# @science on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSY6MeQEvrp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37990714-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-18T03:10:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

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A while back on Reddit, somebody asked a question in the 'No Stupid Questions' subreddit: "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard do I have to slap a chicken to cook it?"⁠
Though it clearly is a stupid question, it's also sort of the best question the Internet has ever heard. A physics major over on Facebook, Parker Ormonde, did the math:⁠
"As your friendly neighborhood physics major, I decided to calculate this with a few assumptions. The formula for converting between kinetic energy and thermal energy, 1/2mv2=mcT," he wrote on Facebook.⁠
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"The average human hand weighs about 0.4kg, the average slap has a velocity of 11 m/s (25mph), an average rotisserie chicken weighs 1kg (2lbs) and has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kg*c, and let's assume the chicken has to reach 205°C (400°F) for us to consider it cooked. The chicken will start frozen so 0°C (32°F)."⁠
He ultimately concluded that "to cook the chicken in one slap, you would have to slap it with a velocity of 1665.65 m/s or 3725.95 mph."⁠
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#chicken #cooking #cook #velocity #speed #kineticenergy #thermalenergy #physics #science

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