Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

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[@TechnologyConnections]

Hey! I deleted a couple of things from this script which I shouldn't have. I've made a follow-up video on Connextras which includes them and more! Here's a link, but you can also expand this comment for a quick run-down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKHSiXmhYs6rkMU *Coffee makers.* That's what we use. And since they'll make hot water, too (so long as you don't put coffee in them) many people will also use them for making other hot beverages. Some coffee makers are better than others for that, though. I would imagine that as soon as the percolator became popular, we got hooked on coffee and never went back. Also; Microwaves. That also works! It seems to offend the more British among you (and some other folks get freaked out by the slim possibility of superheated water) but if you want a single cup of tea, nuking a mug full of water for about two minutes will in fact bring it to a boil. Energy is energy, and water is water!

[@Stjaernljus]

While it works in a pinch using a microwave to boil water makes tea taste odd, thats why people get "offended" by the idea.

[@doublej42]

I do t get how this can be unless there is something in the water it’s just heated. That said coffee maker water tastes like coffee and is rarely above 80c. Okay for green in a pinch but I’m a tea snob.

[@lvrboi92]

So, I did some cursory googling (love verbifying nouns) and, take this with a grain of salt, as my source is a "Slate" article but: "The longer water boils, the more dissolved oxygen it loses-and tea experts say that dissolved oxygen is crucial for a bright and refreshing brew." As well as: "Microwaved water can also be taken to several degrees above boiling if heated for too long (which is impossible in a kettle, because the metallic surface prevents overheating). Such ultra-hot water destroys desired aromatic compounds and elicits an excess of astringent, bitter notes by overcooking the leaves" So...maybe microwaving water MAY have an effect on the taste of tea, but it looks more dependent on the temperature. Something to keep in mind, maybe 🤔

[@mikev7490]

The sass in this one was a delight. And my desire to rid myself of a gas burner has only gotten higher. Not the point of the video, I know, but I was already sold on kettles.

[@seligman99]

"slim possibility of superheated water" .. yep, might be a slim chance, but it's happened to me once, so I avoid the chance of a second water bomb now. It's not fun.

[@dirkmohrmann8960]

Kettles may theoretically be faster, but I usually just boil a large pot of water on the stove top,and then freeze it for later use.

[@itisdevonly]

This made me lol.

[@kajmace]

Perfect.

[@eukaryon]

That is sooo American!

[@saustin98]

Nice.

[@leme686]

Genious..

[@b4ttlemast0r]

For me as a German, those stove-top kettles look like an antique relic, something you might find at your grandma's house, while electric kettles are the modern equivalent.

[@masterofgames8261]

its also shocking to me that most american households only have 1500w per plug compared to 3500w for most of our german/european households

[@keithmyerscough697]

I'm actually beginning to view electric kettles as old-fashioned since I have a boiling water tap 😀 (a Quooker).

[@entropy1454]

​@@masterofgames8261Unfortunately that's the downside of running on 120V.

[@DominikTrzaskacz]

and the best is the sestence: "Induction stoves are the new hotness"

[@jimtaylor294]

As a Brit', Stovetop (or Hob) Kettles are a reassuring back up, for whenever the electric one isn't working. After all: you can boil a Hob Kettle on basically anything that's hot, yet if there's a power failure or the device is due for de-limescaling, the E-Kettle isn't much use. If anythings worth doing, it's worth having several ways of doing it 😉 .

[@WanukeX]

12:29 - The Blue LEDs are very handy for my mostly deaf father whenever he’s making tea, couldn’t hear a whistle to save his life but he can see when the LEDs turn off.

[@SterlingGardens]

his complaint is with the blue part, not the light part (it's come up in previous videos). Blue light is harsh and especially annoying in the dark, which is why it's poorly suited for small screens/indicator lights that stay on overnight. In the kettle, it's (probably) purely an aesthetic annoyance

[@SgtIdontcare]

well, in EU, they sell pretty cheap electric kettles in Lidl with different colors for different temperatures too. 50°C is green 70°C blue 80°C purple 90°C lime 100°C red

[@ChubiPanda]

As a brit I can't fathom a house without an electric kettle. It's an incredibly common house warming gift.

[@Death-999]

The guy in this video acts like the only thing you can boil water for is tea, like coffee doesn't exist, or hot chocolate or jelly. I'm sure there are a LOT of things I've used my kettle for, just never thought about it and never assumed American's just wouldn't have them in their homes.

[@STRONGERTHANDEATH0.01]

I'd walk in an American home and shout where's the fricking kettle ? Then where do you keep your 37 cups ? No , that's not a lot 😀..

