Many things can happen in the kitchen, but not everything you plan turns out perfect each time, even for pros.
For first-timers, it can be frustrating to learn how to cook even the simplest recipe when you don’t know how to operate the appliances. And it’s easy to see overcooked dishes if you don’t set the timer right.
Pepper shaker lids coming off have even happened a lot of times. Prepared food going to the floor? We’ve seen that too.
Cooking can drain your energy if you are not extra careful. You may end up with nothing to eat when you don’t get the recipe right, or at least the cooking.
Here are 65 kitchen fails that people encountered at their first attempts, and other times they just felt it’s a good day to cook.
1. Roasted eggplant with a melted knife
The eggplant may still be eaten. They roasted it well. However, what is unexpected is the melted knife on the side.
How come this happened?
2. Cake in the rice cooker
The person must have found it interesting to bake a cake in the rice cooker. Who wouldn’t try it if you don’t have an oven?
Well, the result is disappointing. We will just wait for a much better-looking rice cooker cake to convince us.
3. Grilled cheese with paper
Seeing how perfect-looking the toast is, you’d be very excited to take a bite right away, especially if it’s your dad who cooked it. But wait, you discovered something that shouldn’t be there inside.
Cheese with its paper unremoved? Really? Dad must have thought the paper is edible.
No, this is not part of interior design. The red splatter is from a jar of tomato that somewhat exploded.
Before they continue with meal prep, they need to clean up first.
To successfully cook your dish, it is imperative to have the right pan. Quality is an important thing to consider to avoid melting the pan.
It must be butter that you’re melting and not the pan itself.
It is the best decision to go healthy. This includes drinking a healthy smoothie made of fruits or vegetables.
But, this didn’t turn out right. They must have added everything nutritious and green that they found in the fridge. They better be drinking water than gulp this smoothie.
7. Far from the cakespiration
A GF is being extra sweet to bake a hedgehog cake for inspiration. Right off the bat, she gets a very clear picture of reality vs. expectation.
Better luck next time! Well, the cat is more excited to try it.
This is somebody’s first attempt at lemon tea. The result looks bad and for sure it doesn’t smell good too.
It looks like it took several hours in the crockpot and water wasn’t adequate. Quantity and time must not be ignored when cooking.
At first sight, you’ll easily mistake these as sticks. They really look like sticks, extra large crispy breadsticks.
Can we even take a bite of this one without losing a tooth?
Somebody’s wife tries baking a banana bread. But wait, what happened in here? The result doesn’t even look like it’s banana bread.
11. Pizza or board cutter?
Somebody’s too excited to try the newly-bought pizza cutter. It’s really unexpected to see this kind of surprise though.
This must be a very high-quality product that they bought. Or is it the board that’s thin crust?
Cupcakes usually look delicious at first sight that you cannot wait to take a bite. Yet, this batch of cupcakes doesn’t look appetizing.
A better way to decorate the cupcake is suggested in this.
A wife wants to be extra thoughtful by baking her husband a birthday cake. But, this disaster happened. She adds the frosting without letting the cake cool first.
The husband can only hope for a better cake on his next birthday.
It’s hilarious how many people fail at making a cheese toast. I didn’t know that a simple-looking snack can be so tricky to cook.
From the looks of it, the problem is the right timing and right temperature.
Forgetting to remove the plastic that comes with cheese slices when making cheese toast or sandwich is not only a common thing that happens at home.
The diner can only look at her sandwich in disappointment after realizing that there’s still a plastic wrapper. She has already eaten half of it, so she can just remove it herself and remind the cook about it.
16. No sandwich this time
When you’re too excited to slice the loaf of bread you bought, only to find this. How disappointed can you get? You cannot make a sandwich.
You can perhaps stuff the hole instead.
17. Chocolate waffles anyone?
You cannot tell that this is waffles by the way it looks unless somebody mentions it. What’s funny is that this is not even chocolate-flavored waffles. It just got burnt so bad.
Who will bother to take a bite of this and find out how it tastes?
Is this double-chocolate brownie or pizza? Unfortunately, it’s burnt pizza. How about forgetting your pizza for eight hours in the oven?
What you see on the left is the bread made on their first attempt. Puzzled why that’s the result after taking it out of the oven, they have a late realization that the yeast used isn’t good anymore.
Never giving up, they go for a second try and the result is near perfect bread on the right.
Don’t expect to get the result you want when you don’t follow the recipe and instructions it comes with. This is what happens when you replace tortillas with rice paper in making burritos.
If you think you are resourceful and creative for doing it because you ran out of tortillas, wait and see what happens next.
