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A proper electric tea kettle will heat water way faster than placing a regular tea kettle on an electric stovetop. Electric tea kettles are a single-task devic
by bkjelden 10y ago
A proper electric tea kettle will heat water way faster than placing a regular tea kettle on an electric stovetop.
Electric tea kettles are a single-task device, but they do that one task so exceedingly well a lot of people own one.
- antisthenes 10y agoNot in the United States, they don't. You're artificially limited to 1920W(cont. or 2400W short term) on a 20amp circuit and most kettles will barely do 1600W for safety reasons and legacy (houses with old wiring). It takes an obnoxious amount of time to boil water using an electric kettle in the US. When I go back to EU to visit relatives, I am already drinking tea by the time the kettle boils in the US.
- james_a_craig 10y agoUK kettles can be 3500W, which makes quite a difference. Our kettles are massively better than stovetops.
- singingfish 10y agoNah, my induction cooktop using 2.2KW (medium hob on boost) does better than a 2.4KW jug kettle.