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I grown up in communism. It was impossible to buy stainless steel kettle. Our industry simply could not produce that material, and borders were closed. Today it

I grown up in communism. It was impossible to buy stainless steel kettle. Our industry simply could not produce that material, and borders were closed. Today it is recommended not to buy cheap kettles from communist asia, it may contain poisonous bromine. Today I just use dumb kettle on induction stove. Never breaks and saves space.

jacknews 6y ago
Great idea, and in theory the induction cooker should be able to detect temperature, to turn off when the water boils, and also be able to function as a rice cooker etc. But I've never seen one with a temperature sensor or probe.
- jiehong 6y ago
  Actually, they do have a temperature sensor that is used to turn off the induction over a critical temperature. But it’s below the glass top, so it lags behind the real temperature, only tread the temperature of the bottom of the pot. This makes it unreliable for fine temperature control. I have a portable one that gives you the possibility to set the temperature you want by 20 degrees, but it’s not fine enough for tea (40, 60, 80, 100, 120... degrees Celsius) Only just ok for Chinese hotpot: https://www.amazon.de/Klarstein-Einzel-Induktionskochplatte-Leistungsstufen-Oberflächensteuerung-Überhitzungsschutz/dp/B00WUH9HR8/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=klarstein+induktion&qid=1615628678&sr=8-13 https://www.amazon.de/Klarstein-Einzel-Induktionskochplatte-...
- keenreed 6y ago
  Or just use timer...
  - jacknews 6y ago
    And a huge table of times depending how much water, what kind of rice, etc, etc. With a temp sensor you could also do pseudo sous-vide (pseous-vide?).
torgian 6y ago
Big brain here. Kettle on a stove will never break, and if your stove breaks you have other problems anyway.
- keenreed 6y ago
  Two plate stove was like 100 euro. It has normal tactile buttons, not that glass touch insensitive junk.
  - aj7 6y ago
    You’re just glorifying poverty. Nevertheless, you’re not wrong.
    - torgian 6y ago
      Not really glorifying poverty. You can be rich and still take the simple route with appliances
Daho0n 6y ago
Which "communism"? Even North Korea makes stainless and have for ages. I'm guessing it were cost, not that they couldn't.

jacknews 6y ago

Great idea, and in theory the induction cooker should be able to detect temperature, to turn off when the water boils, and also be able to function as a rice cooker etc. But I've never seen one with a temperature sensor or probe.

jiehong 6y ago
Actually, they do have a temperature sensor that is used to turn off the induction over a critical temperature. But it’s below the glass top, so it lags behind the real temperature, only tread the temperature of the bottom of the pot. This makes it unreliable for fine temperature control. I have a portable one that gives you the possibility to set the temperature you want by 20 degrees, but it’s not fine enough for tea (40, 60, 80, 100, 120... degrees Celsius) Only just ok for Chinese hotpot: https://www.amazon.de/Klarstein-Einzel-Induktionskochplatte-Leistungsstufen-Oberflächensteuerung-Überhitzungsschutz/dp/B00WUH9HR8/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=klarstein+induktion&qid=1615628678&sr=8-13 https://www.amazon.de/Klarstein-Einzel-Induktionskochplatte-...
keenreed 6y ago
Or just use timer...
- jacknews 6y ago
  And a huge table of times depending how much water, what kind of rice, etc, etc. With a temp sensor you could also do pseudo sous-vide (pseous-vide?).

torgian 6y ago

Big brain here. Kettle on a stove will never break, and if your stove breaks you have other problems anyway.

keenreed 6y ago
Two plate stove was like 100 euro. It has normal tactile buttons, not that glass touch insensitive junk.
- aj7 6y ago
  You’re just glorifying poverty. Nevertheless, you’re not wrong.
  - torgian 6y ago
    Not really glorifying poverty. You can be rich and still take the simple route with appliances

Daho0n 6y ago

Which "communism"? Even North Korea makes stainless and have for ages. I'm guessing it were cost, not that they couldn't.