jar? Not sure if that's correct but that's the only thing we could think of that would cause this.
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The microbiologist in my wants to see what that anaerobic organism (an organism that grows without oxygen) is!
Can be botulism very dangerous. Once I found mold on a commercial can of pears when I opened it--no dents or leaks in the can. Another rtime a commercial can of tomato paste exploded when I punctured the seal with the can opener.
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One of the very clear instructions when doing canning and preserves, is to never touch the rim, lids, inside or items you place in the jars with your hands to keep bacteria from growing.The other is to obviously boil the jars, lids and utensils, and wash your hands.
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Home made jam is always like this, isn't it? I grew up just lifting the mild off every jar. Too much sugar for the actual jam to be contaminated. Never got sick.
Yeah. You're lucky then. Botulism grows like this dude. Which can & will kill ya. It's one of the most harmful to humans. You can do this with things like cheese. But jams & jelly or salsas? No sir. Don't take the chance.
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For everyone curious, jars depending on the temperature and how it fluctuates when they are stored can un seal. This lets in bacteria from the air and little bugs. Then they can reseal trapping the bad stuff in side. TLDR jars can unseal and reseal themselves.
nothing artificial in it - healthier than most - remove mold and it's fine
That's scary. It must have been contaminated before the sealing process I would imagine.
No!!! You can do that with hard cheese, but never, ever canned goods. Botulism will kill you. I have a bachelors in microbiology before I became a nurse. Please trust me on this one.
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Would the store it came from believing you though? Maybe not if out of date. I am not sure if it would harm the rest of the jam. I would eat it anyhow after removing the mould and surrounding area!
that's odd -- guessing something got left in there and the jam wasn't high enough in the jar... that's too bad.. Raspberry jam is awesome... (I make it with pomegranate)
The Oven Just Exploded For Some Reason
Lots of poorly manufactured glass lids and containers so why not windows too?
Oops. That White Thing That’s In Between The Meat And The Styrofoam In The Package? Yea, I Don’t Think You’re Supposed To Cook That
Have you not heard of the 5 day styrofoam recipe..... keep going..... it'll be fine.
And That Was Our Dinner
This happened to a birthday cake I made for my little sister. I was probably about 12 yrs and it sent me right in tears.
When Your Husband Overestimates Your Ability To Use The Grill
I Baked Potatoes With Emmentaler And Cheddar Sprinkled With Glass Shards
A Little Crispier Than My Husband Likes. Oops
Wife Spent 5 Hours Making Dinner And Specifically The Gravy. She Went To Strain It So She Could Get The Extra Stuff Out, And Accidentally Poured It Directly Down The Drain
I Tried Making Churros. Help Me Come Up With The Restaurant Name, Where I Could Proudly Serve Them
After 2 Days Of Cooking Beans, The Pot Explodes The Night We Were To Feast On Them
Today I Screwed Up By Not Checking The Sauce Before Pouring It Into The Pot
The Yeast Went A Bit Crazy In The Bread I Was Making
When Your 14-Year-Old Forgets To Add The Water Before Destroying The Ramen Noodles And Seasoning For 3 Minutes
I did that, but in a plastic noodle bowl. Had to throw out that bowl, there was a hole melted clean through it.
I Asked My Boyfriend's Mom Not To Take The Lid Off The Rice While I Quickly Ran To The Shop. When I Got Back, She Said The Rice Was Burnt, So She Put Hot Water In It
The Bottom Of The Slow Cooker Pot Fell Off, Spilling 6 Liters Of Hot Pineapple Juice Everywhere. The Kitchen Will Be Sticky Until The End Of Time
This Is How Being Dumb Feels, I’ve Never Done Something Stupider Than This, I Could’ve Burnt My Whole House By Just Putting A Plastic Cover Over My Ham Into My Oven
Am I the only one picking up on recurring plastic cover theme? Put it with the blue burgers - no-one will notice.
