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    442 months ago

    I don’t understand how this could happen unless that pot is somehow plastic? Maybe 3D printed?

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      812 months ago

      It’s aluminum, and I have seen it first hand. My brother is not attentive… He almost burned the house down a couple times.

      Those coil heaters put out a lot of heat at full power. Once all the water evaporates, that heat raises the temperature of the pan very quickly.

      Don’t set a pot to boil and then go do something else in a different room, especially if that something else is playing age of empires.

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      52 months ago

      This is a ‘fun’ experiment - you can boil water in a fire using a plastic bottle.
      The water absorbs all the energy and prevents the container from melting (same principle).