Just 23 Photos Of People Who Seriously Messed Up In The Kitchen And Proved That You're Definitely Not The Worst Cook

    Say it with me, folks: Do not put plastic in the oven.

    Well, friends, the holidays are (somehow) upon us, and that means one thing: There's bound to be a kitchen disaster. But even if you're a little insecure about your cooking abilities this year, I promise there are people out there who are much, much worse than you. Here's proof:

    1. This person's friend who mistook a brining bag for an oven bag.

    A roasted turkey coated in a thin plastic film that's melted

    2. This person's coworker who "doesn't trust microwaves," so they decided to use the toaster oven to reheat their soup.

    Remnants of soup on a foil-lined baking tray with a burnt ring around it

    3. This person who might as well get a new oven after this spaghetti squash disaster.

    The inside of an oven with strands of spaghetti squash hanging from the racks

    4. Yeah, this person is also gonna need a new oven after finding out the hard way that plastic and high heat don't mix.

    A loaf of bread on top of a melted plastic cutting board in the oven

    5. That's...not a...never mind.

    A side-by-side of a plastic bowl of food intact and then it melted in the oven with the caption, "I thought it was microwaveable...."

    6. This person who probably could've used a bigger bowl for their dough rise.

    Dough spilling from the sides of a bowl in the fridge

    It happens to the best of us, TBH (aka me).

    Overflowing dough in a plastic bowl

    7. This person who will never trust their mother to cook again after she served them rice that's old enough to vote.

    Someone holding a bag showing an expiration date of May 2003

    8. This person's boyfriend who confused Himalayan pink salt for rice and now has me questioning if they've ever seen a grain of rice before.

    Someone holding up a container of Himalayan pink salt with a rice cooker full of pinkish salt broth in the background

    9. This person who fell asleep while their pizza was in the oven and now has a forbidden Oreo on their hands.

    A pizza that is completely black from being charred in the oven

    10. This person who wanted to go all out by making a homemade stock...and then immediately drained it.

    Cooked chicken and vegetables in in a strainer that's sitting in the sink

    11. This person whose cooking was a little too fast and a little too furious.

    A pan with unknown, burnt contents split in half on a stove

    12. This person who has a whole civilization growing in their rice cooker after forgetting to clean it.

    An open rice cooker with a thick layer of mold on top

    13. This person who managed to offend the entire nation of Italy.

    Uncooked strands of spaghetti on fire in a small pot on the stove

    14. This person's "torturrised souls."

    A stack of baked buns with faces and cheese oozing out of the eyes, nose, and mouth holes, with caption, "They were supposed to be smiley faces, now they look like torturrised souls begging for death"

    15. This person whose boiled porterhouse is somehow both overcooked and raw.

    A light brown porterhouse that's been cut into to reveal it is completely raw inside

    16. This person's kid who wanted to make French toast but ended up with an omelet.

    Two pieces of bread in a pan surrounded by a flat, cooked egg mixture

    17. This person whose mug cake proves that not every dessert is foolproof.

    A mug cake that has overflowed and is now spilling over onto the outside of the mug

    18. This person who was unaware that churros are not a baked good and ended up with...cookies?

    Misshapen pieces of chocolate chip dough on a baking tray

    19. Probably still not as bad as this person who forgot the very key ingredient of flour in their cookies.

    Melted cookies on trays in an oven

    20. This person who probably won't be having waffles for breakfast.

    Waffle batter that is completely stuck to a waffle iron

    21. This person's sweet potato casserole that can now legally be classified as magma.

    A dish covered in foil that's been burnt into the dish

    22. This person who decided to toss a naked potato on an oven rack and hope for the best.

    A potato that has exploded in an oven

    23. And lastly, this person who meant to grab soy sauce and will now be eating vanilla rice for dinner.

    Someone holding a bottle of vanilla extract next to a pot of rice

    Let us know which one of these you found the most absurd in the comments!