If You Need Me I’ll Be Crying In The Bathtub
So I’m A Cook And I Spent About Two Hours Making This Salsa Today Only For Someone To Put It In The Sink And Rinse All Of It Out
This Is How My Wife's Chocolate Cake Looks Like
A big dollop of cream and some strawberries on top - no-one will ever know.......... except the 4 million people on BP.
Rate This Pizza I Made With Some Friends
Forgetting A Hot Pocket And Typing The Wrong Time
My Girlfriend Tried To Bake Minion Cookies
Pot Cover That Can't Handle The Extreme Temperatures Of Frying Eggs. Any Move I Make Drops Glass Shards Into My Food
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Make Lemon Bars And Then Drop Them On The Kitchen Floor
I Over-Stuffed My Sandwich, Then Broke My Sandwich Toaster Trying To Fit It In
Put Them In The Oven On Purpose To Hide Them From Kids. Forgot About Them
Of all the places in the entire house the oven sounded like the best option? You dumb.
Wrong Side Of The Pepper Shaker
reminds me of the video of someone using a vacuum cleaner to try to remove the extra pepper from their eggs. the sound it made was like nothing else
I Added Chilli Flakes To My Curry. Turns Out It Was Infested By Weevils. 3 Days Of Dinner Gone
I Tried To Make My Husband Cookies For His Birthday
Blue Waffles. My Kid Insisted
Guys Don’t Cook Shrimps With Red Wine
I Cooked Some Pot Pies Only To Have The Light Bulb Explode Glass, All Over The Top
That's a refreshing new take on the glass shard garnish situation.
This Is Why I Don't Cook. I Forgot Plastic Melts And Put The Pizza In An Oven On A Plastic Tray
I Hastily Chose The Wrong Bottle Of The Fridge And Just Covered My Smoked Salmon With Caramel Instead Of Dill Dressing
Heard A Crack, Stopped It And Lifted Up The Jug. Turns Out The Base Separated
My Dinner. I Ate It Anyway
Red Cabbage Turned My Ramen Noodles A Lovely Grey-Blue Color
My Grandma Forgot The Bread Croutons In The Oven
My Sister Promised She’d Take The Chicken Out Of The Oven While I Took A Bath And Relaxed After Driving All Day
I Put A Wooden Spoon On Top Of The Pot, So It Wouldn’t Overboil, But Instead, My Spoon Burned
Yeah this "tip" is BS. And btw it's only suggested for use when you're boiling something in water
Forgot My Plastic Spatula In The Oven While Heating Up My Lasagna
Here's My Dinner For Work At 2AM (Night Shift). I Was Hungry But I Guess The Floor Was Hungrier. 5 Second Rule?
My 4-Year-Old Wanted To “Cook Dinner.” Damn, Near-Burned The House Down In The Process
My Son Cooked His Soup For 20 Minutes, Not Two
My Toddler Decided To “Help Cooking” Today
I Put Aluminum Foil Down In The Oven To Make Cleanup Easier After Cooking Pizza. The Foil Melted And Got Stuck Instead
Sometimes I Just Don’t Understand My Wife’s Thought Process
First Time Ever Making Waffles For My Husband’s Birthday Breakfast
Forgot To Set A Timer
My Hard Boiled Eggs This Morning
After 60 Hours Of No Power In Middle Of Freezing Winter In TX, I Got Electricity For An Hour And Decided To Thaw Frozen Honey For Rest Of The Day But Forgot To Open Lid
I Got Home Late, Finally Got The Motivation To Make Dinner. While I Was Putting The Dressing Away, My Big Cat Came Bulldozing Through
My Sister Often Puts Eggs To Boil And Forgets About It Until One Of Us Notice The Burning Smell And Turn The Stove Off
My Girlfriend Spent Hours Making A Dinner, And The Lid Exploded
I am really amazed at all these broken glass lids- I wish we could tell what brands so not to buy them!!
