A metaphor describing a business strategy, decision, or practice that delivers quick or impressive short-term results, but creates serious long-term problems, liabilities, or risks.
Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
“Launching that product without proper testing might look good on the quarterly report, but we’re cooking with a lead pan if we ignore the long-term brand damage.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
by HC69 October 21, 2025
Get the Cooking with a Lead Panmug. A very aggressive dog broke away from his owner in the park so, I grabbed my small dog and cooked it.
by DeeDeeT15 August 8, 2020
Get the Cooked itmug. by atraiudesica December 18, 2016
Get the cooking dinnermug. A popularised Gen-Z slang term which can be split into 4 meanings.
1) To deliver well/do something that either meets or exceeds the expectations of others.
2) Done For/Doomed/Finished/Somebody on the verge of facing foreshadowing consequences as a result of their actions
3) To make something/Create
4) Let him do his own thing/Give him a chance/
1) To deliver well/do something that either meets or exceeds the expectations of others.
2) Done For/Doomed/Finished/Somebody on the verge of facing foreshadowing consequences as a result of their actions
3) To make something/Create
4) Let him do his own thing/Give him a chance/
Meaning 1
"I just listened to Travis’s new song today and I ain’t gon lie he cooked "🔥
Meaning 2
Person A: Have you done the 10,000 word assignment?
Person B: Bro what assignment? Am i tweakin?💀
Person A: The coursework assignment bro. Have you not done it?
Person B: Oh shii- when’s it due?
Person A: Bro, it’s due tommorow, you are so cooked 🤣 💀
Meaning 3
"My g cooked up a yeat type beat for me"
Meaning 4
"He might be unto something let him cook for a bit"
"I just listened to Travis’s new song today and I ain’t gon lie he cooked "🔥
Meaning 2
Person A: Have you done the 10,000 word assignment?
Person B: Bro what assignment? Am i tweakin?💀
Person A: The coursework assignment bro. Have you not done it?
Person B: Oh shii- when’s it due?
Person A: Bro, it’s due tommorow, you are so cooked 🤣 💀
Meaning 3
"My g cooked up a yeat type beat for me"
Meaning 4
"He might be unto something let him cook for a bit"
by Gconscience19 September 7, 2024
Get the Cookmug. A style of cooking in which you go with the flow, use the recipe solely as a reference, and make most of it up as go, tasting along the way
by JefeTheChefe February 11, 2025
Get the vibe cookingmug. by Arjun meghwal November 26, 2020
Get the my mather cooks food in the kitchenmug.