[@darrylreynolds5688]

You have to remember USA is mostly horrendously under developed

[@isaiahdean424]

do you guys have coffeemakers in your house though

[@dirozx]

​@@Death-999 coffee you have a coffee maker for and chocolate milk? Real chocolate milk is made with milk not water.

[@WizardAngst]

I haven't had tea in years, still use my electric kettle all the time for cup noodles and coffee and because i'm too lazy to wait for a saucepan to boil water for pasta so I put pre-boiled water.

[@1Thunderfire]

It's not lazy, it's sensible if it means you're using less energy overall.

[@natebell4764]

Pour over coffee, I needed a quicker way to do slow coffee.

[@CoBzu]

Exactly! I drink tea maybe once a month, yet use the kettle to preheat water for so many things in the kitchen! Making pour-over coffee, cooking pasta, steaming dumplings, heating up hot dogs (you can guess where I'm from). All of that uses hot water.

[@KulegaRycha]

I feel like everyone failed to realise how much cheaper 1kW of gas is (or rather was) than a 1kW of electrical energy... According to data i found online, in the city i live in, in January 2022 the cost of boiling water would be similar, even with that huge loss of energy when we boil water with gas. Years ago i thought about how when i was a kid we didn't use electric kettle because it was more expensive than boiling water with gas, my parents counted that. Which led me to point, what a failure, or just screwing people over with bills that is. burning gas in gas power plant is surely way efficient than burning it yourself, yet... here we are >.< i hope my comment makes sence, i can try to explain if someone didn't get it :v

[@ronnie3044]

@@KulegaRycha I’ve read that like 6 times and still have no idea what your trying to say lol.

[@btaens]

For those wondering, being a European, owning a kettle, a sodastream, and an induction stove top, I thought I'd repeat the experiment with those. Here are the numbers for reaching boiling point for a sodastream worth of water: 240V kettle: 2:13 3 phase induction stove top at max setting: 2:38 So in fact, a 240-land kettle is still faster than an induction stove top. I suspect not all those 3 phases are pumped into the stovetops themselves, but are rather used for the stove part.

[@stephencoles5991]

Australian here also 240V, SMEG kettle rated 2000-2400W 905g water when filled just above the line of our sidastream bottle. Time to the start of a rolling boil 2:42 I'm going to try to remember to do this when the sun is up and my solar panels are producing as I'm convinced they pull up the voltage...

[@NicoBurns]

Did you put a lid on the pot you put on your induction stove?

[@dajw]

Our induction stove is 3200W per burner on a 32A 230v supply. It’s pretty quick. I’m going to measure it because it’s notably faster than our old kettle was!

[@paoloposo]

I can't speak for how the power distribution is in combined ovens and cooktops, but if they are connected separately, the oven will be single-phase while the cooktop is three-phase.

[@ciaran2679]

My induction cooker in boost mode beats a 240V SMEG kettle if none of the rest of the cooker is in use, but only by a few seconds. I expect a cheaper kettle that doesn't have variable temperature features might win.

[@alpienari]

As someone from a tea-drinking country I must say that the speed is a good benefit, but the main from switching from stovetop kettle. When each member your family drinks tea 4-6 times a day, one of your stove burners is almost always occupied by the kettle. So it's just more convinient to have all four burners at your service whenever you need, no matter when someone wants to have a cup of tea. Especialy during family gatherings - the stove is occupied with pans and pots.

[@flextefitness4954]

It takes me 4 minutes to boil a cup of water with my stove kettle. Also I use loose tea in a glass kettle that I have to steep. I ha e to use 1 tablespoon of loose leaf tea for one cup of water tablespoon of loose leaf tea for 8 oz of water. I still have not found to precisely, pour one cup from a kettle into my steeping kettle. But what I do is take one cup fill it up with my water. Pour that into my tea kettle on the stove and then when it boils pour that into my steeping kettle. I get the perfect amount each time. If you're doing tea bags then yes an electric kettle would work just fine.