Eggplants Should Be Pierced Before Roasting
My Company’s St. Patrick’s Day Lunch
Roommate Feel Asleep Trying To Cook Some Pasta, This Is What I Woke Up To
Looks like he boiled it dry and then poured water in it and decided....okay I'm out
I Was Halfway Through Making A Sandwich
Trim the mold off, wiping the knife off as you go around the block. Large majority of it is still fine.
This Isn't Melted Cheese, It's The Plastic Cutting Board I Forgot To Remove From Under My Bread Dough
1st Attempt At Smoking A Brisket - Happy Mother's Day
I’ve Seen A Few “Fell Asleep” Pizzas Recently… Here’s Mine
Woops
"Brownies" But With Crunchy Peanut Butter Instead Of Eggs
Tyson’s Birthday Cake Baked Up A Bit Stiffer Than I Intended
You have a lovely large cookie now. Put decoration on it and serve it up
Pizza Night Starting Off To A Real Good Start
I Meant To Add Cinnamon To My Oats. Instead I Added Pepper
The Sweet Sunday Cake Cooked With The Wrong Mold
Waited Hour And A Half For Dinner Only For This To Happen
Here's One Way To Get Your Husband Out Of Bed In The Morning
My Coworker’s Breakfast Today
Pro tip: when heating oatmeal in microwave, ALWAYS put a plate (paper or regular) underneath. No clean up if it boils over (it will), and you can still eat it.
Forgot About The Bacon In The BBQ
Well I Guess That's One Less Pizza In The World
My Girlfriend Made This Pancake. What Do I Do?
Dirt Came Up The Kitchen's Sink While My Mom Was Cooking
What Happens When Jordan Says "Hey, Watch These Burgers." And Then Leaves For Ten Minutes. Sorry Babe
Made Pancakes For The First Time, Finally Learnt Which Pan In My House Is A Nonstick Pan
Dad Burned The Roast
Failed Trying To Make Waffles Somehow
My Toddler, Husband, And I Hungrily Waited For The Food To Be Ready, But Then This Happened
As long as the pieces you have finish the puzzle, you're not missing a piece.
I Like To Start My Morning With A Hot Cup Of Coffee
I Forgot To Take Out A Plastic Tray When Preheating The Oven. Note To Self: Stop Storing Stuff In The Oven
So, I Set My Kitchen On Fire Last Night
When You Forget You Have Leftovers In The Oven And Ruin Your Husband's Birthday Dinner
Thawing Chorizo In A Microwave
Whoops, Turkey Fail
After getting through 100 other horrific failure posts I was deathly afraid for one terrible second that you had tried to bake it like that. Then I realized you were just commenting on the fact that the turkey you bought was bigger than your roasting pan and I felt the sweet swell of relief. Lol
I appreciate looking at these. Being a human is hard and seeing other people go through frustrating things is comforting.
Couldn't agree more Gabby. We're all human and have made blunders in the kitchen. I live alone, but I feel like I have early onset Alzheimer's, and even though I don't use my oven for any kind of storage, I always open the oven door and check the inside before I turn it on. Maybe OCD or paranoia, who knows? I figure the first time I don't check, a kid will be taking a nap in there, or my car keys will be in there or something? 😜🤣
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I especially feel bad for the people with things randomly breaking. It's bad enough losing food you wanted through your own mistake but standing there looking at it thinking - but I didn't do anything wrong - is painful. Also these pictures are a reminder of what I mean when I say to someone I'm getting take out or making a sandwich because I can't be trusted around appliances. I have CFS and long covid and deal with a lot of brain fuzz. Some days burnt food or burnt me are the only results that are going to happen and I've learnt to recognise that and ban myself from cooking on those days.
