One of my favorite skills is cooking and I love the chance for fires. It only happens to me on the cheapest grill. I haven't had a stove fire in a very long time in this game. There are many ways to avoid having the fires by the way @TheGoodOldGamer.. Some tips I have.. get your cook inspired, use the chef lot trait or just skill them a bit before you attempt to play with items that can burn. o:)
Along with cooking I like any of the musical skills. I just like watching them as they get better at doing them. I think the only skill that's like pulling teeth for my sims is programming.
