• Macallan@lemmy.world
    4·
    48 minutes ago

    I did this once back in 8th grade after school one day, circa '92-ish. I was boiling water to make some box mac-n-cheese. Decided to go sit on the couch while I waited for the water to boil. Ended up crashing out on the couch and woke up to the smoke alarm going off after the water had boiled off and melted the pot similar to the picture.

  • s_s@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    13 minutes ago

    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.

    • Fermion@feddit.nl
      49·
      14 hours 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.

    • StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      14 hours ago

      You are actually supposed to do that with triple ply steel though. You have to wait for it to heat up before you put your oil in, I forget the reason but it’s a big nono not to

      • SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Yeah, but a pot like this isn’t really intended for that purpose. You’re supposed to boil things in it, not try your damnedest to melt the pot.

      • atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        13 hours ago

        Any steel. It’s not a big problem if you don’t food just sticks to the pan. Stainless steel pans are fine for making eggs as long as you preheat them, add oil then the eggs. Just about anything else is 0 problem.