This guy has it all - sweet modern two-tone turquoise & coral grill, modern suburban house with fake low-maintenance rock front, swell outfit. He even has a dog-based novelty apron - this one proclaims him HIS HIGHNESS THE COOK, and has a dog taking dogs to the doghouse. The "doghouse" is a place of shame and punishment, but it's used as a pun here, so it's Funny!

Yet he seems oddly unhappy, suffused with dread.

What could his problem be? Well, let’s see what he’s cooking.

Oh. that's the problem - he's a cheap bastard, and he knows it.