It boils water. And it looks red. Yay
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Got that same model in black. If it isn’t obv to anyone else, there’s a ring of blue LEDs around the bottom. They’re quite bright. Kettle works well, though.
They invented a water powered kettle a long time ago, but Big Conventional Kettle is hiding the technology
I have an older version, without that snazzy red handle.
9+ years old, absolute workhorse.
Hm, seems unpractical. How are you going to lift that hot kettle without a handle?
You get used to it
thanks for picking up the slack @Cypher!
I just got this excellent cephalopod kettle that additionally heats water to specific temperatures. Saves me from having to add one medium size ice cube to my coffee.
Mine has the exact same bottom but a completely different top portion.
I just purchased the same one.
Don’t buy SMEG. I was hoping its build different but its built the same with other electronics, to maximize profit. Won’t last 7 years, dont expect it to pass on to your kids.
It’s also such a nice gift for just about anyone who doesn’t already own one
Well done, sir. And I would also say it looks red, although I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
What advantage does this have over boiling water in the microwave?
Boiling it in a kettle or even a pot doesn’t have that weird metallic-ish taste that it gets if you microwave it.
If you have 230v power like a vast majority of the world, it’s faster. Especially if heating over a couple of cups.
Ah, fair. I’m not plugging it into the same plug as my dryer or whatever, my home’s norm is 110-120v @ 60Hz on AC. I do have the 230-240v @ 60Hz option, but, honestly? I’m mostly on 5v/1-2A DC (I run a lot off of USB batteries).
I don’t have a microwave, and my kettle has different modes
I thought you weren’t supposed to microwave water because it can superheat or something
It’s possible but iirc any imperfection in the surface will prevent this.
So would always be moot with a tea bag I guess?
Exploding water? In a nutshell, yes, water can “explode” in the fashion described above. However, it takes near perfect conditions to bring this about, thus “exploding water” is not something the average hot beverage drinker who would otherwise now be eyeing his microwave with trepidation need fear. Odds are, you’ll go through life without ever viewing this phenomenon first-hand, and if you’re one of the rare few who does get to see it, you will likely not be harmed by the experience (that would take your standing right over the cup at the instant it happened, and the liquid’s bolting up and hitting your skin).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised consumers:
This type of phenomenon occurs if water is heated in a clean cup. If foreign materials such as instant coffee or sugar are added before heating, the risk is greatly reduced. If superheating has occurred, a slight disturbance or movement such as picking up the cup, or pouring in a spoon full of instant coffee, may result in a violent eruption with the boiling water exploding out of the cup.
I always give it a stir with a long spoon before and after putting it in the microwave, when it won’t be in contact with my skin.
I love that mine has a grid of different temperatures that I can chose with a single button press. 70 for the kid’s cocoa, 80 for green tea, 95 for my French press and boiling for black tea.
More energy efficient and sometimes faster, quieter (or at least a more pleasant sound imo), and just feels nicer to pour. I have a gooseneck one that can target a specific temperature that is an absolute treat to use. It’s by far our most used kitchen gadget. It’s one of those “little things” that make life better in not entirely tangible ways.
For anyone that eats instant noodles regularly, or drinks coffee made using an Aeropress or a pour-over, or making Jello, or any other application where the water must already be boiling hot before adding, the electric kettle is king.
It also avoids the quandary with having to carefully move a potentially-open top cup full of boiling water from the microwave to wherever it is needed. Some Japanese electric kettles are even fully thermally insulated and proofed against tip-over. These units require a positive actuation of a trigger in order to dispense; tilting the kettle isn’t enough.
And finally, using an electric kettle does not temporarily cause radio interference in the 2.4 GHz spectrum, with attendant WiFi and Bluetooth signal reductions.
Although it’s perhaps a little slower and energy inefficient, I can’t see spending money on a fragile-seeming electric kettle. With little kitchen space and disliking having something else to clean I am happy to continue using my 2 quart Revereware stainless steel pot. It’s been boiling water as well as cooking meals on one electric range top or another without fail for almost 40 years, a tiny fraction of it’s expected working life.
I can’t remember ever cleaning an electric kettle, other than maybe wiping the outside if I spilled something on it or if I left the apartment for two months. The kettle has the notable property of regularly being full of boiling water, which kills any germs and washes what little dust might’ve gotten into it in the meantime. And I’m regularly grabbing the handle, which is the outside part of which I could be vaguely concerned.
I don’t think water is supposed to look red when you boil it.
I went to a store to look at kettles the other day, didn’t find any I liked, need to go to another store and look at more kettles
I got a really good one years ago, my wife used it to heat up chicken stock to make gumbo. Never again.
Ugh, RIP. I’ve ruined many a travel mug with milk, but I would never do that to a kettle.
Sorry about the divorce but you had to do it, no other options
This has me fucked up. Did your coffee the next day taste like chicken?
These glass Cosori ones are pretty good in my experience
What would be really cool, is a kettle which has an alarm if the water is cooking. Some really high pitched noise so that everybody hears it. But the battery would probably die on that pretty soon. Hmm.