21. Boiled and exploding eggs
This is what you get when you do other things aside from boiling eggs. You’ll be in a panic when you hear exploding eggs because the pot ran out of water.
Wait for the eggs to boil before you do what’s more important, it won’t take longer than 10 minutes anyway.
22. Blue Thai basil chicken
It’s not a good idea to be around someone mischievous in the kitchen. You won’t know what goes into your recipe once you blink.
The person who’s cooking this just turned around for a minute, but the 19-year-old brother grabs that chance to put blue food dye in it.
What’s more disappointing than getting burnt brownies is seeing the best part stuck on the baking pan. This can still be consumed if you want, but who wants to when you don’t have the best of everything in a bite?
This is somebody’s first time though, let’s wait for the next. We hope it’ll be much better.
You cannot turn around for just a minute when you’re melting sugar in high heat. If you insist, expect to see this as a result. Keep in mind that sugar can burn really quickly.
What a way to ruin your almost-ready-dish! Forgetting that you have a broken pepper grinder is a no-no.
The next time you have damaged utensils in the kitchen, you better hide them somewhere or throw them away if you have no plans of using them anymore.
26. Red-dotted cheesecake
You only want to make your cheesecake look better instead of just seeing it plain once it’s cooked. Deciding to put cute dots isn’t even the best idea for the one who cooked this.
The cheesecake looks like it has a skin disease.
Another husband is trying to be extra thoughtful in surprising his wife on Mother’s Day. Celebrating it at home while on a lockdown, he plans to make flower pancakes.
To his surprise, he gets Corona cakes instead. Or we can call it ‘pandemicakes.’
Make sure to use a bigger tin when baking banana bread. Give it some room to expand so it will not attempt an escape.
There’s no problem though if it’s the first attempt. If this tastes better than it looks, then it is a good one. One can certainly do better next time.
Somebody makes an attempt to cook sweet potato in the new air fryer. The result is out. I guess not everything can be cooked in the air fryer.
It’s unrecognizable after this has been left in the microwave for 75 minutes instead of 75 seconds. If it’s not people forgetting to time their cooking, this mother makes the mistake of setting the microwave to 75 minutes.
There’s no cleaning necessary for this bowl, they just probably threw it away.
31. Still a happy thanksgiving?
It’s ironic to be greeted Happy Thanksgiving with this. This is how bad the turkey got in her first Thanksgiving cooking attempt. I hope her sisters don’t get this at the next celebration.
This quesadilla is irresistible. However, cutting it a little too hard might not only cut the food in half but also the plate. Be gentle when slicing food next time.
Somebody just wants to eat a boiled egg for breakfast but he’s surprised to see this. The egg yolk is no longer happy inside so it launched its escape. This can still be eaten though.
34. Bread with a tablespoon
So how did this tablespoon slip in the baking pan when the mixture for bread was poured in? It’s hard to explain and somebody just realized it after baking bread.
One needs to be extra careful next time.
So this guy gets home late from work but he realizes it’s not his lucky day.
First, he drops his sandwich in the parking lot.
Second, he goes to the kitchen to make pasta but the pot slipped and the pasta goes to the floor.
Third, he gets a second pot of pasta but the handle breaks and the pasta mixes along with the first batch on the ground.
He can only sob and ask, “Will the universe let me eat tonight?”
36. Yummy pizza on melting board
It would have been a delight to be eating pizza fresh from the oven. But, who likes to eat one when it’s sitting on a melting cutting board the whole time?
Say goodbye to the pizza!
There’s nothing wrong with putting the dough in the fridge overnight. This gives the yeast more time to get the job done. But, what’s wrong is when you have lots of dough but you use a small container.
You’ll end up with the same mess if you do. So let this be a lesson for all before making bread.
Somebody’s sweet, thoughtful sister tries baking a birthday cake for her brother. She’s eager to make a good cake, or at least a presentable one.
This is the best that she came up with. She can do better next birthday.
There are so many ways to be creative in the kitchen. Apparently, injecting the filling using a syringe isn’t a good idea when it results in jelly bun brains.
You can think of other creative ways that give a better-looking result.
It sometimes happens that someone gets so clumsy when it’s about time to cook the food. The hard work put into making those skewers just goes down the drain. You can only regret it when this happens.
Obviously, it is one’s first in the kitchen. If you are planning to cook a recipe, make sure you know how to operate the stove, the oven, and all the other appliances you need to use.
If not, have somebody with you to assist so you can avoid this mess and most of all, fire!
When it comes to baking, you don’t get it the first time alright. Well, this is what one gets after trying to make macaroons.
Planning to start a home bakery? One needs to at least perfect making macaroons or something much easier.
