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}}[[File:Skill Cooking.png|left]]'''Cooking''' is one of the many [[skill]]s to be gained in [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]].

A higher cooking skill reduces the chances of a [[Sim]] accidentally causing a [[fire]] while cooking. In ''The Sims 2'', ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims 4'', Sims will learn to make different meals as their cooking skill increases, and the chance that they will burn a meal will go down. Some [[career]]s require cooking skills, most notably the [[Culinary]] and [[Science]] career.

In ''[[The Sims]]'', cooking is a very important skill, as using a stove or toaster oven with less than three points carries a risk of fire, and using one with no Cooking skill at all is a high fire risk. Sims with low cooking skill can use a [[Microwave oven|microwave]], which only has a small chance of starting a fire, but meals made in a toaster oven or microwave are not as satisfying as those cooked on a stove. Also, if a kitchen has bothmultiple atypes stoveof andcooking a microwaveappliances, the player cannot choose which one the Sim will use. The only way to be sure that a low-skilled Sim uses a toaster oven or microwave is to not give him or her anything else.

If a [[food processor]] is not available, higherHigher cooking skill will reduce the amount of time a Sim needs to prepare and cook a meal unless a [[food processor]] is used.

In ''[[The Sims: Makin' Magic]]'', cooking is vastly expanded to encompass baked goods and [[nectar]]. Sims can make bread, pie or cake in the '''Standard[[Baker's station|Standard-Plus Brick Oven for Bakers]]''' and nectar can be made in the '''A Pressing Feeling''' nectar press by collecting and combining ingredients. The baking oven carries a slightly higher fire risk than a regular stove; Sims need at least five points to use it safely. Using incorrect ingredients will produce a burned mess or undrinkable liquid, regardless of the maker's cooking skill. All recipes and their required ingredients are listed in the '''RecipeSim's BookGuide to Cooking''' cookbook. Baked food is immediately served just like regular meals, while bottles of nectar are added to the maker's inventory. Nectar can be sold or stored in the '''Taste of the Vine Nectar Bar''', which will also allow Sims to consume the nectar.

Several new appliances included in ''Makin' Magic'' can increase a Sim's cooking skill, such as the '''[[Butter churn|'''Old-Fashioned Butter Churn]]''']] and the '''[[Wax'n'Honey Maker]]'''. The cooking skill also determines how many charges a magical Sim will get when making a [[Spells (The Sims: Makin' Magic)|spell]].

''[[The Sims 2: Open for Business]]'' allows Sims to make any meal, except for a TV dinner, they have the skill to prepare at any time of day. A meal made in this fashion will not be automatically served.

If ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime|Freetime]]'' is installed, studying the cooking skill from a book or by watching the yummy channel will increase a Sim's enthusiasm for the [[cuisine]] hobby.

*Silly Gummy Bear Pancakes (playful)

*Flaming Angry Spaghetti (angry)

*Flirty Heart Cookies (flirty)