To clarify, because I see confusion: pot vs pan
A pot has pot handles, usually small loops on either side.
A pan has one long handle like you see in the photo.
So, this is not a small pot, this is a tall pan.
Specifically, this is usually called a sauce pan.
I get that you are laying down some technical language on us, but a tall pan is a pot in common English. Oil pans, bed pans, evaporating pans, gold pans, etc all use “pan” to describe that they are shallow vessels, significantly wider than tall. You can’t “pan for” a heavy particle in a “tall pan” because it’s not functionally a pan; a tall pan is a contradiction.
I would describe a sauce pan as a “culinary pan” but an actual pot, like how a tomato is a culinary vegetable but an actual fruit.
This is some high quality pedantry; and I’m here for it.
I don’t understand how this could happen unless that pot is somehow plastic? Maybe 3D printed?
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.
But if you watch it, it won’t boil?
Keep it in your peripheral but don’t stare directly.
Why would anyone willingly use aluminium pots? Besides the demonstrated problem, it has also been linked to Alzheimer’s and other health risks. No way I’m putting something acidic in there or heating it up
Because that is what they sell at the store and most people have no clue that aluminum is bad for your health.
I’m sorry but fucking what? Are the burners powered by Hell itself?
No, this is a known issue with coil elements.
What?! I didn’t realize my burner could pull double duty as a fucking foundry.
I got one for you.
Taking the plastic electric water kettle off its base, completely ignoring the plug and cord attached to said base, and setting the kettle on the stove to heat the water within.
