A Polish YouTuber just went viral after proving that donuts might be more powerful than your heating bill.
In a now widely shared clip, AdBuster documented a Fat Thursday experiment that involved burning 133 discounted donuts from Lidl in a wood stove to see whether pastries could double as fuel.
The experiment used roughly 10 kilograms of donuts that had been heavily discounted, costing just €0.32 in total. Over the course of five hours, the donut-fueled stove raised the room temperature from 14°C to a cozy 22°C, which is honestly more effective than most apartments in winter.
According to energy comparisons shown in the video, donuts have a calorific value of around 18 megajoules per kilogram, putting them surprisingly close to traditional biomass fuels like wood pellets or briquettes. In this very controlled test, that meant pastries were not only flammable but also weirdly efficient.
The clip shows donuts being fed into the stove one after another, slowly transforming baked goods into heat while viewers are left wondering several things at once. Is this genius? Is this cursed? And is this the most Polish thing ever?
To be clear, no one is suggesting you replace your heating system with baked goods. The experiment was purely demonstrative and done in a controlled environment. But the visual of donuts keeping a room warm has understandably broken people’s brains online.
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