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Mock the Week - This is a Hot Pot

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Clip from Mock the Week with the line this is a hot pot, from the unlikely things to hear on a TV cookery show round, used for cooking jokes.

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Clip from Mock the Week with the line this is a hot pot, from the unlikely things to hear on a TV cookery show round, used for cooking jokes.

This is a brief voice clip from the BBC panel show Mock the Week, built around the flat declaration that this is a hot pot. The line lands without context or buildup, which is the joke, because it sounds like a serious cookery programme presenter announcing a dish with total confidence. Played on its own it feels oddly emphatic and slightly absurd, turning an ordinary cooking pot into a dramatic reveal that viewers instantly remember and repeat. Its short length makes the punchline hit fast.

Pro tip

Drop it right as a pan, pot or steaming dish first appears on screen and cut the music for half a second before it. Let the deadpan delivery do the work, then return to normal audio without adding a laugh track.

How people use it

Reveal a homemade stew with completely unnecessary dramatic seriousness.
Caption cooking fails where the dish looks surprisingly ordinary.
Punctuate recipe videos just before the final dish is shown.
React to friends proudly presenting very basic home cooked meals.

More information

Mock the Week was a BBC Two topical panel show hosted by Dara Ó Briain, known for Scenes We'd Like to See, where comedians improvised lines for unlikely topics. One set topic was unlikely things to hear on a TV cookery show, and this deadpan hot pot announcement came from that premise. Clips from the round have circulated online as short reaction sounds, because the line can be lifted cleanly away from the studio discussion and reused whenever food appears on screen in videos and streams.

FAQ

What is the Mock the Week hot pot sound?

The sound is a short voice clip from Mock the Week in which a panellist flatly says this is a hot pot. It comes from a round about unlikely lines on a TV cookery show.

Why is the hot pot line funny out of context?

Out of context the line sounds like a confident cooking presenter making a grand announcement about something completely ordinary. That mismatch between serious delivery and a basic pot is why creators reuse it as a quick, deadpan punchline over food clips.

How can I use this sound in a video?

Place it at the exact moment a pot, pan or finished dish is revealed, ideally after a brief pause in music or dialogue. It works best for cooking, recipe and reaction videos where the reveal does not match the serious tone.