This Thanksgiving, as always, there’s so much to be thankful for — family, friends, delicious food, and the hilariously cringeworthy fails people share online that make us grateful they aren’t ours. Despite all the preparation, things still go wrong, from burnt turkeys to oven disasters, proving that Thanksgiving can quickly turn into a cooking show gone wild. So, in the spirit of Turkey Day, we’ve gathered some of the funniest fails to remind us all to be thankful our celebrations weren’t *that* chaotic!
How to ruin the holidays


Wait, so no one told her? Like maybe she thought that was a way of marinating but really, someone had to tell her.
Thanksgiving shift
Hey at least there’s turkey. Oh and potatoes with a nice drink. Hopefully he has really nice colleagues.


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Purrfect
Cats thought of spicing things up a bit so they went to lend a paw. Or two, because they’re cats.


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verlonica via reddit
Thankful for the old oven
Oven decided Thanksgiving was going too smoothly, so it spontaneously self-destructed mid-meal.


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salty_trapper via reddit
Someone fell asleep
Well maybe it’s still pretty edible inside. Like a small chunk of it, with a bit of dressing.


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skullgamingtr via reddit
Turkey, not salmon-ella
Friends ordered a precooked turkey from a local restaurant. Pre, so continue cooking at home!


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lifeworthlivin via reddit
Good for her!
His wife’s cousin served a Thanksgiving turkey, stuffed with nothing but a loose handful of plain celery. She has high-functioning autism and is beginning to explore her love of cooking, with a unique and creative sense of aesthetics all her own.


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Hello, doc
And just like that, Thanksgiving is canceled… thanks to Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease.


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Cranberry sauce… I mean jelly
But you do know this will rock those taste buds once it’s all cut up and ready to serve.


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arkminer via reddit
Thank you for this dog
That’s not so bad! The dog’s thrilled, and the car’s just one wash away from looking perfect. Even a quick hose-down couldn’t keep the happy pup away—and really, a joyful dog is what matters most!


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Bummer
Decided to be untraditional and ordered Chinese food for Thanksgiving. Showed up at the pickup time, only to find they were closed! He’ll probably get a refund, but driving around town trying to find anything open for Thanksgiving dinner… Good luck.


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Well done, turkey, well done
The temp gauge is not the timer… One of them had to go buy another turkey.


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rflock7 via reddit
That one colleague
“I grabbed some last-minute Thanksgiving items during my lunch break and left them tied up in a bag in the break room fridge. This is how I found my pie…” – Reddit


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yroCyaR via reddit
Worse than a heartbreak
The perfect pie ruined. Naturally, like life, something had to go wrong at the last minute.


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Must be a new diet fad
This is the salad a family member brought for Thanksgiving… And just like Gwen Stefani said…


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volvalation via reddit
Oh brother
No one even knows what kind of pie it’s supposed to be. Bonus points if coffee made it taste better.


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A tragic thanksgiving
Look at the bright side, at least it’s just the food and not the house that’s burnt.


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ggt3416 via reddit
Someone came up with this idea
Pretty sure he got either a lot of laughs behind employee doors or he got reprimanded. Hopefully kept his job though.


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Oven says nope
It was the day before Thanksgiving, when family and relatives arrived, that the oven decided to leave the party.


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jrbside via reddit
Turkey went boom
An exploding bird only means it’s bursting with flavors. Must have been finger licking good!


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Thanks mom
“My mom is staying with us for Thanksgiving this week. She wanted to make tea, but instead of asking for help with the electric kettle, she microwaved my chargeable self-heating mug and caught it on fire.” – Reddit


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New recipe
Someone’s trying to make a new family favorite, but we get the feeling this one won’t be a classic.


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24landry via reddit
Snapchat woes
Some people post food with the intention of making viewers’ mouths water. Some people…


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Time to ask for a raise
That, ladies and gentlemen, is spam shaped to look like a turkey. Impressive crafting skills but maybe it’s time to make more money.


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puffyy via reddit
Thanks for bringing the pie
Well maybe you could scrape off the burnt part then dust it off with sugar and maybe whipped cream.


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Wank-off-reflection via reddit
Good grief
You’d think those eyes would have stopped him from cooking it but hunger is hunger.


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hoesluvtravis via reddit
More like carbonized
The Thanksgiving turkey was rubbed with brown sugar and seasonings before being deep-fried… and ended up completely caramelized.


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derf_vader via reddit
Deviled eggs
Yeah we can see the devil himself had a hand in this… So much evil.


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Customer service about to get yelled at
“The X90J I ordered for Thanksgiving didn’t arrive in the best condition—UPS was not kind to it.” – Reddit


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Mom’s Thanksgiving Turkey
Mauled. Like it came out of a war torn area or the Avengers had a fight in it. But hey if it tastes great.


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