• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Here’s the problem: a coffee pot gets hotter when there’s water going through it.

        The same heating element that warms the bottom of the carafe also heats a small section of tubing meant to boil water. This, along with a simple check valve, forms a bubble pump, which is how the hot water gets up to the coffee grounds.

        There’s a thermal switch that allows full power when that coil of water is below a certain temperature, and when it gets hotter than that, it switches to a lower power mode, because with no water to boil, all it needs to do is keep the carafe warm. I don’t have the numbers in front of me but I doubt it would get hot enough to properly cook chicken.

        • orphiebaby@lemm.ee
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          4 months ago

          I don’t believe it, and I am afraid someone will try it and get salmonella.

      • hansl@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It boils stuff so at least 212*F. You’d need a lot of time to cook it.

        You could boil it I guess. Boiled chicken isn’t TOO bad.