Why don't Americans use electric kettles?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2022
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Hey! I deleted a couple of things from this script which I shouldn't have. I've made a follow-up video on Connextras which includes them and more! Here's a link, but you can also expand this comment for a quick run-down.
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*Coffee makers.* That's what we use. And since they'll make hot water, too (so long as you don't put coffee in them) many people will also use them for making other hot beverages. Some coffee makers are better than others for that, though. I would imagine that as soon as the percolator became popular, we got hooked on coffee and never went back. Also;
Microwaves. That also works! It seems to offend the more British among you (and some other folks get freaked out by the slim possibility of superheated water) but if you want a single cup of tea, nuking a mug full of water for about two minutes will in fact bring it to a boil. Energy is energy, and water is water!
While it works in a pinch using a microwave to boil water makes tea taste odd, thats why people get "offended" by the idea.
I do t get how this can be unless there is something in the water it’s just heated. That said coffee maker water tastes like coffee and is rarely above 80c. Okay for green in a pinch but I’m a tea snob.
So, I did some cursory googling (love verbifying nouns) and, take this with a grain of salt, as my source is a "Slate" article but:
"The longer water boils, the more dissolved oxygen it loses-and tea experts say that dissolved oxygen is crucial for a bright and refreshing brew."
As well as:
"Microwaved water can also be taken to several degrees above boiling if heated for too long (which is impossible in a kettle, because the metallic surface prevents overheating). Such ultra-hot water destroys desired aromatic compounds and elicits an excess of astringent, bitter notes by overcooking the leaves"
So...maybe microwaving water MAY have an effect on the taste of tea, but it looks more dependent on the temperature.
Something to keep in mind, maybe 🤔
The sass in this one was a delight.
And my desire to rid myself of a gas burner has only gotten higher. Not the point of the video, I know, but I was already sold on kettles.
"slim possibility of superheated water" .. yep, might be a slim chance, but it's happened to me once, so I avoid the chance of a second water bomb now. It's not fun.
Kettles may theoretically be faster, but I usually just boil a large pot of water on the stove top,and then freeze it for later use.
This made me lol.
Perfect.
That is sooo American!
Nice.
Genious..
For me as a German, those stove-top kettles look like an antique relic, something you might find at your grandma's house, while electric kettles are the modern equivalent.
its also shocking to me that most american households only have 1500w per plug compared to 3500w for most of our german/european households
I'm actually beginning to view electric kettles as old-fashioned since I have a boiling water tap 😀 (a Quooker).
@@masterofgames8261Unfortunately that's the downside of running on 120V.
and the best is the sestence: "Induction stoves are the new hotness"
As a Brit', Stovetop (or Hob) Kettles are a reassuring back up, for whenever the electric one isn't working.
After all: you can boil a Hob Kettle on basically anything that's hot, yet if there's a power failure or the device is due for de-limescaling, the E-Kettle isn't much use.
If anythings worth doing, it's worth having several ways of doing it 😉 .
12:29 - The Blue LEDs are very handy for my mostly deaf father whenever he’s making tea, couldn’t hear a whistle to save his life but he can see when the LEDs turn off.
his complaint is with the blue part, not the light part (it's come up in previous videos). Blue light is harsh and especially annoying in the dark, which is why it's poorly suited for small screens/indicator lights that stay on overnight. In the kettle, it's (probably) purely an aesthetic annoyance
well, in EU, they sell pretty cheap electric kettles in Lidl with different colors for different temperatures too.
50°C is green
70°C blue
80°C purple
90°C lime
100°C red
As a brit I can't fathom a house without an electric kettle. It's an incredibly common house warming gift.
The guy in this video acts like the only thing you can boil water for is tea, like coffee doesn't exist, or hot chocolate or jelly. I'm sure there are a LOT of things I've used my kettle for, just never thought about it and never assumed American's just wouldn't have them in their homes.
I'd walk in an American home and shout where's the fricking kettle ? Then where do you keep your 37 cups ? No , that's not a lot 😀..
You have to remember USA is mostly horrendously under developed
do you guys have coffeemakers in your house though
@@Death-999 coffee you have a coffee maker for and chocolate milk? Real chocolate milk is made with milk not water.
I haven't had tea in years, still use my electric kettle all the time for cup noodles and coffee and because i'm too lazy to wait for a saucepan to boil water for pasta so I put pre-boiled water.
It's not lazy, it's sensible if it means you're using less energy overall.
Pour over coffee, I needed a quicker way to do slow coffee.
Exactly! I drink tea maybe once a month, yet use the kettle to preheat water for so many things in the kitchen! Making pour-over coffee, cooking pasta, steaming dumplings, heating up hot dogs (you can guess where I'm from). All of that uses hot water.
I feel like everyone failed to realise how much cheaper 1kW of gas is (or rather was) than a 1kW of electrical energy... According to data i found online, in the city i live in, in January 2022 the cost of boiling water would be similar, even with that huge loss of energy when we boil water with gas.
Years ago i thought about how when i was a kid we didn't use electric kettle because it was more expensive than boiling water with gas, my parents counted that. Which led me to point, what a failure, or just screwing people over with bills that is. burning gas in gas power plant is surely way efficient than burning it yourself, yet... here we are >.<
i hope my comment makes sence, i can try to explain if someone didn't get it :v
@@KulegaRycha I’ve read that like 6 times and still have no idea what your trying to say lol.
For those wondering, being a European, owning a kettle, a sodastream, and an induction stove top, I thought I'd repeat the experiment with those.
Here are the numbers for reaching boiling point for a sodastream worth of water:
240V kettle: 2:13
3 phase induction stove top at max setting: 2:38
So in fact, a 240-land kettle is still faster than an induction stove top. I suspect not all those 3 phases are pumped into the stovetops themselves, but are rather used for the stove part.
Australian here also 240V, SMEG kettle rated 2000-2400W
905g water when filled just above the line of our sidastream bottle.
Time to the start of a rolling boil
2:42
I'm going to try to remember to do this when the sun is up and my solar panels are producing as I'm convinced they pull up the voltage...
Did you put a lid on the pot you put on your induction stove?
Our induction stove is 3200W per burner on a 32A 230v supply. It’s pretty quick. I’m going to measure it because it’s notably faster than our old kettle was!
I can't speak for how the power distribution is in combined ovens and cooktops, but if they are connected separately, the oven will be single-phase while the cooktop is three-phase.
My induction cooker in boost mode beats a 240V SMEG kettle if none of the rest of the cooker is in use, but only by a few seconds. I expect a cheaper kettle that doesn't have variable temperature features might win.
As someone from a tea-drinking country I must say that the speed is a good benefit, but the main from switching from stovetop kettle. When each member your family drinks tea 4-6 times a day, one of your stove burners is almost always occupied by the kettle. So it's just more convinient to have all four burners at your service whenever you need, no matter when someone wants to have a cup of tea. Especialy during family gatherings - the stove is occupied with pans and pots.
