Are people who say this just completely out of touch with reality? Imagine I'm making just a simple burger and fries. Let me just buy a 6 pack of buns, a lb of ground beef (or pre-formed patties), bacon, an onion, lettuce/tomato, American cheese, potatoes, a bunch of oil, etc.

Then you have to save all that extra ****, either wasting space or it will just get thrown away when it goes spoiled/unused.

Then you have to spend the time to make it. Even something like making good fries at home requires both a lot of technique and a lot of oil, and both that and smash burgers will stink up and smoke up your house like crazy.

Then after you've got everything done, you have to clean/wash everything up and air out the greasy stink.

You've done all this work, cleanup, and bought all this **** and, for what..? You saved a bit of money on raw ingredients (assuming you will actually use all those ingredients instead of wasting them), but at the expense of wasting an hour worth of your time and having to store a bunch of extra ingredients that you may or may not use.

Havoc spitting truth.

It's mostly for piece of mind. When I exclusively eat at home, I lose weight and feel amazing because I only eat "clean" foods. When I eat out, I feel like Jabba the Hutt.