Cooking is a valuable skill that every Sim should have inThe Sims, as they need to deal with that hunger. However, cooking in the game also comes with the risk of starting a fire and burning your whole house down. Worse yet, killing your Sim.

To avoid such a fate, it’s best to teach your Sim how to cook. Additionally, a higher cooking skill level helps Sims cook faster, saving you more time for other things. This guide will help you build your Sim’s cooking skills, in the best possible way.

A Sim holding a plate of cooked food in The Sims.

Why Is The Cooking Skill Important?

Food prepared withlow-level skillswillnot fulfill a Sim’s Hungerto the fullest. Themore skillfula Sim is at cooking, the better food they’ll make and theless hungry they will be.

Sims withno cooking skillscan alsostart a fire immediately. Furthermore,Sims with less than three pointsin their cooking skill, arestill at high risk of starting a fire.

A Sim reading a book on cooking in The Sims.

If your Sim starts a fire, make sure to call the firefighters and attempt to extinguish it immediately, or else your house may burn down.

To help reduce the risk of fire,make your Sim cook food using a microwave oven or make a saladby using the refrigeratoras it has less chance of catching fire.

An image showing a person preparing food in The Sims. There is a woman standing next to him. There is also a clown.

As you keep doing that,your cooking skills will increase over time. Once youreach skill level threecooking,start using a stove.

Meals cooked on a stove fulfill a Sim’s Hunger needs the best.

As a safety measure,install a Smoke Detector from buy mode. If the device detects fire, it willimmediately call firefighters to the scenewithout a call. If you don’t know where to find one, here’s how:

If the fire is small,Sims can extinguish it themselves. Justclick on the fireandselect the extinguishoption, instead of waiting for the fire brigade.

Instead of just relying on Sims' ability to extinguish fire, it is best toalways have a Smoke Detectorregardless. In case things go south, the fire brigade will take care of the rest.

How To Build The Cooking Skill

To build Sims’ cooking skills, you’ll need these items:

In The Sims,Sims can gain cooking skills by cooking on a daily basis or reading cookbooks. If your Sim doesn’t have any cooking skills, purchase a Cooking Guide. Here’s how you’re able to buy one:

If youclick on the refrigeratorand make food, your Sim will do its best to make food that is of the most suitable quality at its skill level.

Continue cooking byusing a stove as it will increase your Sims’ cooking skills further. Consistently doing thiswill max your cooking skills fast.

Tips To Keep In Mind When Building The Cooking Skill

If your Simdoesn’t have any cooking skills, it is best toStudy Cooking until your Sim reaches a minimum of level three. Additionally, you can alsolevel your Sim’s Cooking Skills to Maxjust byreading books.

Studying cooking also increases theirFun Needs, if yourSim has an interest in it. You can check this under theJob categoryof your selected Sim.

Even afterleveling up your Sim’s Cooking Skills to the max, there is still achance of them starting a fire. It is best to keep aSmoke Detectorif you wish tokeep your home safe.

Cooking with a Grillcanincrease your cooking skills.However, it comes with thehighest risk of starting a fire. Furthermore,food made through Grills doesn’t have the best quality. If you wish, you could buy the item tokeep it as a backyard decor,but yourSims will autonomously use it.

Theculinary arts career trackwould be a great choice if aSim manages to level up their Cooking Skills. A Sim withproficiency in cookingcan earna maximum of 930 Simoleons per day.