You can actually cook or fry things on a processor. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Processors and microchips have become an integral part of the modern world. They do their work in gaming computers, cars, even refrigerators and stovetops.
While we’re on the topic of stovetops: The Instagram channel tech
recently took a chance and actually cooked on a processor instead of just using a microchip.
Specifically, a piece of raw meat was fried on the CPU as if in a pan. In this article we’ll tell you why this works, but why you shouldn’t try it again.
In the video, which has already received over 400,000 likes on Instagram, you can see how the meat is turned and seasoned several times. At the end they even cut it and it turns out that it is actually cooked and therefore edible.
How can the meat cook through?
A processor can experience very high temperatures. Although it is not clear which CPU it is exactly, it can be roughly said that temperatures on the heat spreader (basically the cover of the CPU) can be around 90 degrees.
In any case, this is easily enough to cook meat. An example makes this clear: In order to prepare beef perfectly, chefs look at the cooking time and the core temperature. The latter should be the following values depending on the desired cooking level (via Meat pleasure):
- Medium-Rare: 55 to 57 degrees
- Medium: 60 to 65 degrees
- Well Done (cooked through): 70 to 75 degrees
How long it took to cook the meat through is not clear from the video. However, the piece of meat is not particularly thick, so we assume it only took a few minutes.
How can the processor run without a fan?
It may sound nonsensical, but you don’t necessarily need a heatsink to run a processor. However, the consequence is high temperatures and so-called Thermal Throttling
Which CPU is it?
As mentioned, we don’t know which CPU was used for the experiment. But one thing is certain: the statement “i9” is incorrect. Only high-end processors from Intel are mentioned, such as the current Core i9 14900K. However, as you can see from the holes in the video, it is an AMD and not an Intel socket.
Why shouldn’t you fry on a CPU?
The real danger of frying on a processor doesn’t come from the cooking process itself. The problem is the meat juice, i.e. the water that comes out of the meat. This can lead to short circuits on the circuit board.
Videos like this are by no means new on the internet. If you CPU cooking
If you enter it on YouTube, you will find a whole series of posts in which meat is cooked, eggs are fried or pasta is cooked.
The following article shows that defective processors have a circle of buyers:
Technician buys 4 broken Ryzen processors for 65 dollars, then is surprised to find that they are worth many times that amount
What do you think about the video? Is this an experiment that you would also subject your processor to? Have you ever tried something similar? Or do you just think this is crazy? And would you have thought that the meat would be cooked and edible? Or did you think that the heat wasn’t enough and that it would fry as lightly as possible? Feel free to write it to us in the comments!
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