It takes me 4 minutes to boil a cup of water with my stove kettle. Also I use loose tea in a glass kettle that I have to steep. I ha e to use 1 tablespoon of loose leaf tea for one cup of water tablespoon of loose leaf tea for 8 oz of water. I still have not found to precisely, pour one cup from a kettle into my steeping kettle. But what I do is take one cup fill it up with my water. Pour that into my tea kettle on the stove and then when it boils pour that into my steeping kettle. I get the perfect amount each time. If you're doing tea bags then yes an electric kettle would work just fine.
@@flextefitness4954 I don't understand how you came to your last conclusion. People around the world drinks tea differently. My parents had a small tea shop in the 90s, so we tried a lot of different tea and loose tea is much better in general. So we used to make loose tea most of the time. In a teapot you will have a tea brewing, a small portion of which you add to the cup and then mix with hot water from the kettle. In this case there is no difference between stovetop kettle of an electric one. And if you use teabag it doesn't affect much, you just need less water, because you brew tea already in a cup (BTW, you can brew loose the directly in the cwp too, and brew teabags in a teapot - a lot of different options and it doesn't connected much with type of kettle. You just need a boiled water, no mater how you boil it)
@@alpienari Thanks for this response. It is very hard to explain what I'm saying just by typing it. The instructions on my tea say 8 oz of water to 1 tbsp of tea. So yes, if I wanted to eyeball everything that would work just fine. I'm trying to use the exact measurements so I know exactly how my tea is going to come out. I did find a tea kettle that's actually going to work for me. Most of the old tea kettles don't allow you to only boil one cup of water at a time because of the old coil method. Apparently one of the electric tea kettles I'm looking at allows you to add just one cup. I noticed you said use a little more water. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. I'm a very anal person and I like to take precise measurements of how much tea versus how much water I'm putting in. I also use a timer. I don't go by how the color of the tea looks. This way I know exactly how to make the tea that I want to my perfection. The last thing I wanted to add is that it takes my tea kettle on a gas stove, exactly 4 minutes to boil one cup of water. The electric head I'm looking at takes 50 seconds. 3 minutes is really not a lot of time. I don't like a lot of stuff on my countertop I live a very minimalistic life. I make tea three times a day at least so I can leave my kettle on the stove but electric one would have to be in the countertop which takes up space and would be an eyesore because at the moment I don't have much counter space. Once I move and I do have more counter space I will then look for a nice tea kettle to leave on my countertop.
Also, if I forgot about the water boiling, an electric kettle just turns off, and a stovetop kettle burns.
I burned a lot of stovetop kettles when I was a kid.
Electric is the way to go.
@@tango2642 yep, the same 😅 Mom bought a kettle after my brother burned our stovetop one twice in one week.
Spouse bought one a few years ago. We use it everyday. It’s hard to believe we went without one for decades.
This man literally watched water boil for us several times. He’s truly a man of the people
He is a man of the people, truly a communist.
And we watched him to it for our entertainment!
I just let it boil away and just pour water in the pot to rehydrate it.
Next he'll watch paint dry
“They” 🤣 just kidding
“More power to them.” This is the kind of humour I come to this channel for.
The absolute deadpan delivery almost convinced me it wasn't an intentional joke. And then he just let it steep for a good few seconds.
I laughed so hard when that happened... Like... More than anyone should've.
@@metonymic896 LET IT STEEP I see you, that was good
I literately let out an exasperated gasp out through my nose.
I personally laughed so hard at the "One fun thing about this universe" part.
“Through the magic of buying two of them..”
LOL
Canadian here. My parents have used electric kettles for YEARS. In fact, their electric kettles see so much use (they and a lot of my siblings are heavy hot-drink drinkers) that they had to replace the thing at least every two years simply because it would wear out. I would say I rarely, if ever, see a traditional kettle whenever I go to peoples' houses... my parents were relatively late adopters of the electric kettle. And Canada has the same 120v electrical system as the US.
They're also a great option for ramen, oatmeal, etc in dorm rooms. My parents sent me to college with one. I think I still have that kettle in our storage closet.
I went to Europe about 8 years ago. All of the hotels had electric kettles with instant coffee and tea. When I came home to Montana, I went to Walmart and purchased an electric kettle. I was amazed at how fast they boil water compared to a stove-top kettle. I have one at work and one at home, excellent tool!
Sure it is induction? I see no reason to push electronic energy in a magnetic field to induct a circular current in a fixed boiler setting
I would guess it’s a resistor with a cover.
@@DrMarcArnoldBach You're probably correct. It likely has an element under the plate. *Edited my original comment. :)
And they sell portable ones. Silicon tops that fold for traveling.
Same. One at home, one at work. So convenient and fast.
Welcome to the future
"We don't drink tea all that much"
I nod in agreement, while sipping my coffee which I brewed in a french press, using an electric kettle to boil water.
The right way to boil water is of course with a pulsejet kettle : th-cam.com/video/-fDM9Eb16Do/w-d-xo.html
YES! We do too. Perfect for a french press or an Aero press!
Exactly! Pour over coffee, even with stove top espresso machines we're supposed to put hot water in the bottom to do it properly, and of course using the hot water to warm the cups and the teapots. I have a 30+ year old stove top, so I use it for pasta water & ramen as well.
One more here for French press... and considering we had a whole show about coffee it is strange our dear host didn't consider it...
Now I'm wondering, how muricans make coffee if it doesn't involve boiling water in a kettle.
Since I suspect they don't do it properly in a cezve, I'm drawing blanks.
Watching a lot of British TV and seeing kettles in every Irish, Wesh, English home. I am a tea drinker & decided to try one & never looked back. Sent one to my tea drinking sister too & she loves it. I got a second one for my bedroom night time herbal tea, it was $11 at Dollar Store.
In the U.K. we have 3kw kettles and they boil 1 litre of water in about 2.5 minutes. But then we do have 240v ac 50-60htz.
Clueless if it's 50 or 60 ???
In Europe AC current is specified with 50 Hz.
After watching this video, I went shopping for an electric kettle... the one I bought is far better than microwaving a cup, or five, to boil water. I eat instant noodles and many instant foods (I'm disabled and cannot stand in front of a stove). I bought a version slightly better than the cheapest one you showcased. On the trial run, I made a cup of tea. The cup of water boiled faster than I could prepare the "tea cozy". I was quite impressed.
I use a 110v system in my home and use a 20-amp circuit. I calculated the amps of the kettle (11.6 amps). I share the outlet with my coffee maker. Since the kettle boils so fast, I simply unplug the coffee maker, boil the water, turn it off and then plug the coffee maker back into the outlet.
I swear this video has saved me a lot of time - also considering the kitchen is pretty far from "my section" of the house. I don't have to share the stove or microwave with anyone. Therefore, I can have either coffee or tea at my leisure.
Thank you for making the electric kettle known to me!
That’s the same reasons I have one too. Disabled and eat more instant foods than I’d like. Also easier than navigating the stairs.
@@toryannasJMW Stairs... ugh!
I sold my original 2-story house after my injury. The stairs were so bad I had to have a caretaker come help me get down them, then back up to the bedroom. Having a 1-story home has made the world of difference in a good way... but getting 25 feet from my room to kitchen is still a tough chore on days where I'm paralyzed.
