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Sure, but 27 minutes is such an absurd exaggeration. I can boil a liter of water on my electric kettle in 4-5 minutes. I rarely need a full liter, anyway, and I
by cwhiz 6y ago
Sure, but 27 minutes is such an absurd exaggeration. I can boil a liter of water on my electric kettle in 4-5 minutes. I rarely need a full liter, anyway, and I don’t always want the water at boiling temperature. It is typically under 2 minutes for me to have hot water for a cup of tea. In Europe maybe those numbers are halved, but to me it’s just a trivial difference.
- orra 6y agoSure. But what about 1.7L? That's what my typical kettles does, at maximum. It's great for boiling water for cooking; at 230V it's faster than heating on the hob. But if it took 7–8 minutes, that'd be frustrating.
- cwhiz 6y agoMy stove has a power boil option for that. Do you typically use your kettle to boil water for cooking? I typically don’t even keep track of how long it takes to boil on the stove. I just do the rest of the prep work.
- orra 6y agoYeah, we use the kettle all the time, for quickly bringing water to the boil. Always for pasta. Sometimes for potatoes (though they are probably better gradually heated from cold). A power boil option would be a decent alternative. I'm probably just impatient, to be fair.