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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.

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

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

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

Cooking isn’t just following recipes, it’s a subtle dance of timing, technique, and taste. And yet, with all the visibility of cooking shows and online tutorials, far too many remain intimidated enough that they never even start. Part of the reason is sheer complexity: even a humble stir-fry involves chopping vegetables of uniform size, measuring oil temperature, and managing stirring, seasoning, and heat adjustment all at once.

To a newcomer, it may seem like operating a tiny kitchen airplane without ever having learned to fly. Time constraint is an additional challenge. After a long day at work or school, the last thing many people want to do is hover around a stove peeling potatoes or de-stemming kale. To the instant satisfaction of a frozen meal or food-delivery service, cooking appears an onerous task.

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

#5 Don’t Drink And Cook

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

When life gets busy, the mental bandwidth to cook, shop for single ingredients, and then navigate a multi-step recipe evaporates. It’s simpler, psychologically as well as physically, to click “Order” than to worry about soup.

#7 Bacon Wrapped And Barbecue Glazed Justin Biebloaf

#8 There Was An Attempt To Cook

#9 There Was An Attempt To Grill Some Ribs

Failure is ever-present in the mind of every amateur cook. Burned rice, undercooked chicken, or a curdled sauce can be dishearteningly irreversible, too expensive to waste and too time-consuming to redo. Even small mistakes confront issues of self-esteem: “If I couldn’t even successfully make spaghetti without burning the garlic, how will I ever be able to tackle anything more complex?” Without early successes to cement self-confidence, most give up before they give themselves a fair chance.

#10 My First Attempt At Making Sushi

#11 My Husband Insisted This Chicken Was Perceftly Cooked

#12 Plastic Board

Logistical obstacles are also involved. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a decent-sized kitchen. Small apartments, communal living arrangements, or limited counter space create meal preparation an infuriating puzzle. When the only cooking surface is one solitary hot plate, or the only knife is dull, even the most enthusiastic learner can become frustrated very fast.

#13 I Burnt My Bacon

#14 Not The Plastic Melt

#15 My Daughter Asked Me For A Unicorn Cake

Add to that the requirement of buying and storing a multitude of spices and staples, typically in wasteful amounts for one or two people, and the whole project can look out of money and out of room. Cultural and family traditions are another factor to consider. Children raised in households where someone else cooked may never pick up the habit or even consider it their responsibility to do so.

#16 Accidentally Made Alien Food

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

#17 Made My Kid A Mickey Mouse Pancake

#18 That’s One Way To Propose

Seeing a parent or guardian get dinner ready with ease can inadvertently perpetuate the myth that cooking is someone else’s responsibility. Without being exposed to the process regularly, measuring, testing, adjusting, cooking abilities never develop, and the self-imposed gap between “chef” and “non-chef” widens.

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

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

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

Finally, the real recipe itself can be a hindrance. Most recipes assume some familiarity with some of the words like “deglaze,” “sauté,” or “blanch,” and leave novices wondering where to begin. Ambiguous timings (“cook until golden”) and vague ingredient lists (“salt and pepper, to taste”) give little concrete instruction. Even a single ambiguous step is sufficient to leave a beginner on hold, discouraging future tinkering.

#22 But Were They Good Is The Question

#23 Guess What This Was

#24 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.

But cooking remains one of the most gratifying life skills, one that nourishes body and soul. Overcoming these obstacles tends to start small: mastering one easy dish, investing in a quality knife, or observing a video tutorial in real-time.

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

#26 Time For A New Cake Tin

#27 My Friend Made Pizza

Seeing tiny victories, perfectly boiled eggs, a nicely seared pan vegetable, or dessert that is capable of standing, can lead to a sense of ability and interest. With patience, practice, and an ability to stomach the occasional kitchen disaster, even the most unwilling of beginners can learn to master the cooking skills, and discover that what was once the source of dread can become a haven of comfort and creativity instead.

#28 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 s***w 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.

#29 This Burnt Turkey

#30 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

#31 My Wife Made Muffins

The dairy free cream cheese did not do well.

#32 Made Homemade Mozzarella Sticks In My Air Fryer

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

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

#35 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.

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

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

#38 “Grilled Cheese” In An Air Fryer

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

#40 Chickens Legs Cooked With Red Cabbage: Never Again

#41 I Tried Making Dumplings

#42 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.

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

#44 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!

#45 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.

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

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

#48 Made Some Fish And Chips

#49 Little Brother Made An Egg Burger

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

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