I have a minifridge and shelving in my room with instant foods and packaged meals (think what you might put in kids' lunchboxes or something)... I don't eat like I should, and I think you totally know what I mean... but having the ability to boil water in my room or in the utility room next to my room is a Godsend!
I'm literally more independent simple from an electric kettle!
@@johnathansaegal3156 yes sir! I eat like a child some days when making real food is too much on my body. I try my best to take vitamins and protein shakes to make up for what I’m definitely missing. I converted a spare bedroom upstairs into a ‘kitchen’ with my kettle, toaster, and microwave even have a small freezer a family member gave me. It’s made a big difference in my quality of life and my ability to take care of myself.
@@johnathansaegal3156 you know they make portable range-tops right? I have one for emergencies. Nothing should be stopping you from eating better, you should try to cook more, instant foods will help cement your disabled ststus and put you in an early grave.
Well, boiling water in microwave is a bad idea anyway. If you disturb it too much after the boiling, it can "explode"
I remember in college somebody had a "tea wand"- which was basically just the heating element from an electric kettle on a wall plug. You just stuck it in a mug and plugged it in. The water was hot almost instantly.
And yes- that means it was both a fire and an electrocution hazard at the same time.
Great video as always.
We use those in labs in college to heat up water.
The great thing about something working super fast is you're not tempted to leave it unattended.
I've seen these in 12v version with cigarette port on it. No overheat protection nor fuse! Lovely 👌
I remember ladies at work had those, back in the '70s. The company provided coffee, in big industrial coffee pots ... but some wanted something a little more, um, "refined" I guess.
I used to have one of those! It was very convenient, and small enough to be portable, allowing me to have hot coffee or instant soup anywhere with an electrical outlet.
After watching this video I went out and bought my wife the lowest priced (cheapest) electric kettle I could find at Walmart. She likes her coffee from French Press carafes. So this has been a godsend. It works for anything that needs hot water and we use it all the time. Thank you for this vid. It was great.
This guy is wholesome throughout. There are just too few people like this on the internet...
I have a kettle, but use it for stuff like coffee, pasta, ramen, hot dogs Etc. basically it gets to the boil far quicker than on a stove.
Yeah i wanna know how americans make coffiee since i use a kettle for it too
@@saen2755 Coffee machines. A Mr. Coffee style one is fairly traditional. Keurig style is the new way.
aren't you a known racist Larry?
If I need a big pot of boiling water, I put 1/4 of the water in the pot on the electric stove - max heat. Then I boil the other 3/4 in the electric kettle.
excuse me. hot dogs? wouldn't that make the kettle taste odd from the hot dog water. even if you pour it out i would still think it would leave a lasting taste
In our old apartment we had replaced a standard electric cooktop with an induction one (here in Ireland it's not considered that new of a hotness), and it was *phenomenal*. Ridiculously fast and remarkably easier-to-clean than its visually-identical predecessor (presumably because it doesn't get as hot itself). We have since moved to a house with a gas cooktop (and no electric point suitable for an induction one... yet...) and we miss the induction one dearly. I also vote for content about induction cooktops ^_^
I have an induction cooktop in my little apartment (not even a proper stove, just a single cooktop for one pot or pan) and it is almost frightening how quickly it heats a pot or pan.
Yess! In my student housing in the Netherlands i had to share my kitchen with 13 others. So naturally I opted for making a kitchen top in my room with the induction top from ikea! Honestly so much better than gas and less dangerous and easily cleaned!
My fiancee was irish national and loved induction stoves. I personally prefer gas and we had many a heated discussion over who was wrong (she was). 😇
Please oh please. Induction cooktops are great
Induction (not regular resistive-heating glass ceramic first shown in the video, but the good second one!) is absolutely the way to go, it should be practically mandatory for everyone to get it - it's just so good. As a European as well, I've had induction cooktops for several years and I couldn't go back to anything else.
I wish you'd been one of my teachers all along my educational journey!!!! What a pleasure to listen to your voice and your clarity in explanations. THANK YOU!!!
I live in the US and I'm the only person I know who owns an electric kettle (or any kettle for that matter). I did just see one in a company's break room recently and was very surprised!
We use it all the time for tea (yes, I'm one of the few American tea drinkers), coffee in a french press, and tons of other cooking tasks. Even when boiling water to cook, I will out half the water in rhe pot to start heating it and the pot, and then the other half the water in rhe kettle to pre-boil it before adding to the pot.
Interesting, but this seems so strange to me (also as an American) because my parents and many households where I'm from have them... that said I am from the SF Bay Area, which definitely qualifies as a bubble😄
And now I live in Switzerland and am amused by my induction stove boiling water even faster than my 240v kettle. True story!
I will also split the water between a pot and kettle when I'm in a rush.
How many amps is your kettle drawing?
@@willhooke mine is 1500 watts, so around 12.5 amps or so, I believe.
@@D.H.CE_FL thank you 👍🏻
I'm Australian. Our main use of an electric kettle is not for making tea. It's just for boiling water. It can be used for everything. If you need to cook some pasta and are in a rush then just boil the water in the kettle before moving it to a pot on the stove, and so on.
Also, love your videos :)
I was thinking about that during this like hmm this damn doo hickey might make great pasta
@@carsonwilliamsjust makes the heating the water much quicker. Doesn't cook pasta. Probably 3 to 4 times quicker to heat up water, most kettles can boil up to half a gallon. Cheap ones cost $10 Australian. So maybe $7 US.
Doing the same :)
What a waste of time.
We're, here in Russia, cook sausages in them, someone's even cooking an entire soup (mainly a students)
Here in Germany we have at least one electric kettle in every household. And not only that, we have them in every hotel room, office, break rooms at work, literally everywhere. And it is very common knowledge that these things not just bring water to a boil faster than anything you can put on a stove but that they save a lot of energy.
Pretty much the same here in Australia 🇦🇺
As someone living in middle America I don't think I've ever seen a kettle electric or the metal one 😂now coffee/espresso makers Is a different story.
As in the same in Ireland
Same in Israel we have 2 (useful in the winter)
We have a puck coffee machine that also acts a hot water dispenser. In my experience American offices have some form of electric hot water dispenser. It’s homes that are the problem in my experience. I use a kettle in my home.
wait what? I have had tea 3 times in the last 2 years and my coffee is from an espresso machine and still couldn't imagine leaving without a kettle. it's just so useful
I got a cheap electric kettle at the grocery store like 5 years ago, and it's my most used appliance. I haven't tested it against a pot on the stove, but it's pretty fast. I use it for tea, coffee, cocoa.
I bought an embarrassingly cheap electric kettle almost 12 years ago. It has been the single best value of any appliance I have owned in my life.
I bought one 10 years ago for, I wanna say, like €19. It's been great. But last month it started leaking through the plastic screen on the side with the measures on it. So now I bought a new one. For €17. A Tomado TWK1701B. It says it will go to 2200 Watt, but I don't know. It boils a liter of water in 3:10, or 100 seconds, on my 230V connection. I will be back here reporting on it in 10 years.
