pengvado comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong
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The pot itself can't get hotter than boiling either, as long as there's a bunch of water in it. (This, btw, is how rice cookers detect when the rice is done.)
The inside of the pot can't get significantly hotter than ... right, he water just turns gas phase more rapidly.