I'll reiterate it here: If you use any glassware for baking especially, try to ensure you're getting borosilicate glass rather than soda glass. Soda glass really doesn't belong in any kind of bakeware. Don't trust on the brand name, since many of them will happily cheap out while riding the coat-tails of their brand name. (Also have CFS, and the brain fog is real. It's one of the worst parts)
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My grandmother tried making some chutney or aachar (not too sure) and the whole container exploded and sent delicious red goop onto the ceiling fan that was moving. Now there’s a huge stain on the ceiling that won’t come off
I’m in strong opioids for fractured ribs. This thread nearly made me vomit. Just scrolled through to let you all know 😆
Me too (though not for fractured ribs.) Good idea when on opiods is relaxing herbal teas with a little honey to taste. Ginger and lemon seems to work best for me.
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Now I'm terrified of my glass skillet lids, casserole dishes and baking dishes. So much shatterproof glass shattered. In food. What the? 😳
My mother once tried making mince with soy sauce. Unfortunately used vanilla extract instead.... worst thing I have ever tasted
I was raised very differently and frugally so I would definitely still be eating the food if the cooking glass exploded into larger shards, I would just take them out- the millions of pieces ones would reluctantly be binned. Mouldy food, I cut the mould away and carry on. I ignore best by dates too. I'm still alive. The only time I ever had food poisoning was from someone elses cooking (a takeaway at that.)
I'm 70; learned to cook and bake when I was 8. The sheer number of mistakes made over the decades could fill an entire book of comedic events in the kitchen!
I appreciate looking at these. Being a human is hard and seeing other people go through frustrating things is comforting.
Couldn't agree more Gabby. We're all human and have made blunders in the kitchen. I live alone, but I feel like I have early onset Alzheimer's, and even though I don't use my oven for any kind of storage, I always open the oven door and check the inside before I turn it on. Maybe OCD or paranoia, who knows? I figure the first time I don't check, a kid will be taking a nap in there, or my car keys will be in there or something? 😜🤣
Load More Replies... I especially feel bad for the people with things randomly breaking. It's bad enough losing food you wanted through your own mistake but standing there looking at it thinking - but I didn't do anything wrong - is painful. Also these pictures are a reminder of what I mean when I say to someone I'm getting take out or making a sandwich because I can't be trusted around appliances. I have CFS and long covid and deal with a lot of brain fuzz. Some days burnt food or burnt me are the only results that are going to happen and I've learnt to recognise that and ban myself from cooking on those days.
I'll reiterate it here: If you use any glassware for baking especially, try to ensure you're getting borosilicate glass rather than soda glass. Soda glass really doesn't belong in any kind of bakeware. Don't trust on the brand name, since many of them will happily cheap out while riding the coat-tails of their brand name. (Also have CFS, and the brain fog is real. It's one of the worst parts)
Load More Replies... My grandmother tried making some chutney or aachar (not too sure) and the whole container exploded and sent delicious red goop onto the ceiling fan that was moving. Now there’s a huge stain on the ceiling that won’t come off
I’m in strong opioids for fractured ribs. This thread nearly made me vomit. Just scrolled through to let you all know 😆
Me too (though not for fractured ribs.) Good idea when on opiods is relaxing herbal teas with a little honey to taste. Ginger and lemon seems to work best for me.
Load More Replies... Now I'm terrified of my glass skillet lids, casserole dishes and baking dishes. So much shatterproof glass shattered. In food. What the? 😳
My mother once tried making mince with soy sauce. Unfortunately used vanilla extract instead.... worst thing I have ever tasted
I was raised very differently and frugally so I would definitely still be eating the food if the cooking glass exploded into larger shards, I would just take them out- the millions of pieces ones would reluctantly be binned. Mouldy food, I cut the mould away and carry on. I ignore best by dates too. I'm still alive. The only time I ever had food poisoning was from someone elses cooking (a takeaway at that.)
I'm 70; learned to cook and bake when I was 8. The sheer number of mistakes made over the decades could fill an entire book of comedic events in the kitchen!