@@rijden-nu I'll be here waiting for that report
@@Chlooy Don't hold your breath. No really, don't.
When you have an item you use that frequently for that amount of time, it's almost like losing a friend when it dies.
@@malcolmhaig3709 Well... A cheap friend, and an easily replaceable friend. But let's be honest - aren't most friends like that?
I just can't imagine living without an electric kettle, and still don't understand how people in US can even live without it. It's not just for tea, also coffee, hot chocolate, instant noodles, instant oats, home bubble tea, for cleaning dishes (or softening hardened food in pot/pan, softening old mugs), for cooking pasta (add boiling water to the pot is quicker than waiting for the stove), etc. I can boil a litre in 1 min 40 seconds. It's just incredibly useful and versatile. The thought that I'd have to wait around 6 minutes for a stove kettle that doesn't even turn auto off is mind numbingly ridiculous.
we have a smaller version in the USA we use quite a lot called a HOT SHOT. It quickly boils enough water for a large cup of coffee, instant soup tea, or instant oats, etc.
We have electric kettles. I have two, actually, plus a regular stovetop one (gooseneck for pourover coffee). I suppose most Americans don’t drink tea, but plenty of us do.
@@dewilew2137 I think more and more Americans are "slowly" switching to tea. Coffee is getting too rough for my stomach. I like Red Rose and Yorkshire
Imagine one day they discover Metric system… everything being N * 10 larger / smaller easy to use, calculate and name
:-D when i moved into flat (i'm living in now) i purchased nice red (:-D) stovetop kettle. Used it (may be) 3 times? :-D Just was not worth the waiting. I excused myself from my old electric kettle and plugged it back in ASAP. :-)
As an American living in Russia I basically had figured out most of the stuff in this video going in. Here it's called a chaynik which is a word a applied various tea making devices. Chay (pronounced more like ch-eye) means tea, and nik is tacked on to words meaning devices or people that do a job.
Во многих языках tea называется chay
There's a drink that's called "chai" in English, people know how to pronounce that at least
>As an American living in Russia
why?
Tea called that in almost every eastern language. It's called Chai in India, and it's called Cha in East Asia.
@@galaxywizard8904 All names of that thing come from 茶. Tea is likely from Hokkien (Min) (possibly through another asian language) while cha and chai are from Mandarin or Cantonese. The word used is based upon how and where 茶 was first encountered.
You know its a good technology connections video when alec answers the question with 4/5 of the video left
After a couple weeks in the UK I immediately added one of these to my kitchen when I got home. I also gave up coffee which jacked up my stomach and am now a yorkshire gold fanboy. Couldn't imagine not having an electric Kettle handy now.
Such a perfectly balanced comment.
@@zierlyn today we are going to exploit the boiling point of water!
My wife would be proud of you... She swears by Yorkshire Tea. I'm more a traitor to the UK as I drink coffee.
Yorkshire Tea is very very good, did you ever try Rington's Tea from a little further north? It is my favourite, but I am biased as I come from there. :)
It was funny how he talked about cooking and cleaning with hot water. If you're English, there is only one use for a kettle and that's making a cup of tea. I make about ten cups a day and if it took 8 minutes rather than 2 to boil a kettle that would waste an hour a day.
As someone raised on 240V kettles for making a brew, I was perfectly fine like that until I heard about the hot water dispensers mentioned at the end of the video. I bought one last Christmas and can say walking up to the machine, pushing a button then just holding whatever receptacle I need filling under the machine until it's full is an experience. A full cup of boiling hot water in less than 10 seconds is more joyous than it has any right to be.
Do you know how much energy that consumes in comparison to a kettle? I don't it's a genuine question.
@@hazy33 Can't say I've got proper figures mor time to figure it out right now but as said in the video, they're about 700W machines, take about 40 minutes to boil from cold and well insulated as far as I can tell because I only refill it once in the evening and I've never seen it reboil during the day.
would chew up your power though
@@MsJubjubbird Still better than a kettle if you have a family that has several cuppas a day. Like I said above, it's insulated enough that it only boils once
@@daggern15 they are good for workplaces, where people are constantly getting them. But for our family- and we love tea, it isn't worth it, especially as it needs more maintenance and they do actually boil several times in the day
I use one in Missouri and I LOVE IT!!! Gifted one to my mother and she loves it! Gifted one to my friend for her travel trailor and she loves it! They're great.
My induction plate even has an auto boil function that turns the ‘heat’ down as soon as it detects a boiling pot on top. It does require a minimum of 1 liter to work. But is used a lot here using an old fashioned kettle.
It starts to whistle hard and than quiets down when it turns down.
English here... glad you mentioned using the kettle to fill a pot to then boil for pasta etc. Yes we do drink tea... but... we use the kettle just as much for getting water hot for cooking and then transferring to a pan.
You have already paid to heat
Your water fill the kettle with
Hot water from the tap boils
In halve the time.
@@dennisfraser6896 Remind me never to have a shower at your house.
@@dennisfraser6896 I’m expat living in China…, ukk. Never. Not even back home in UK would 8 drink tap water without boiling. Sorry. I use a kettle every day for drinking and cooking. Fast and efficient.
@@dennisfraser6896 Only if you have a hot water tank.
@@honey23b2 this! I live in Australia, yes the tap water is safe to drink here but how could you tolerate the taste? Cold boiled water just tastes much better.
As someone who had a newborn last year I can tell you that having a kettle that can boil and then maintain a constant temperature is hugely helpful. I don't have to wait minutes (which if very helpful when you baby is crying) for the water to heat up and plus I get the extra benefit of having the water "sterilized".
I bought an electric kettle a few years ago and rarely used it, but it really put in work after my son was born. Best way to heat water for formula!
I switched from coffee to tea 6 months ago and quickly bought an electric kettle. It's far quicker and easier. Now, brewed tea subsequently iced has replaced iced coffee
It's good that you mentioned that kettles can be used to boil water for cooking too. I noticed a lot of people oversee that completely and my parents, despite the fact that they used electric kettles their whole life, learned it from me lol.
As for e.g. pasta I pour a glass of water into the pot and heat it up on the stove while filling up my kettle to max. The water starts to boil in both about the same time and it's enough water to boil 4+ portions of pasta in it.
I remember I moved in with a roommate and they had an electric kettle, couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of this wonderful thing that boils water in 2 minutes, then he moved 2 years later and I had to go back to stove boiling before I bought an electric kettle.
well such a major investement of at least 15$ demands a very careful thinking over.
@@5Andysalive 🙃the 1st I ever bought cost less than 6$
🤣🤣
sounds like a romantic novel
Carl...
You probably never heard of "electric showers" either?
heat pumps, rice cookers, toasters, kettles, reusable hand warmers
this channel is really good at telling us how to heat things
I am very happy for that, because I get cold easily and need as much heat as I can get 😂
It's a hot topic!!!
I don't think I like this theme; it makes my blood boil!
j/k
And cool things too. We know all about the refrigeration cycle!
