Each year hungry Western Bay folk forget to "always blow on the pie", racking up thousands in ACC injury claims for hot food burns.
Hot pies, hot chips, two-minute noodles and oil burns from frying chicken were just some of the culprits responsible for 43 Western Bay claims for hot food or liquid burns last year, down from 48 in 2012.
The total cost of local hot food injury claims last year was $8439, down from $17,210 in 2012.
ACC recorded 1817 claims nationwide last year for injuries sustained during food preparation, or while eating and drinking, at a cost of $410,345 - down from $518,379 in 2012.
In the "what you were doing" section of accident victims' claim forms, claimants specified injuring themselves with something "hot" or "heated", such as spilling hot noodles on to a thigh, or burning the roof of their mouth on hot chips.