How come an electric heater device, like an oven, only burns but not electrocute?

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How come an electric heater device, like an oven, only burns but not electrocute?

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* The heating elements are coated in an insulating material.
* From the outside it does look like just a big metal coil but there is actually a coating on it that does a very good job of preventing current from traveling anywhere else.
* This is impressive since the whole point of the coil is to resist current and thus get really really hot.