Thx for the insights, I didn't know North American outlets are often limited to 1.5KW. Apart from kettles German households also usually have hair dryers, power drills, some kitchen machines or the plug-in induction stoves which all can take more than 2KW. And for convenience I'd usually shop for the stronger options.
I've even build a 2000W inverter into my campervan to be able to use a strong hair dryer and have the option to use normal kitchen machines.
Been using an electric kettle for over 10 years now (still same one I bought over a decade ago, still works like new). I make tea often, and also make all coffee in a French press. So, mine gets used probably 5 days a week at least. For sure way faster than a kettle on the stove.
Amazingly I spent 25 minutes watching a kettle boil and it kept me interested the whole time. Well done.
Alec is better at 1.75x speed.
As a human person myself I found this video very useful, because I do boil water on regular basis from time to time! Thank you for your great video!
Name checks out 😂
"on a regular basis" & "from time to time" seems to me to be opposite phrases . ..
Perhaps pedantry us my downfall...or your phraseology us unbalanced. ?! 🤔
@brigidsingleton1596 That is intentional to add comedic effect. That being said irregular events could occur on regular time intervals. For example rain rains seemingly irregularly, but if you look at a bigger picture there is certain periods and conditions when it is likely to occur
Sounds like something a non human person would say I would know because I am real human person
UK here. I've had a portable induction hob (cost me less than £30) for a few years now, and it's measurably faster than my superduper electric kettle, which cost about the same price. My induction hob also switches off automatically on the 'boil water' setting. I still use the kettle, though - it's just _so_ convenient much of the time.
Brilliant video, a lot of good info well presented.
Dude from Germany here! Never thought of someone not having an electric kettle out there, boiling small portions of water using a stove is something you will usually never do here (needs more power and time). Boiling water with a kettle takes just up to an minute (230V mains voltage)
yeah same here (netherlands). Never realized the usa does not have this in every home. Now I know and I know why :) Great video.
I don’t hardly ever need to boil water. I think the difference is that in the USA we don’t have a spot of hot tea as a daily normal thing. I drink iced tea which I make in a larger quantity at a time. Coffeemakers take care if the coffee brewing. Microwave can heat a cup of water very quickly as well. Just different social customs.
in hungary everybody have kettle but nobody use it. and to make a cup of hot water we use microwave.
@@denmar355 It is not just tea. Even if you are just cooking things (noodles or potatoes), many people here start with this kettle, because it is almost instant hot. And a microwave is not as fast as this one. A microwave is good for a cup. If you do more, it's wasted energy and time.
You also forgot that Americans cook less than in Europe - so neither they need tea nor boiling water for cooking XD
I'm an avid tea drinker and I've been using electric kettles for 2 years. Absolute game changer. I started with a cheap aluminum version that only has an on switch with automatic shut off, but graduated to a 1.7 liter, variable temperature. If I'm traveling in North America, the cheap one goes with me - otherwise, it lives at my office. Several coworkers appreciate that we have the kettle, I hear it going all day long - and nearly everyone ended up buying their own electric kettle at home.
My trip to the UK last year was amazing - kettles everywhere.
Oh yes, if you went around to someone's house here and they told you that they didn't have a kettle you'd think they were very strange!
Im not sure if this is meant to be funny but it made me laugh anyway 😂
@@WraithOfMan "we ask them politely yet firmly to leave"
No kettle in a British house? This is how we spot spies. Dead giveaway.
@@xXGeth270Xx I honestly think I’d end up ringing the police in fear of my life
so simple topic, but you made it great: nice tests, good explanations. I live in Europe and use induction cooking panels for many years. Atm when I have to cook smth on generic electric cooking panel : i feel like in the stone age as electric one takes ages comparing to 7+ KW induction ones. And you're right: while induction are more efficient in kitchen, quite often they have an additional boosting, which makes cooking/boiling much faster comparing to standard induction. Plus of course they do not warm up your room that much as electric ones (i even do not compare to gas version of cooking panels). Some manufacturers (like Bosh) claim about 50% faster timing on boost comparing to the standard mode (but of course less efficient) on induction panel, but i've never tried to compare and measure timings).
I remember the first time I visited America, I was astounded by how slowly my electric shaver performed when I plugged it in to the American electrical system.
I thought I was being silly when I thought my kettle in the US boiled more slowly and the toaster took much longer than it does at home in the UK
I thought euro bathroom plugs were 110 because of how stupidly dangerous it is to have that much power in a damp environment…
@@Mostlyharmless1985 ah, yes. If a place has a socket in the bathroom it is lower power. But it isn’t a three pin socket as all other outlets are, they just have two pins and the only devices that will plug into them are pretty much shavers and electric toothbrushes
@@Mostlyharmless1985 It is stupid to have any electrical power in a damp environment, regardless of the voltage.
@@MrUniman609 nah. It’s fine when you don’t have earth shattering voltages run everywhere.
Thank you! I'm a Water Boil any% speedrunner and I was really frustrated with the lack of routing comparisons. Implementing this in future runs!
LOL checkedd your profile and you are an actual speed runner 😆
Wouldn’t it be the Boil% category of the game “water?” I’ve been running the Freeze% category for awhile now and implementing a BLJ from the sink to the freezer is my newest time save - set a PB with that trick!
I'd suggest this method, and in a vacuum chamber. I haven't seen any RTA attempts, but good luck with runs!
Underrated comment.
I'd suggest a propane or oxy-aceteline torch in a "pot" made of tungsten.
It's expensive as all get out, but that's the cost of holding a world record.
I had some UK and Australian friends give me a hard time about the "archaic" way I boiled water in a pot if I wanted to make a cup of pour-over coffee or tea. After singing the praises of the simplicity of the electric kettle, I decided I'd get one for myself. My only issue is that I didn't make the decision to buy one sooner. It's SO easy and convenient! Boil the perfect amount of water for a hot beverage in about 2 minutes? Yes please! I got mine last fall and have used it almost every single day since. Plus it's great for certain foods that need boiling water. In less than 10 minutes, I can make a pot of couscous using the amount of water needed.
If you're even remotely on the fence, let me be the voice that pushes you to get one. You won't regret it!
as an aussie i couldn't imagine waiting 10mins to make instant coffee.
@blackmancer - Invariably failed the comprehension test, have you?
@@firstnamelastname2416 My small Breville kettle can boil a cup of water in less than a minute, INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!
These days i have super powerful induction stove, but before when i had old cast iron stove top with 2400W burners, i used to boil water in kettle and make rice, pasta, couscous with it. it cuts 8-10mins off from preparing time. A lot compared to the fact that it takes 8-9 mins to make spaghetti when the water is boiling.
@blackmancer - The plot yet thickens. '. . . certain foods that need boiling water. In less than 10 minutes, I can make a pot of couscous . . .' - meaning, with the water which has already been boiled; thus pouring the boiling water into the bowl with couscous: after which the couscous absorbs the water in the bowl, or is further cooked in the 'pot' which is being mentioned. Australia is not for the weak-minded, though: I have cousins living in Perth, Melbourne and the Outback, as well as quite a few immigrant acquaintances.