[@alpienari]

@@flextefitness4954 I don't understand how you came to your last conclusion. People around the world drinks tea differently. My parents had a small tea shop in the 90s, so we tried a lot of different tea and loose tea is much better in general. So we used to make loose tea most of the time. In a teapot you will have a tea brewing, a small portion of which you add to the cup and then mix with hot water from the kettle. In this case there is no difference between stovetop kettle of an electric one. And if you use teabag it doesn't affect much, you just need less water, because you brew tea already in a cup (BTW, you can brew loose the directly in the cwp too, and brew teabags in a teapot - a lot of different options and it doesn't connected much with type of kettle. You just need a boiled water, no mater how you boil it)

[@flextefitness4954]

​@@alpienari Thanks for this response. It is very hard to explain what I'm saying just by typing it. The instructions on my tea say 8 oz of water to 1 tbsp of tea. So yes, if I wanted to eyeball everything that would work just fine. I'm trying to use the exact measurements so I know exactly how my tea is going to come out. I did find a tea kettle that's actually going to work for me. Most of the old tea kettles don't allow you to only boil one cup of water at a time because of the old coil method. Apparently one of the electric tea kettles I'm looking at allows you to add just one cup. I noticed you said use a little more water. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. I'm a very anal person and I like to take precise measurements of how much tea versus how much water I'm putting in. I also use a timer. I don't go by how the color of the tea looks. This way I know exactly how to make the tea that I want to my perfection. The last thing I wanted to add is that it takes my tea kettle on a gas stove, exactly 4 minutes to boil one cup of water. The electric head I'm looking at takes 50 seconds. 3 minutes is really not a lot of time. I don't like a lot of stuff on my countertop I live a very minimalistic life. I make tea three times a day at least so I can leave my kettle on the stove but electric one would have to be in the countertop which takes up space and would be an eyesore because at the moment I don't have much counter space. Once I move and I do have more counter space I will then look for a nice tea kettle to leave on my countertop.

[@tango2642]

Also, if I forgot about the water boiling, an electric kettle just turns off, and a stovetop kettle burns. I burned a lot of stovetop kettles when I was a kid. Electric is the way to go.

[@alpienari]

@@tango2642 yep, the same 😅 Mom bought a kettle after my brother burned our stovetop one twice in one week.

[@johnleake5657]

Something that makes it even faster is that we commonly just put a cup and a bit of water into the kettle to make a single cup rather than your soda stream bottle. That saves a lot of power and water. That's the reason more expensive (=modern) kettles have embedded elements, not immersive ones, so you can safely heat a single cup.

[@bubblegumplastic]

Did you watch the video all the way through? He mentions this

[@robertives973]

This man literally watched water boil for us several times. He’s truly a man of the people

[@theairaccumulator7144]

He is a man of the people, truly a communist.

[@rasaecnai]

And we watched him to it for our entertainment!

[@robertcuminale1212]

I just let it boil away and just pour water in the pot to rehydrate it.

[@yw1971]

Next he'll watch paint dry

[@francoa.9646]

“They” 🤣 just kidding

[@felixmakesart]

“More power to them.” This is the kind of humour I come to this channel for.

[@metonymic896]

The absolute deadpan delivery almost convinced me it wasn't an intentional joke. And then he just let it steep for a good few seconds.

[@CloudStrife253]

I laughed so hard when that happened... Like... More than anyone should've.

[@felixmakesart]

@@metonymic896 LET IT STEEP I see you, that was good

[@evanplanas]

I literately let out an exasperated gasp out through my nose.

[@ni_tai]

I personally laughed so hard at the "One fun thing about this universe" part.

[@NikNeil107]

Spouse bought one a few years ago. We use it everyday. It’s hard to believe we went without one for decades.

[@martinriley106]

In the U.K. we have 3kw kettles and they boil 1 litre of water in about 2.5 minutes. But then we do have 240v ac 50-60htz.

[@Alec72HD]

Clueless if it's 50 or 60 ???

[@thorstenjaspert9394]

In Europe AC current is specified with 50 Hz.

[@LordHorst]

"We don't drink tea all that much" I nod in agreement, while sipping my coffee which I brewed in a french press, using an electric kettle to boil water.

[@chargehanger]

The right way to boil water is of course with a pulsejet kettle : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5enfmx7l5ZpetE

[@DestinationsChronicles]

YES! We do too. Perfect for a french press or an Aero press!

[@lauraheikel5521]

Exactly! Pour over coffee, even with stove top espresso machines we're supposed to put hot water in the bottom to do it properly, and of course using the hot water to warm the cups and the teapots. I have a 30+ year old stove top, so I use it for pasta water & ramen as well.

[@sofiejensen3804]

One more here for French press... and considering we had a whole show about coffee it is strange our dear host didn't consider it...

[@AliceLoverdrive]

Now I'm wondering, how muricans make coffee if it doesn't involve boiling water in a kettle. Since I suspect they don't do it properly in a cezve, I'm drawing blanks.

