Have you ever unleashed your inner chef after binge-watching cooking shows? Charged with the new found knowledge, you get ready to whip up a culinary masterpiece. But instead of a delicious chicken vindaloo, the dish turns out to be a total disaster.

But hey, before you rate your dish a 1 out of 10, give yourself some brownie points for trying. After all, you don’t learn unless you try. So we at Bored Panda have collected some cooking misadventures that will make you chuckle and serve up a lesson or two on what not to do in the kitchen.

#1 Forgot I Was Heating Oil For French Fries

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#2 My Favorite Genre Of Social Media Post Is “People Screwing Up Food To A Diabolical Extreme And Then Going “Oopsies!” As If It’s Nothing”

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#3 I Baked You Cookies

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#4 Someone Posted A Croissant On Fire A Year Ago, Here’s My Unfortunate Contribution

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#5 A Lightbulb Moment

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#6 There’s This New Recipe For Black Curly Fries

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#7 My Boyfriend Made Croissants This Way

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#8 Fell Asleep While Cooking A Pizza, Leaving It To Cook For Over 10 Hours

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#9 My Rat Cookies Definitely Didn’t Turn Out Terribly Awry

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#10 I Spent An Entire Day Baking Challah Bread, Only To Have It Stolen

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#11 Do You Think My Lunch Is Done?

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#12 I Think They’re Done

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#13 My Roommate Was Trying To Keep The Bacon Warm

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#14 Fiance Accidentally Left A Pot Of Simple Syrup On The Stove To Burn And Made An Asteroid

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#15 My Potato Exploded

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#16 This Is Why I Don’t Cook

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#17 Housemate Heated Up Meatball Spaghetti In A Microwave And Left It There For 3 Weeks

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#18 It’s My Daughter’s Birthday And I’ve Made Her A Cake. It’s Been Cooling Down In The Fridge. Let Me Just Check On It Real Quick

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#19 Accidentally Left Bagels In The Oven For Five Hours

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#20 I Forgot To Put Water In My EZ Mac. Stepped Away To Change The Laundry While It Cooked For 3 Minutes

When I came back, the microwave was on fire and definitely gave me 6 different types of cancer.

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#21 My Girlfriend Tried To Cook Lasagna For The First Time

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#22 I Tried To Boil Some Eggs

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#23 Just Wanted A Coffee. Now I Have To Paint My Wall

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#24 I Was Really Looking Forward To This Homemade Quesadilla

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#25 My Mixer Took Its Own Life

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#26 I’m Gonna Say I Misread The Package As 350 Minutes Instead Of Degrees, Not That I Got High And Fell Asleep On The Couch

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#27 I Ran Out Of Food Coloring While Making Cookies And Now The Dough Looks Like A Transplantable Organ

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#28 Had A Big Party This Past Weekend. While I Was Greeting Guests I Forgot About The Ribs On The Grill. The Ribs Caught Fire And I Had To Put It Out With A Fire Extinguisher

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#29 Well… Today I Found Out That The Bottom Of My Blender Is Detachable

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#30 Always Check Your Oven Before Turning It On, Kids

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#31 Put My No-Bake Cookies In The Oven To Cool Overnight. Forgot And Didn’t Tell The Wife But I Sure Remembered When She Started Preheating The Oven For Breakfast Pizzas

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#32 Was Searching Google Maps For Coffee But Found This Abomination Instead

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#33 Leftover Stuffing Waffles

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#34 I Tried To Make Bread Using Only Flour And Water

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#35 Smoker’s Lung? Nope. Alcoholic’s Liver? Nah. My Teriyaki Chicken? Yup

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#36 Attempted One Of Those Microwave Mug Cakes. Looks, Uh, Less Than Appetizing

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#37 I Made Eggnog Last Night From Scratch. I Woke Up To This Monstrosity

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#38 A Picture That Speaks A Thousand Words

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#39 Made My Mom A Birthday Cake From Scratch, Only To Trip When I Got To The House

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#40 Have Been Preparing Easter Dinner Since 10 AM

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#41 Stole Sausages While Cooking A BBQ

Our Grey ran to where we had the meat on a plate and he managed to grab a packet of sausages. Saw my girlfriend trying to grab them from him as I sat back and took a photo.

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#42 Rex “Helping” With The Baking

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#43 “Did You Check The Oven Before Turning It On?”

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#44 I Was Out Of Milk For My Mashed Potatoes So I Used Chocolate Milk

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#45 I Have Never Made Burgers Before

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#46 I Was Making My First Ever Roast Out Of The Crockpot My Girlfriend And I Have. After Shredding The Meat I Was So Proud Adding Salt Until This Happened

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#47 My Sister Tried To Bake Brownies Using Her Own Recipe. She Said The Recipe Included Flour, Eggs, Skittles, Nutella, And Butter. All Random Amounts

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#48 That Time My Friend And I Tried To Make Cookies And I Somehow Forgot To Add Flour

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#49 Tried To Make Tiramisu

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#50 Saw A Weird-Looking “Chicken Piece” And Took A Closer Look

Always check your oil before reusing it… This guy must’ve fallen in overnight because I (stupidly) didn’t place a lid on the pot, and I tried to push him out of my kitchen window the night before.