The induction heating hotplate is remarkable technology, as I have one identical to what was presented here.
Using it for heating soup, it can warm up the soup stock to temperature levels to kill-off bacterias, then be adjusted to a low level for simmering, where added ingredients can be placed in the soup; and the timer can be set for automatic shutoff.
The induction technology gives off little collateral heat, unlike natural gas, so it doesn't heat up the kitchen.
I love experiments like this!
The thing that makes kettles so convenient for me is when boiling food, its so much faster to boil 2L in the kettle before putting it in the pan, and then use the hob to keep it at a simmer. As opposed to going from cold on the hob.(i dont have an induction hob)
On a side note, british tanks have a specific water boiling device. Wheras american ones dont. Just an interesting fact that i learnt from a video
British Army ration packs are in the form of boil in the bag meals, so they can be prepared and eaten within the tank, thanks to the BV (boiling vessel). It's not just about the tea (plus the tea within the ration packs is atrocious)
Well, the original Vickers machine guns were valued by the Tommies more for the ability to boil water for tea than for accuracy, especially over long ranges. That hot water was a luxury in the trenches, especially as you otherwise only had a very poor ration heater to use.
That Boiling vessel also came about because soldiers were literally getting out of the tanks to make a cuppa and were shot, so much safer to not leave the vehicle
@@Nimmo1492 But the tea definitely plays a large part, doesn't it?
wait until you get a (boiling) hot water tap in the kitchen - it is the most fantastic non essential thing in the kitchen!
I just did a test with my own electric kettle here in Sweden. It's a really cheap one and quite slow compared to others and it still brought one litre to a boil in 3 minutes.
Here in USA I don't even have to wait 3 minutes to get hot water to make my tea. My 5 gallon jug water dispenser has a Hot water option so I always have near-boiling hot water on tap whenever I need it. And these kinds of hot/cold water dispensers are quite common in USA.
@@KingNekro I had one in the house as a teen it was great. I miss it
@@KingNekroeuropeans also have water dispensers, although nobody has near boiling water in them. it's usually around 60°C max. having that high temp available at all times seems wasteful.
@@iamanti8367 Whatever the temperature is, it's plenty hot enough to make Tea/Ramen/etc
we also have electric heaters here :) and its nice to be able to plugin more things at once
A great and very thorough review❤
I think kettles are probably the most universal kitchen appliance in the UK. I’ve moved into flats that didn’t have a microwave or a freezer, but every single one had a kettle
I cant imagine a kitchen without a kettle. And I dont even drink tea.
Most hotel rooms in Ireland have a mini one too (maybe hidden in a cupboard)
@@Qlicky I've never walked into anyone's house and seen them have a kettle before. But I'm American. But every single one has a coffee maker.
I’m in Canada. Everyone I know with a kettle uses a dedicated electric kettle, despite us sharing the US’s 120v system. Mind you, everyone I know also has an electric stovetop too.
I was wondering, I have always used them and I thought everyone else did too.
I live in Canada too and use the dedicated kettle. The sheer fact it can just set to a temp and hold for 30min is a bonus for my busy self/family. I have an induction range which can boil 250mL of water in like 30s on its boost mode.
Apart from tea, in the UK we can also prepare boiling water for adding to vegetables to be cooked on the stove. With 240 volts this is far more rapid and efficient than heating it on the stove itself.
I have a water gallon dispenser with built-in water heater and even water cooler. I love it! I can never imagine my life without it
I'm a Canadian, and I always thought stove top kettles were old-timey. I had no idea electric ones were so rare just a few hours south.
I think the electric ones are probably common in Canada. It's what I'm used to in any case.
Can't afford the kettles because of all the guns. Incidentally, bright pink magazine bolt action (possibly with a stripper clip capacity) in 30-06 are now available for the 7 year old girl in your life... And I am NOT kidding..
I loathe Inbredistan.
...a few decades south 🙄
Also Canadian, literally everyone I know owns an electric kettle.
yea i'm used to seeing electric ones. My issue with them is cleaning, especially where the water is a bit harder the heating element gets limescale buildups or whatever. Honestly i chose to get the stovetop one cuz it kinda reminded me of old-timey.
This was an oddly satisfying and very informative video. I really enjoyed it. I am going to start using my electric kettle more here in the US.
I love the use of scientific terms here, such as the converty thing. Win.
Recently I went to a specialized camping accessories store and there I found a 12V (yes, twelve) kettle, the packaging literally said "boils 1 liter in 35 minutes". So you thought 120V is slow, huh?
At that point just make a fire.
you just need more amps.
Yeah, the main thing here is electrical power, which is the same. So time should also be the same
@@5Andysalive it's all about the amps really
Where are you getting electricity while camping? That doesn't sound like camping.
These were introduced to me as a means of having hot cup noodles at night without waking anyone up by using the kitchen, and I can't imagine not having one.
Here in Germany we don't eat noodles, same for Italy where's my gf from
@@igor_pavlovich Nice subtle troll.
@@igor_pavlovich Where in Germany don't we eat noodles? Because here in Germany we do most definitely eat noodles. Same for Italy, where I wish my gf was from.
@@rijden-nu im pretty sure he's joking
@@zekiz774 I can't believe anyone would joke about noodles.
I recently started using one. Not for the tea, but it's the best way to get hot/boiling water immediately.
And it's in the form of a handy jug that you can easily pour from.
When cooking stews/gravies/rice sometimes we need to adjust the water by adding more hot water. The old method was to place a deep lid on your pot and place some water in that lid so it'd get hot while the stuff in the pot was cooking. That way you'd have a ready supply of hot water but it was not easy to handle. A kettle that can give you boiling water in seconds is so much superior. Also quickly boils water for instant noodles and the like.
We have 240 V system here and a kettle with stated power of 2000-2400 W. A Soda Steam bottle of 19 C water took 3 min 28 sec to boil.
I don't drink tea either, but hot chocolate made with water and real cocoa powder (+sugar and milk).
I'm Scottish, don't drink tea or coffee and I still have a kettle 😆. They're just handy for hot water bottles, cuppa soups, pasta etc
You sure you are Scottish if you don't drink tea!? 🤣🤣🤣 I'm Irish, dealing with the cold and wet means the kettle is constantly going for tea (drink about 3-4 cups a day + 1 or 2 coffees) and for filling the hot water bottle! Bliss!
They’re incredible for boiling eggs
I know you said etc but do pot noodles not get an honourable mention ?
@@MoniiChanTheUnicorn Isnt it interesting how when it come to tea everybody thinks about england while number one tea drinking country is Turkey and number two is Ireland. God bless my irish brothers and sisters we need to beat England much more XD They not eve close bruh yet again....
Do you Scottish people say hello or ‘ello
As an American tea drinker, I've used an electric kettle since I first discovered them. So much easier, for a large number of reasons - volume and safety being the top two.
I ended up drinking some American tea in a restaurant once. It was cold and someone had put ice cubes in it! Never again.
@@jonboy602
Sounds like you ordered “sweet tea” 😂 We have hot options and cold options… but we mostly love our iced tea!
