Minecraft – Can a hopper take away the fuel from furnaces

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I am working on an item sorter that sorts tools and bows and I realized that the only difference between them is that bows can be used as furnace fuel (yes I know wooden tools can be used as a fuel too). Can I take the fuel away from the furnace automatically?

Best Answer

No. It's one of these things you can only sort "destructively". Only smelted items can be pulled out of furnaces.

They have 2 inputs (fuel and item(s) to be smelted) and one output (the item that has been smelted).