Sim won't cook

I currently have the same problem. 

It started as my sim moved from the counter to the stove. He performed the "blocked pathway" animation and placed the uncooked bowl down. He wasn't able to finish cooking since then. Starting a new dish doesn't work either. He will just perform the "blocked pathway" animation. All actions related to cooking result in that. 

Things I tried: 

• Renew and remodel the kitchen
• Reset the objects 
• Reset the sim
• Take out all mods

The game does not lag or crash when I order them to cook.

Eating from dishes that are not in the fridge works. 

Feeding pets (including the crow from LD) results in the same blocked path animation.

I noticed this the other day and the only work around is to order for delivery and get the ingredients then you can cook. Its a pain the the butt

Hi Polyglotism​ MisfitBec​ 

Does it happen in other households too ? 

Could you both post pics from of your kitchen ?

Yes, it happens in other households, too. I also noticed that the stove seems to be the problem. After a restart, Sims can cook and eat all dishes that don't require a stove. As soon as one is involved, they start bugging out.  These are the kitchens I tried. The first one is from an EA built starter house. The second one is the one from my current favourite household (after I completely liberated the stove). 

Would you be willing to share your save with me ?

If so, please zip your saves folder and upload it somewhere like dropbox, googledrive or OneDrive and PM me the link.

(Sorry for the late reply) I managed to solve this issue. As it turns out, I forgot to clean out the cache files after updating/removing my mods. After I deleted them, it was fine again.

Polyglotism​ Glad to hear.

After 13th January 2026 update this started happening: 

I play on PC with no mods, and this is happening in more than one saved game. 

I have a lot of 8 sim households so I serve a lot of food. I click on the fridge and ask them to serve food. The sim goes though the animation untill they need to use the oven, at which point they get as far as putting the frying pan on the oven, and then the whole thing stops. 

If I ask my sim to 'Resume Pancakes' the sim won't do it. 

I thought it meant there was somthing bugged about the oven, so I'd ask another sim to serve a food that didn't need the oven. and that bugged too. That case they'd get as far as getting to the chopping board aimation, but no further. Asking the sim to 'Resume Garden Salad' and again the sim won't do it. 

Very strange. 

Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title

Hi MistressElectra​ 

• are these all completely different saves or always the same house ?
• Did you never have mods/cc or remove them ?
• Did you try replacing the oven ?
• Here's a few more suggestions: 

  https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2019/01/sims-cant-cook-anymore/ 

Hi, 

These are completely different saves. 

I have no mods and I didn't try to remove them. 

No

Thanks