@@piecesoftheheart9231 Yes, my (non-English) girlfriend at the time found the expression on my face hilarious! It was at this point I realised the relationship was doomed.
@@jonboy602 sounds about right. If you order "tea" in a restaurant here, a lot of them will assume you mean iced tea, unless you say "hot tea". You still need hot water to make good iced tea, though.
@@piecesoftheheart9231 I love my iced tea but hate sweet tea...I think sweet tea's more of a Southern thing
That last point on the 'hot water dispenser' is very true, the fastest way to get boiled water is to boil your kettle once and then fill up a thermos and get several cups out of it.
Yup! I just started using one in 2020 during covid and it changed my life. I cant believe it.
I've been using electric kettles in breakrooms for years, seems every office I've worked in has had one, and a few private clients have had them, too. It's definitely something on my personal wish list, so I was surprised to hear it's not common in the US.
what they’re like $20 make your wish come true today lol
Vinemaple.
Why don't you fix your broken rooms first before buying a kettle?
Many water coolers have a hot tap, and most break rooms have a coffee machine. The old glass pot has been replaced by the single-serve style which can just spit out hot water.
When we worked in physical offices in the US, I’d say just 1 out of 10 people drank tea. Most drank coffee, some drank soda, and the smallest number drank tea.
The people who made tea at work was always zero. They bought it somewhere else and brought it in a to-go cup.
@@johnmaurer3097 They *bought* tea?
I remember the first time that I used an induction stove with "Boost" to boil water: it was so fast that I was literally scared. It felt like the bottom of the pan had opened up a portal directly to hell and was being heated by the joyous warmth of pure sin. ;-)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well. Maybe not joyous but more like heinous 😈
@@ProctorsGamble It can be both
Best comment
If you're doing it right.
Induction really is my favourite kitchen tech!
I hadn't realized how much I'd missed "through the magic of buying two of them" until it reappeared, and it wasn't even that long of an absence.
I worked in an office where there was a “boiling water” dispenser that wasn’t actually hot enough for tea, so people would heat their water in the microwaves. It didn’t take very long for a superheated water explosion to happen. No one was hurt, but it was quite a shock to the person it happened to.
I didn't know it's possible, if you don't want it.
Prove me if i'm wrong, but to overheat water, you need a distilled water, which isn't as easy to get as tap water. Tap water has lots of minerals
(often intentionally. Afaik Norway or Iceland used "soft" water [without minerals], and they started to suffer from heart diseases, so then they intentionally added calcium, and other minerals to the water)
so regular tap water should boil without any problem, especially if you put a teabag inside before boiling
@@redve390 I guess that preheating the water removes dissolved gasses, removing nucleation points for the boiling to start.
I have once made a water explosion in a slightly different way. By boiling water in a cup in the microwave; forgetting about it, so that half the water had boiled over; refilling the cup with half cold water; then boil it again in the microwave oven. I guess that the cold water cool down the walls of the cup, while the hot water was in the middle, allowing it to be super heated, without touching the nucleation points on the walls. I have never been able to recreate it, so it was a fluke accident.
@@redve390 some people have a thing for bottled water and some bottled water seems to be filtered too good. =) so I would expect the super heated water to happen to those. I once had water instantly boil after I put the teabag in (after microwaving it of course), I guess it was due to the water being too soft in that area. =)
You can microwave a cup with a spoon to prevent the sudden boiling. No joke, metal spoon in microwave is safe.
The right way to boil water is of course with a pulsejet kettle : th-cam.com/video/-fDM9Eb16Do/w-d-xo.html
I'm fascinated by the little TV in the background. 🙂 We had an orange one when I was a kid. I'm looking for a good, programmable smart kettle that has hot water waiting for me when I get up to make my French Press coffee.
From Indonesia here. Around 1000 watts just to boil water will make entire house can not use another appliances. So we stick to a gas stove unless electricity gets cheaper
Both my wife and I were stationed overseas in England around 20 years ago. Since moving back to the US we have always had an electric kettle. It's just so convenient. It gets used primarily for tea and French press coffee (we can set our kettle's temp, which is nice), with the occasional ramen here and there. I also use it to cheat when bringing water to boil on the stove because it's just so much faster. For example, for pasta I'll start a cup or two of water on the range, then boil about 1.5 liters in the electric kettle and add that to the pot when it's finished. So much quicker.
being stationed in Japan and seeing everyone on 100V using electric kettles made me wonder why this wasn't common in the U.S. with our "powerful" 120V
Yeah, the tea only thing is a stupid reasoning, most just don't buy specific electric coffee machines and use the kettle to drink insta coffee.
Though for grain on home consumers don't know the preference between capsule, other machines, French, Italian or more pour over styles in our country.
@@0Clewi0 Coffee Capsules and single cup teabags are annoying wasteful packaging that increase the price per cup for no real benefit. Instant coffee, regular coffee and regular tea is better to buy in 1 lb bags, keep in a reusable jar and dose with a spoon.
@@johndododoe1411 I'm not talking of what's better, I drink 0 coffe, but I see capsules are still sold on supermarkets, so I'm sure they're consumed, besides percolated coffee isn't popular at all.
I have a real love/hate relationship with you using math and logic to rewrite my literally ALL of my misconceptions. Keep doing it, please.
Great comment. To rethink based in factual evidence, is only for the braves.
2 mins 15s in UK using 3Kw smart kettle. However if only heating one cup it is ready at same time as when you've finished putting the ingredients in the cup. Being micropocessor controlled it doesn't mind if you switch on with no water, just beeps to tell you, also has 3 modes 85/95/100C and digital readout so no waste.
I actually bought that very kettle from Walmart a few months ago, inspired largely by this video. It's great!
Hi Technology Connections, I asked for an electric kettle for my birthday based on this video. The electric kettle boiled water for my coffee much faster than my gas stove. I plan to use the electric kettle for all my water-boiling needs, so thank you for bringing this appliance to my attention.
Once you get used to things like bringing water to the boil for pasta and such, you'll wonder how on earth you managed before. =P
@@mindofwaves4470no. Refer to the percolator video on this channel, or the coffee drip video.
@@joeysabey6019 saves maybe 10 minutes daily if you think about that
always good to have both in case power goes out too
"It's because we don't drink tea every day."
Yup. The moment my wife became a daily tea drinker we got a pretty decent electric kettle with a timer, temp setting, the whole shebang. Didn't cost too much and made her morning tea much easier to make.
Me an my partner both started drinking tea after I realized daily coffee was giving me health problems, and I love my kettle. It's not even fancy, just a boily-poury-thingy. I use it for tea and ramen and hot cocoa and my hot water bottle and sanitizing stuff. It's just a great appliance.
Get an under sink instant hot water dispenser. Tea in seconds instead of minutes.
@Samuel Blackwood Careful, sir. "Tea is a big NO for those who suffer from kidney stones. This is because tea has very high oxalate content and oxalic acid aid in the forming of kidney stones. So, does tea cause kidney stones? The answer is yes, drinking too much tea can lead to the formation of kidney stones." A coworker who drank tea a lot got them in his bladder. Unique pain from ultrasonic treatment, he said.
