From ruining non-stick pans by using metal tools to guessing baking measurements and only part-reading recipes, a few bad kitchen habits can add up to a heap of cooking disasters. While some are just down to impatience and laziness, others are downright dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Here we reveal the most common bad cooking habits – how many are you guilty of?

Click or scroll through our gallery to discover 37 bad cooking habits you need to break right now – counting down to the most critical of all.