Achievement unlocked: Forgot a pot of boiling water on the stove for so long that you managed to melt the bottom of the pan off (who even knew that was possible!)
— Jen Gentleman 🌺 (@JenMsft) August 17, 2022
Assuming an electric stove, it can get up to approximately 1500F*. The melting point of aluminum is around 1220F. So, yep, it’s quite possible to melt an aluminum pan on a stove.
*Ignore absolute fucking idiots who claim coil elements can only hit 600F or some such bullshit. They don’t understand how stoves work nor how black-body radiation works.