Would burning food reduce calorie intake?

[brassnuts]

As far as I know, calories are basically a unit of energy derived from burning something. If you over-cook something and burn it, would it inturn take down some the caloric intake, simply because you have already wasted some the potential energy?

[BluffTHIS!]

Maybe, but at the cost of ingesting more carcinogens that result from burnt food.

[evil_twin]

If you burn food then you reduce the calorific value. Carbon has essentially no calorific value. However, as BluffThis says, you greatly increase your intake of carcinogens. Not a good idea.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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Maybe, but at the cost of ingesting more carcinogens that result from burnt food.

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also it may taste really bad. Why not just eat less?