70 Hilarious Kitchen Fails That Are More Concerning Than Funny
I do my best to cook at home as often as I can, but the more I actually cook, the more it feels like the odds of something going wrong just keep climbing.
I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in the kitchen. None of them come anywhere close to what’s happening in these photos, though.
These hilariously bad kitchen fails take “it’ll be fine” to a completely different level, the kind of results that make my worst dinner disasters look like a Michelin-star meal by comparison.
1. I Forgot I Was Making Caramel At Work. It’s A Tad Overcooked
2. Slight Kitchen Mishap
3. Wife Came Home To This
4. I Guess It’s Time For A New Pepper Grinder
5. This Is What Defeat Looks Like
6. I’m Never Going To Recover Financially From This
7. Got Drunk, Got Hungry, Fell Asleep
8. We Doing Spills?
22 quarts of cranberry puree, and they still haven’t fixed the grip on the stairs.
9. When You Hand Slice And Pickle 300 Chillies Only To Promptly Drop Them All On The Floor
10. Maybe We Should Buy A Rice Cooker
11. Making Green Oil Gone Wrong
12. This Is Why I Don’t Cook
13. I Made A Mistake
14. A Great Way To Start The Day
15. My Kitchen Is Now 100% Lickable. Thanks, Sweet And Condensed Milk Grenade
16. Cooking In College
17. Tomato Bisque Blew Up
18. First Time Trying To Fry Buffalo Wings. I Think It Went Pretty Well
Valuable lesson: do not leave your heated oil unattended for any reason.
19. Mom’s Sweet Potato Casserole
20. I Spilled A 10 Lb Bag Of Rice All Over The Kitchen
Well, this is my life now.
21. Sink Drain Exploded The Exact Day After I Got The Apartment Professionally Cleaned. Oh Well
The guy 2 floors above me had some maintenance done. Hoping the landlord figures it out. I’m moving out soon anyway.
22. Was Away From My Apartment For One Night And I Came Home To This. Yes It Was Sewage. Yes It Filled The Entire Kitchen With Sediment
23. This Is Why I Don’t Cook
24. The Tiramisu Is Extra Sad
25. Blender Exploded As I Was Making A Smoothie
26. My Canned Curry Sauce Exploded In My Face
27. Forgot To Clean The Rice Cooker, Opened It 2 Months Later To See This
28. Left The Kettle On The Stove
Got a set from Goodwill, mostly for decor cuz they’re cute, but I’ve used them both multiple times, and they work just fine. But don’t really whistle. And usually I’m in the kitchen while I’m making tea, but this time I wasn’t and forgot about it. Came back in a few hours later to this. Wondering if the stove is salvageable and how I’m supposed to clean this up.
29. Found Out My Sink Has Been Glued To The Counter This Entire Time. I Hate It Here
30. Little Brother Jammed It In There And Now We Can’t Get It Out
31. Woke Up At 5 Am To Make Eggs And Knocked Over A Bottle Of Soy Sauce
I accidentally knocked over a bottle of soy sauce while making breakfast, causing it to splatter across the floor and wall.
The worst part, the bottle was still pretty full. Best part, the floors are cleaner!!
32. My Watermelon Just Exploded, Now My Kitchen Has Juice Everywhere
33. This Is My True Crime
34. Started My 15-Hour Shift With This Today
35. While I Am Known As The Worst Cook… I Am Officially Banned From My Kitchen
While I have had many kitchen disasters, this one left me speechless. My friends say I could make Chef Ramsay speechless with my cooking.
36. I Can Smell These Olives From Here
37. I’m Pretty Sure I Saw My Coworkers Soul Leave His Body This Morning
What actually happened is someone left a plastic scooper in a bag of confectioners’ sugar. He was doing a double batch, so he dumped 100 lbs worth into the mixer and didn’t see the scooper. When he turned it on, the scooper got stuck in the whisk a few minutes in, and I don’t understand the physics of what happened after that, but here we are.
38. I Made Coffee While I Was Still Half-Asleep
39. Just Wanted A Homemade Dinner After 40 Hours Of Hospital Cafeteria
40. Coffee Anyone?
41. As I Do Every Morning Upon Waking, Stumbled To The Kitchen And Blindly Pressed Start On The Coffee Maker
42. Before Bed Snack Exploded
43. When You Become Impatient And Suddenly Leave The Syrup, It Can Be A Bad Idea
44. So This Just Happened. So Many Lost Eggs
45. Picked Up The Salt Jar
46. Nice Fire Pit
47. When Your Husband Forgets To Set A Timer For Hard Boiled Eggs
I heard a pop. I go into the kitchen to see this.
48. My Husband Just Wanted Some Crackers And Cheese
49. The Glass Bowl Exploded After 3 Minutes Of Eating
No soup for me, then I guess.
50. Much Misery
51. Both Juicers Broke On The First Try And Were Loaned
52. Pure Disasters
53. My Mom Was Just Finishing Cleaning The Kitchen And Then Spilled A Bag Of Chia Seeds On The Ground
54. I Dropped A Pot On My Parents’ Stove Top While Putting Dishes Away
55. The Handle On One Of Our Basically New Kitchen Knives Melted In The Dishwasher And Fused To The Heating Element At The Bottom
I say basically new because we’ve had them for maybe a month. Had to run the dishwasher again to get it unstuck. It’s a bad apartment with a provided dishwasher that doesn’t do its job well. There’s still melted plastic on the heating element, and the plastic fumes are strong.
I was never taught that you’re not supposed to put knives in the dishwasher. Going forward, I will wash them by hand.
56. I Knew Those Pancakes Smelled Weird
57. Dropped Some Eggs Down The Forbidden Abyss
58. Me With A Kilo Of Sorghum
59. Okay, So I Messed Up
We have a buffet-style service and normally leave the rice cooker out in the galley when we prep a new pot of rice. Someone brings the entire thing into the kitchen while someone else goes to clean the pot. I mistakenly threw the rice and water into the cooker without the pot…
60. To The Person Whose Pepper Grinder Is Broken, The Lid Of My Pepper Shaker Fell Off
61. My Wife Decided To Wash Our New Cutting Board
62. If You Start Mashed Potatoes Then Go Home It Will Burn Through The Pot
63. Super Thankful For Smoke Detectors Tonight. My Best Guess Is That The Instant Pot Was Bumped And Somehow Turned The Front Burner On
64. Spanish Omelette Flipping Went Wrong
65. “Microwave And Oven Safe” But Not Safe To Make Soup Or Boil Water. I Cleaned The Water Up But Now The Stove Won’t Turn On
66. My Great Friend Put Soup In A Crock Pot And It Wasn’t Heating Up Fast Enough, So She Put The Crock Pot On My Stove Top To Heat It Up Faster. Big Mistake
67. When Life Gives You Key Lime Pie, Apparently The Floor Wanted Some Too
68. Apartment Oven Fried Itself In The Middle Of The Night
69. Don’t Pour Cold Water Into A Glass Dish On A Hot Stove
70. When You Come Home Late From Work And Husband Announces He Might Have Had A Little Accident Making Dinner
He turned the hob on to heat up some rice in a saucepan and had the plate ready (he placed it next to the hob plate he THOUGHT he turned on). Turns out he turned the front hob on, not the back one, and then the phone rang, and he forgot all about it…