Despite the fact that we all have to eat pretty darn regularly, it’s still bizarrely easy to come across people who can’t cook anything that requires more than a few button presses on a microwave. However, to cut them some slack, motivation isn’t enough, there is a lot of skill involved in making a “just passable” meal, as some of these entries prove.

We’ve gathered some of the worst cooking fails from across the internet for you to enjoy. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and stories in the comments section below.

#1 Don’t Drink And Cook

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#2 Time For A New Cake Tin

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#3 Not The Plastic Melt

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#4 There Was An Attempt To Grill Some Ribs

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#5 I Burnt My Bacon

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#6 Instead Of Cooking, Bro Attempted To Forge A Weapon Like No Other

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#7 When You Ask Your Wife For Crunchy Croissants And She Gives You Coalssants Instead

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#8 There Was An Attempt To Cook

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#9 Plastic Board

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#10 But Were They Good Is The Question

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#11 Had A Bad Day So I Made Some Comfort Food… Oh

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#12 Bacon Wrapped And Barbecue Glazed Justin Biebloaf

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#13 Made Pancakes With A Blueberry Compote And Then Thought It Would Be Fine To Make Scrambled Eggs In The Same Pan. I Don’t Think I Can Eat This

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#14 My First Attempt At Making Sushi

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#15 Guess What This Was

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#16 Put Blue Food Coloring On My Chicken Because I’m An Adult And I Do What I Want

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#17 Someone In My Group Chat Sent Me A Picture Of A “Cake” He Made

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#18 That’s One Way To Propose

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#19 Made My Kid A Mickey Mouse Pancake

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#20 When You Drink Too Much And Make Muffouts Instead Of Muffins

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#21 When I Was A Baker, Someone Left A Loaf Of Bread In The Oven, Which They Also Left On Overnight

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#22 Chickens Legs Cooked With Red Cabbage: Never Again

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#23 The Night My Husband Made Burgers For The First Time. He Set Off The Fire Alarm 4 Times

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#24 My Wife Made Muffins

The dairy free cream cheese did not do well.

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#25 My Friend Made Pizza

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#26 My Husband Insisted This Chicken Was Perceftly Cooked

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#27 Made Homemade Mozzarella Sticks In My Air Fryer

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#28 Making Eggs With A Little Pepper

Sadly I was the last one to use the pepper making dinner night before so this is all on me.

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#29 Tried To Make Some Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes For My DnD Group’s Gluten Intolerant Friend. This Was The Result

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#30 Feta Cheese, Tomato, And Mushroom “Spring Rolls” With Sweet Chili Sauce

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#31 Went To My In-Laws For Dinner And This Is The Chicken They Served

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#32 I Tried Making A Baja Blast Sauce And It Got A Jelly Consistency. This Entire Thing Was A Disaster

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#33 Accidentally Made Alien Food

Rice noodle stir fry with shrimp and red cabbage. Couldn’t look at it, but everybody had seconds.

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#34 My Boyfriend’s Attempt At Making Me Cupcakes For My Birthday

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#35 Accidentally Made Cookies From An AI Recipe

My mom sent me a recipe for red velvet cookies for me to try and didn’t think much of it. I never look at the text and pictures that closely I just skip straight to the recipe, so it didn’t register that it was AI.

The dough was so soft and sticky even after freezing it overnight (recipe said chilling in the fridge for an hour or 2 would be sufficient)! It stuck to everything so much and kept melting that we just said screw it and just put in the oven as one big sheet cookie.

I looked more closely at the website while it was baking and it’s so obviously AI it’s honestly hilarious. The uncooked dough tasted great but trying it now it tastes like a bad brownie. Texture is really weird too.

Anyway check your recipes, folks, or else you might make the cookie equivalent of the Elephant’s Foot from Chernobyl.

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#36 “Grilled Cheese” In An Air Fryer

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#37 I Got Drunk And Tried To Make Mac And Cheese Last Night But I Accidentally Passed Out On The Couch For 3 Hours

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#38 My Daughter Asked Me For A Unicorn Cake

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#39 Too Lazy To Pipe Out Macarons. Baked Them In A Sheet Instead

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#40 My Cousin And I Made Raspberry Marshmallows. They Look Like Raw Meat

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#41 Made Some Fish And Chips

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#42 My Homemade Protein Bar That I Nibble On Everyday During Work Hours

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#43 I Tried To Turn My Cornbread Out Of The Skillet And The Skillet Kept All The Crust

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#44 Little Brother Made An Egg Burger

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#45 First Time Attempting Homemade Ravioli’s

Yeah, I’m never making pasta dough ever again.