43. Bread pudding transformation
Somebody leaves behind the bread pudding at the back of the oven for nearly a week. Good thing a guy has decided to give him a new identity as a pet rock the moment it was found.
This is Charlie, no longer a bread pudding.
The sister-in-law wants to impress her new family. Out of her effort, this is what she got.
To not make her feel bad, everyone can just give a good laugh out of it. There are more occasions to cook turkey, hoping it’s not burnt next time.
When cooking in the morning, make sure you are wide awake and not half-asleep as you prepare your meals in the kitchen. This is a classic disaster that happens.
The pepper shaker is suddenly emptied after the cap fell off. So if you want your morning to be good, avoid this from happening.
We’ve seen it a lot of times. Plastic cannot go in very high temperatures like in the oven.
When the melting of plastic happens, you can say goodbye to your perfectly baked bread. You don’t want to ingest melted plastic, do you?
47. Dark-chocolate-colored pizza
Another case of overcooking in sight for this pizza. It’s frustrating to wait in excitement for nothing like when you are waiting for a pizza to be cooked in the oven.
I think it’s better to order a box of pizza than go for a second attempt.
Six hungry people have been waiting for this food to cook in the oven. Unfortunately, the glass baking dish gives up after going through a high temperature.
When things go wrong in the kitchen, it’s much better to call the delivery guy.
49. NutriBullet to the ceiling
It can be a nightmare when you don’t know how to operate things properly. This is one of them. The NutriBullet goes straight to the ceiling. Luckily, nobody’s hit.
These hotdogs become unrecognizable when the one in charge checks on them after 40 minutes.
So what happened? A bee comes to sting his foot after placing the hotdogs on the grill.
The bee has really caused so much trouble. He better be cooking hotdogs inside the home instead.
You cannot avoid having an experiment in the kitchen and try out new things just like when cooking pasta. Just don’t associate food with crawling insects so you won’t easily lose your appetite.
Though this is edible, it no longer looks tempting when you remember those maggots you’ve found somewhere.
This cherry cobbler looks tasty and innocent. However, the longer you stare, it’s either you eat it or it eats you.
It looks like this is ready to eat souls.
Another home baker wants to be creative at making pies. Instead of creating a happy face, this is how it turned out. It’s smiling, but the pie looks like it’s ready to turn violent.
Celebrating a quarantine birthday, a daddy tries his best to make a Patrick Star cake for his son. But, this is how it looked.
It somehow looks like a star, but it doesn’t look like it’s Patrick.
Most people are having a problem with using the timer in the kitchen. Of all things they often forget, it is setting the oven timer right.
Nothing can be saved from this overcooked dish.
Grilling corn for two and a half hours isn’t a good idea at all. Instead of getting perfect corns, you get coal-black corns.
How about popcorn in the microwave instead?
57. Heavily-peppered chicken
So what is wrong with pepper shaker lids? Do they have the tendency to loosen themselves? We have seen several occasions of this happening.
Make sure the lid is tight if you don’t want this mess.
Somebody has decided to try her baking skills in the kitchen. She plans to make a hedgehog cake for her child’s birthday party.
I guess she decided to leave this one in the kitchen.
59. Sourdough bread with creamy light brie cheese
Yes, the name of the recipe itself makes it quite tempting, only if the result turned out right. For this case of cooking though, the home baker preheats the oven at 350 and leaves it for 11 hours.
Instead of enjoying sourdough bread, you get a sour face by the sight of this.
Experimenting with your creativity can either make you happy or feel otherwise. Making cat-shaped cakes and decorating them with strawberry icing seems a brilliant idea.
However, the outcome didn’t produce what you expected to see. These strawberry cats look like burn victims.
Be careful when you use a low-quality plastic pasta strainer as this can happen to you too. It’s frustrating to see your pasta going straight to the sink when you’re almost done with your spaghetti or carbonara recipe.
Next time, use a metal colander.
62. Spring rolls ala coal
The spring rolls are quite enjoyable to eat for being light and crispy. But, this is what happens when it’s left cooking on very high heat and a little too long.
One can do better next time though, and there’s always a takeaway that saves the day.
You don’t want this to happen when it’s just 5 minutes before closing time. After working a 12-hour shift, you long for a good rest.
But, someone needs to extend his shift and get this mess in the kitchen cleaned up.
Handling of food must be done very carefully if you don’t want to go hungry. This unfortunate spill is pretty unexpected.
The lasagna was ready to be served, but it decided to head to the floor instead of going into hungry mouths.
Cooking can be a tiresome chore, especially when all your energy has already been used up for work. But, you won’t get more energy when you have nothing to eat.
And you’ll have nothing to eat when your stock is not simmering after checking on it an hour later.
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