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25 Hilarious Cooking Fails

These people should be banned from entering another kitchen.

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With cooking shows like Master Chef and Top Chef dominating the airwaves, you'd think we learned a thing or to about making our way around the kitchen. Well, guess again.

Maybe we're too distracted by Giiada De Laurentiis' other goodies to actually learn how to cook a meal. From Thanksgiving turkeys gone wrong to Ramen disasters, these 25 Hilarious Cooking Fails show that America needs some serious guidance.

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Flaming Oven

If you can't take the heat, it's probably because something is actually on fire.

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Say Cheese

The person responsible for this should never be allowed in a kitchen again.

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Not-So Cold Turkey

Looks like they'll be having take out this Thanksgiving.

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No Oreos in the Wild

This poor panda didn't stand a chance.

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Got To Stick Together

This is what you call Siamese cookies.

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Platinum Fries

Were these fries put in an oven or chrome machine?

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Stuffed Crust

How is this even possible?

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Drop It Like It's Hot

She should just stick to singing.

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Nacho Best Meal

Is this a new flavor of Doritos?

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That's Hot

At least we know the hotel heiress has picked up an iron before.

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Burn After Heating

This couldn't have possibly been something edible.

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Limp Biscuits

These biscuits were unable to reach their full potential.

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Cake Popped

These cake pops look like they've been deflated.

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DOH!

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Leave it to Homer to ruin the easiest breakfast meal ever.

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Chicken Run

Looks like the chicken managed to escape without too many burns. We can't say the same for the oven.

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Non-Microwavable

Oatmeal instructions aren't the easiest to follow.

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Light It Up

Looks like this pasta was mistaken for matchsticks.

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No Upside

This upside-down pineapple cake might actually look better right side up.

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Hard Boiled

This is what happens when you boil an egg for two hours.

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Noodles for Brains

No, you can't make ramen noodles sans water.

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Me Want Cookie

We've never seen the Cookie Monster look so much like Oscar the Grouch.

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Virtual Fail

At least your Sim can celebrate their loss to the oven.

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Bean Cuisine

Newsflash: Quesadillas require more than black beans.

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Beautiful Disaster

Nothing worth celebrating here.

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Sticky Rice

Someone took the idea of sticky rice a little too far.

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