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#46 Asked My Partner To Make Me A Hot Dog

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#47 My Dad Said He Would Make Dinner Today And Grilled The Expensive Bullet Steak I Bought. This Is The Result

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#48 My Girlfriend Is Cooking Eggs With Pasta To Save Time

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#49 Looks Like A Piece Of Cardboard

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#50 To Cook Bacon In The Microwave

Started cooking bacon in the air fryer but it set off the smoke alarms. Tried to finish cooking it in the microwave but got sidetracked.

That started out as 3 strips of bacon. The 2 pieces you can’t make out were disintegrated. Only had eggs and one piece of (delicious, well done!) bacon that morning.

The odor is still there a week later.

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#51 This Burnt Turkey

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#52 In Case You Ever Wondered What Happens When You Turn The Microwave On But Forget To Put Something In It

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#53 Tried To Make Chicken Pot Pies

No idea if it was Pyrex or not. Thought the noise was the racks settling, but guess not. Not our place as we were staying at a friend’s in-law suite.

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#54 Do Not Attempt To Replace The Flour In A Cookie Recipe With Protein Powder

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#55 What Am I Doing Wrong?

Made chicken in the sous vide for the first time. I thought it was supposed to be juicy.

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#56 French Onion Soup

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#57 My Brother Cooked Shepherd’s Pie (My Favorite), But Didn’t Use An Oven Safe Dish

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#58 I Tried Cooking A Corn Dog In Oil For The First Time. Never Again

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#59 Fiancé Spent 4 Hours Preparing Soup From Scratch, Only For The Glass Bowl To Break In The Soup

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#60 I Cooked Lobster For My Wife For Valentine’s Day

Her lobster was fine while I just had potatoes, asparagus and wine. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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#61 When The Wife Cooks Salt Potatoes

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#62 Burnt My Pizza. If You Have Any Ideas On How To Get The Smell Out Of Everything, Let Me Know

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#63 I Think This Counts As A Hate Crime In The South

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#64 Did You Forget To Take The Plastic Off The Cheese

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#65 Forgot To Add Cocoa Powder To Brownie Recipe

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#66 Made That Cheese And Onion Sandwich From That British Pub For Lunch

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#67 A Cake Baked Inside Of A Pumpkin

It was draining onto the dessert table. I’m sorry in advance for your nightmares.

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#68 I Tried Making Dumplings

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#69 My Friend’s Dinner. He Says Seasoning Food “Just Isn’t Necessary”

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#70 Morning Waffles Did Not Go As Expected

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#71 About To Call The Family To Dinner When The Pot Broke

Boiling hot zuppa tuscana all over the stove, behind the stove, under the stove, and all over the floor.

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#72 I Tried Making Soup For Mother’s Day

It was my first time making soup. Will not attempt again.

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#73 My Sister Followed The 4.8 Star Fried Rice Recipe As Written. 1 Cup Rice To 12 Cups Water Boiled For 30 Minutes, Strained, Then Steamed For 10 Minutes

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#74 My Wife Tried To Make Cinnamon Toast. She’s Not Allowed Near The Oven Anymore

This was quite a few years back and she’s still banned from the kitchen.

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#75 Fried Egg But I Put The Oil After The Egg

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#76 Sister Accidentally Defrosted Chili Instead Of Spaghetti Sauce. Slapped A Slice Of Cheddar In There And Now It’s Mexican Spaghetti

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#77 I Guess That’s Why It’s Called Ground Chicken

I just cooked and seasoned it, 3 servings were supposed to go in the fridge.

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#78 Wife Is Boiling Burgers. Please Help Us Settle This

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#79 This Dinner Took Me 30 Minutes To Make And The Oven Light Bulb Shattered

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#80 I’m 52 And Still Can’t Boil Or Peel An Egg Right

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#81 Yesterday’s Roast At MIL’s. Heard A Loud Crack In The Oven

Roast dinner at the mother in law’s is always a game of chance, but this was unexpected. Poor luck and divine intervention all at the same time.

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#82 Well Thats Half My Dinner In The Sink

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#83 I Can’t Get Pancakes Right For Some Reason

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#84 My Mom’s Fat-Free, Carb-Free “Bread”

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#85 Girlfriend Is Out Of Town, So I “Cooked”. It Ain’t That Good

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#86 There Was An Attempt To Cook Brownies As A High Altitude

Made from scratch brownies following Martha Stewart and snoop dogs bow wow recipe. Forgot I was visiting my sister in the mountains of Colorado.

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#87 Mother In Law Made Aunt Bethany’s Jello

Didn’t expect anyone to go for it. I did to force my brother in laws hands.

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#88 I Have Wildly Miscalculated My Pasta To Sauce Ratio

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