A: Started a fire.
Men’s Health offers these facts about the average guy and the kitchen:
- His first taste of cooking was working as his mom’s sou-chef when he was a kid.
- 2 out of 3 believe their cooking skills are now sound.
- 1 out of 3 say the have the Food Network to thank.
- 1 out of 5 think they can “throw down” with Bobby Flay.
- Top reason the average guy enjoys cooking: It’s a chance to be creative.
- 1 out of 20 men cook to seduce women.
- The entree the average guy feels most confident preparing is steak.
- The aspect of cooking that stokes a guy most: Anything involving an open flame.
- 1 out of 4 men have started a kitchen fire.
- 1 out of 2 men clean up the kitchen as they cook.
- 20% of men have never burned dinner because they’ve never made dinner.
- The average guy spend 30 minutes a week at the supermarket.
- The average guy spends 15 minutes a day turning his groceries into greatness.
- 23% of men are willing to pay more for organic ingredients.
- 46% of men don’t care how unhealthy an ingredient is as long as it makes a meal taste better.
- The average guy’s ideal dinner guest is Jessica Alba.
- 1 out of 3 men think their chef skills have surpassed those of their culinary Jedi Master, i.e. Mom.
- The average guy cooks 7 meals a week.
- 36% of men have dropped food on the floor and served it.
- Cuisine the average guy cooks most often in this order: Italian, American, and Mexican.