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
Or use the timer function on your phone or smart speaker if you have one.
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My step mom did this on Christmas morning. We were all opening presents when we heard an explosion from the kitchen and she screamed "Oh no! The eggs!"
When we were children (~6y/o & ~4y/o) my brother and I wanted to suprise our parents, b/c we heard them talking about some anniversary (5th year wed). In our logic it was, the longer something is boild the more smooth/runny it becomes. -- one destroyed pot & 4 burned eggs later we both cried, tried to put out the fire and our parents woke up b/c of the smoke and the shrieking fire detector.
A+ for effort, Young You, and young Your Brother. What a couple o sweethearts. 🥰
Load More Replies... WOW! I would have thought the smoke alarm might have gone off before it go to this state!
Perfect breakfast... get them together with the coffee pot person and the turmeric egg person and you got yourself a breakfast of champions
My nephew did this while trying to microwave an egg. He kept putting it back in the microwave because the egg “didn’t look done.” He was in his thirties.
Can someone please explain the benefit of the controls located BEHIND the stove. I mean, you have to reach over boiling pots to adjust the knobs. Genuine question. there has to be a godd reason... I'm used to controls above the oven door, or at least on the front edge.
I think it's mostly because of children and pets being able to turn them on if they are on the front edge. Mine are in the back, and yes it's not as convenient, but I always get that kind because I'm always afraid my big dog will jump up and hit and turn on the other style.
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I have set my kitchen on fire so frequently, because I forgot I was cooking (I'm Diabetic and nod off or just forget) I now use Alexa to always remind me that I'm cooking. Always. FWIW I am actually a pretty decent cook, it's just Diabetes sucks.
A co-worker did this and the eggs explode i never knew that they actually explode. It's like putting a hard boiled egg in a microwave, you have bits of egg everywhere.
I've forgotten the eggs boiling a lot of times but I never thought it would lead up to this eventually
I did that once. But found them before they reached the bursting stage. Was still about a 1/4 inch of water in the pan.
Your kitchen really enjoyed the eggs. It tells me they were pretty good.
I've done this. Put the eggs on and fell asleep. The explosion woke me up. It's a b***h getting egg of the ceiling.
It's too bad someone hasn't invented something that can keep track of your cooking time and then notify you when it's done.
Try doing that in a Fire Station with sleepers quarters upstairs. You are banned from cooking for months and you clean every bedroom!
Yep been there done that. Also blew the door off the microwave trying to boil eggs.
My partner once left for work forgetting he had eggs boiling on the stove. Later that morning he got a call from our neighbor, telling him there was smoke coming out of our house. When he arrived, one of the firemen there deadpanned "Your eggs are done." Luckily no egg-splosion and no flames, just a bad smell & a ruined pot.
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
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
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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!
