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'better' according to what? A quick DDG search finds examples that rate an electric kettle as faster and more energy efficient than a microwave e.g. http://www

by NLips 11y ago

'better' according to what? A quick DDG search finds examples that rate an electric kettle as faster and more energy efficient than a microwave e.g. http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/ask-pablo-electric-kettle-stove-or-microwave-oven.html http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/ask-pablo-electri... edit: searched using duckduckgo, not google

kazinator 11y ago
Not if you have to heat 1 l in the kettle, if all you wanted was 250 ml. For a large quantity, the kettle wins. You could boil 4 l of water in a microwave oven, but it would take long. Over that time, a lot of heat would escape.