@@bansheedearg This is good to know. Thanks for commenting.
@@bansheedearg I say "tea", but most of what I drink is fruit/herbal infusions in hot water, like apple cinnamon, peppermint, rose hips, or citrus peels. (And that same article you're quoting says that *green* tea doesn't have this effect, only black tea. Well, and "iced tea" by which I assume they mean iced black tea.) Black tea is part of my rotation, mostly in the mornings for the caffeine, but where nutrition is concerned it's usually unhealthy to consume a lot of any one thing regardless of what it is.
I once used the water dispenser @22:23 but later gave it up, there was just so much residue after a while of use since we have hard water here and most household don't bother installing expensive filters
4:59 oh that was FANTASTIC
I have an induction cooktop here in Australia and I thought I'd do a test run to see how long it took. The cooktop is rated for 3200W of continuous power on one "heating element", and boiling 1 litre of water took 2 minutes and 18 seconds.
Quite sure a the 3200w Induction will beat the 2000w Kettle. There is a lower limit on the Australasia residential power and induction is shockingly efficient. I guess it majorly helps to have the appropriate closed lid pot being used.
Did the same in a 2200w catle and it took 2:25 for a liter
@@rui518 I'll bet you live at a higher altitude than Mr. Keyboard does. Comparisons are really only valid at the same elevation.
@@mickenzie5863 Plenty of other variables at play as well.
@@mickenzie5863 arround 45 meter above sea level, but he is using a cook top. He may be losing power, also how good is the boiler? Can it handle 3200w?
My catle is from Philips with a plastic body
“Don't fill it to the rim” - yeah, that's a common problem-that-shouldn't-really-be-one. At our office's tea-kitchen we have a big kettle, and I often notice people doing this: *1.* empty any warm water that was in the kettle into the sink *2.* fill the kettle with, like, 2 litres of cold water *3.* use 200 ml of that for a cup of tea.
We're approaching gas-stove levels of inefficiency there...
people dumb
Wtf are they emptying it?
at one of my older jobs, we had this hot wand thing that looked like a metal stick, you sat it in the cup and it boiled your water. I liked that thing but it was old, I surely would not buy it with kids in the house... i dont even think they sell that anymore, but it was great cause no one wasted water.
@@armamentarmedarm1699 Exactly..... It's just the element from the cheap kettle...on a power lead.
OK...BUT! Don't walk away and forget it!!!!
@@pomaranczowaszarlotka Exactly. Just a complete waste of energy (and water).
I see people doing it all the time. It makes my blood boil!
I come from a household that has an electric kettle (for tea enthusiast AND pedantic coffee snobs) and I’ve always use it to supplement pasta water 😂
I also think there is a Good Eats episode that said they’re perfect for soft boiling eggs in?
And the gooseneck variety also doubles as an easy watering can for indoor plants!
I've always used an electric kettle. Well, then I guess I grew up half my life in several Central and South American countries, and always being on the move made this (and a good power adapter) a great option.
"Many of you will find this kettle to be obnoxiously slow." - Yeah, I went and tested mine and it boiled 1l in pretty much 2 minutes flat.
Though yeah, I didn't get it for Tea, more for ramen, other instant stuff and hot-water bottles.
There's a wonderful moment of dawning suspicion and realization when you work out that it's almost always best to boil your water in the kettle, then add it to the pot.
You just get out the pot one day, take it to the sink and your eye falls on the device you own specifically to rapidly and efficiently boil water.
You look at the kettle. You look at the pot. You think back to thousands of micro-days wasted on boiling water in one instead of the other. You put the empty pot onto the stove and boil up a kettle of water.
If everyone did this, the power stations would not cope with peak demand for electricity.
Neither would your wallet since electricity is much more expensive than gas.
@@lekudos time is more expensive than money.
@@lekudos The UK's national grid can cope with millions of households all putting the kettle on simultaneously at half time during major football matches, and then flushing the toilet.
So I'm going to call bullshit on what you said.
@@lekudos in the UK there is (or was) a phenomenon called "TV pickup" where during breaks of popular TV shows, so many people would turn on the kettle that they have to add more power to the grid. So a system can cope, if it's designed to.
@@lekudos Is there enough people boiling water at the exact same time for that to matter? People using an electric stove rather than kettle would also use electricity, but just spread it over several more minutes.
I got a hot water dispenser and it makes the 110v wait time a non issue, and you can fill it up to 3.2 liter (the model i have) meaning if you are only boiling the minimum in a kettle it means you only have to fill it every couple of days depending on usage. If you are considering wiring a 220v just for a British kettle, get a hot water dispenser.
I actually bought it because this video gave me the idea, and because my girlfriend kept getting angry when i only partially filled the kettle.
yeah im from europe when i moved to the usa i bought a kettle here and it drove me mad it would take over over 6-7mins to boil water. i ended up adding a 240volt outlet in the kitchen and bought a kettle from europe. my 3000watt 240v insulated bosch kettle will boil in about 2-3 mins lol, but the nice thing is if you only want to boil say 500ml it takes seconds which is nice if you want to make a quick cup of tea. also larger power tools like table saws and vacuums on 120v are junk, a 240v 2.5-3kw miele vacuum on pet hair is untouchable.
I have a theory that instant coffee was so popular in the UK as we had kettles for tea and so we could use the same thing to make coffee. Growing up in the eighties I didn't really know there was anything other than instant coffee. When i first realised Americans have coffee makers I thought that sounded very posh and fancy!
Oh wow! I never though about how coffee makers were viewed elsewhere. I am an American that switched to tea a few years ago, and looking back, the coffee maker is just so ridiculous because once you use it for coffee for the first time, that's really all you can use it for after that. Getting hot but not boiling water with a slight coffee flavor for the rest of its useful life is not ...great. The Keurig was a revelation, but its also just disastrous on the environment. I much prefer my kettle which I use for everything, and yes, I also use it for instant coffee. If I really want a good cup of coffee, I can always use the kettle and whip out the French press.
@@aquiamorgan2416 Keurig pods may be wasteful, but there's plenty of reusable pods, that are sold in many stores.
Yeah, and even if we have a filter coffee maker, it's not used every day - and unless you are at home and drink endless cups, once a pot has been made for some time and the coffee is 'stewed' (as we call it), it tastes awful! Mine only got used when lots of visitors came around, as it freed up the kettle for the tea! Now I'm on my own, it's either good quality instant (Kenco) or I use a fresh coffee in a cafetiere (plunger-type coffee pot) - which still needs the kettle!
Don't they still make coffee bags that work just like tea bags? I'd think that would be the perfect thing for anyone who doesn't like instant and doesn't want to maintain a coffee maker. I, on the other hand, have always been fine with instant.
instant coffee took off over in asia for this vary reason. Culturally the act of brewing team is more similar to instant coffee than any other method of brewing coffee, so makes a certain about of sense. There have been reasonable drinkable instant coffees for a decade or more, at least far superior in quality than much of the brewed coffee many are used to.