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#51 My Microwave Lunch Jumped Up And Flipped

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#52 Well… Tim Cooked Dinner Tonight. He’s At The Store Buying New Ones As We Speak

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#53 My Husband Put A Plastic Cutting Board In The Oven And I Turned It On To Preheat

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#54 I’m A Terrible Baker But I Wanted To Surprise My Wife With A Fresh Loaf Of Bread. Everything Was Looking Great Until I Cut Into It

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#55 When Your 14-Year-Old Forgets To Add The Water Before Nuking Ramen Noodles And Seasoning For 3 Minutes

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#56 In My Defense, I’m Really High

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#57 Forgot To Add Water To The Pot While Steaming Vegetables

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#58 That’s How Crooked My House Is

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#59 How Not To Cook Spaghetti Squash

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#60 A Liquorice Cake I Made For My Husband 3 Years Ago And I’ll Never Hear The End Of It

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#61 Our Airbnb Had A Brick Oven. We Tried Making Pizza

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#62 Tiramisu My Wife Made

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#63 Tried To Impress My Wife With A Japanese Sponge Cake On Her Birthday… You’re Supposed To Cut This In Half To Add A Strawberry And Whipped Cream Layer

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#64 I Was Really Craving These Frozen Dumplings And Cooked Up Our Last Few For My Husband And I. Got A Credit Card Fraud Notification And Had To Call My Bank. Promptly Forgot About The Dumplings

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#65 Good Thing I Went Into The Kitchen At 2 AM. My Cousin Came Home Drunk And Then Left This Cooking In The Oven

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#66 Came Home To A Smokey Apartment And A Boyfriend Asleep On The Couch. Not Even Sure What These Were

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#67 My Girlfriend Tried To Add Some Sesame Seeds To An Apple Pie

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#68 I Wanted To Eat Homemade Chocolate Sponge Cake. Totally Forgot About The Baking Powder

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#69 I Tried To Bake Bread

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#70 Unlucky Pie. So It Turns Out You Are Supposed To Poke A Hole Into The Tinned Frey Bentos Pie, I Didn’t Know That And It Exploded. P.S. I Am Not Injured

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#71 The Lid On The Black Pepper Maybe Could Have Been On Tighter

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#72 If You Ever Feel Like You Messed Something Up While Baking, Remember That Someone Has Done Much Worse And Made A Much Bigger Mess

Apologies for the image quality – I took this with my phone. It’s sort of like a baking horror picture.

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#73 I Made Some Popcorn. Didn’t Turn Out As Expected

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#74 I Used To Work At McDonald’s. Came In For The Overnight Shift And No One Told Us Pies Were In The Oven. Checked 6 Hours Into The Shift And Found These

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#75 Forgot To Clean The Rice Cooker, Opened It 2 Months Later To See This. Can I Salvage It?

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#76 Buddy At Work “Doesn’t Trust Microwaves” So He Reheated His Chicken Soup In The Toaster Oven

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#77 My Baked Potato That Was For Dinner, 30 Seconds After The Timer Went Off… The Day After I Cleaned The Oven

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#78 My Friend Said She Makes Perfect Steaks

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#79 My Kids Don’t Like The Jello I Made

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#80 Hot Dogs Left In The Roaster For 2.5 Hours At 450 Degrees

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#81 I Was Cooking My Last Two Eggs, And My Automatic Pepper Grinder Opened And Spilled Everywhere

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#82 This Is How My Roommate Cooks Bacon

He then proceeds to stir it with a metal fork. Is this punishable by law?

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#83 Had No Milk – Tried To Substitute With Water And Butter – I Couldn’t Help This Hamburger

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#84 My Roommate Set Off The Fire Alarm By “Cooking”

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#85 I Got A Receipt Baked Into My Pizza

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#86 My Sister-In-Law Put My Electric Moka On The Stove

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#87 I’ve Been Trying To Tell My Husband Our Oven Runs Hot And He Should Cook Things At A Lower Temperature Or For Less Time. He Just Wouldn’t Believe Me

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#88 I Ordered Pizza And They Forgot The Cheese

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#89 And Here’s My Boyfriend’s Carbonara Attempt

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#90 Spent 1.5 Hours Cooking. Dropped A Bowl And Covered It In Glass Splinters

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#91 Our Oven Broke While Baking Bread

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#92 Frozen Yogurt Pops Anyone?

They looked decent at first then freezer burn started to set in. Now they are oozing sore pops.

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#93 You Go To Preheat Your Oven For Your Frozen Pizza, And Open Up The Oven Door Only To Find This “Pizza” Inside. A “Unique Crispy, Bubbly, Golden Brown Crust” Is Right

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#94 Forgot I Left Chicken Grilling

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#95 I Put Garlic Bread In My Oven

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#96 Tried To Make Homemade Spring Rolls

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#97 10 Years Ago I Tried To Make My First And Last Gingerbread House

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#98 In-Laws Invited Us Over For Lunch. This Is What Was Being Served

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#99 Absolutely Failed At Cooking. I’m No Longer Allowed To Use The Oven When Drunk (Everyone Was Safe, And No Harm Was Done)

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#100 The Year Mom Found Out The Thermometer Wasn’t Oven-Safe

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#101 Tried To Bake My Mom Some Biscuits For Mother’s Day, Forgot To Add Flour

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#102 Meant To Do Just A Sprinkling Of Paprika. Oops

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#103 That’s An Extremely Unfortunate Color

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#104 How Do I Cook Oatmeal In The Microwave Without It Exploding All Over The Place?

I made the smallest amount possible, cooked it in the tallest microwave-safe container I have, loosely covered the top, and pretty much everything escaped.

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