[@oneratdylan]

I'm Australian. Our main use of an electric kettle is not for making tea. It's just for boiling water. It can be used for everything. If you need to cook some pasta and are in a rush then just boil the water in the kettle before moving it to a pot on the stove, and so on. Also, love your videos :)

[@carsonwilliams]

I was thinking about that during this like hmm this damn doo hickey might make great pasta

[@Christoph1888]

​@@carsonwilliamsjust makes the heating the water much quicker. Doesn't cook pasta. Probably 3 to 4 times quicker to heat up water, most kettles can boil up to half a gallon. Cheap ones cost $10 Australian. So maybe $7 US.

[@dod-do-or-dont]

Doing the same :)

[@xploration1437]

What a waste of time.

[@AlexRyne]

We're, here in Russia, cook sausages in them, someone's even cooking an entire soup (mainly a students)

[@elainesandman9874]

I wish you'd been one of my teachers all along my educational journey!!!! What a pleasure to listen to your voice and your clarity in explanations. THANK YOU!!!

[@D.H.CE_FL]

I live in the US and I'm the only person I know who owns an electric kettle (or any kettle for that matter). I did just see one in a company's break room recently and was very surprised! We use it all the time for tea (yes, I'm one of the few American tea drinkers), coffee in a french press, and tons of other cooking tasks. Even when boiling water to cook, I will out half the water in rhe pot to start heating it and the pot, and then the other half the water in rhe kettle to pre-boil it before adding to the pot.

[@Shadowguy456234]

Interesting, but this seems so strange to me (also as an American) because my parents and many households where I'm from have them... that said I am from the SF Bay Area, which definitely qualifies as a bubble😄 And now I live in Switzerland and am amused by my induction stove boiling water even faster than my 240v kettle. True story!

[@nuynobi]

I will also split the water between a pot and kettle when I'm in a rush.

[@thomasfleming8388]

I went to Europe about 8 years ago. All of the hotels had electric kettles with instant coffee and tea. When I came home to Montana, I went to Walmart and purchased an electric kettle. I was amazed at how fast they boil water compared to a stove-top kettle. I have one at work and one at home, excellent tool!

[@DrMarcArnoldBach]

Sure it is induction? I see no reason to push electronic energy in a magnetic field to induct a circular current in a fixed boiler setting I would guess it’s a resistor with a cover.

[@thomasfleming8388]

@@DrMarcArnoldBach You're probably correct. It likely has an element under the plate. *Edited my original comment. :)

[@EdwardFielding]

And they sell portable ones. Silicon tops that fold for traveling.

[@SteveBonario]

Same. One at home, one at work. So convenient and fast.

[@cemil2581]

Welcome to the future

[@THESP-rz3hg]

I remember in college somebody had a "tea wand"- which was basically just the heating element from an electric kettle on a wall plug. You just stuck it in a mug and plugged it in. The water was hot almost instantly. And yes- that means it was both a fire and an electrocution hazard at the same time. Great video as always.

[@mr.nerd3.142]

We use those in labs in college to heat up water.

[@jer-elmartinez229]

The great thing about something working super fast is you're not tempted to leave it unattended.

[@brentonsword6688]

I've seen these in 12v version with cigarette port on it. No overheat protection nor fuse! Lovely 👌

[@josephgaviota]

I remember ladies at work had those, back in the '70s. The company provided coffee, in big industrial coffee pots ... but some wanted something a little more, um, "refined" I guess.

[@moconnell663]

I used to have one of those! It was very convenient, and small enough to be portable, allowing me to have hot coffee or instant soup anywhere with an electrical outlet.

[@saradavis6505]

Watching a lot of British TV and seeing kettles in every Irish, Wesh, English home. I am a tea drinker & decided to try one & never looked back. Sent one to my tea drinking sister too & she loves it. I got a second one for my bedroom night time herbal tea, it was $11 at Dollar Store.

[@LittleDancerByGrace]

Canadian here. My parents have used electric kettles for YEARS. In fact, their electric kettles see so much use (they and a lot of my siblings are heavy hot-drink drinkers) that they had to replace the thing at least every two years simply because it would wear out. I would say I rarely, if ever, see a traditional kettle whenever I go to peoples' houses... my parents were relatively late adopters of the electric kettle. And Canada has the same 120v electrical system as the US. They're also a great option for ramen, oatmeal, etc in dorm rooms. My parents sent me to college with one. I think I still have that kettle in our storage closet.

[@adamknight5089]

I just can't imagine living without an electric kettle, and still don't understand how people in US can even live without it. It's not just for tea, also coffee, hot chocolate, instant noodles, instant oats, home bubble tea, for cleaning dishes (or softening hardened food in pot/pan, softening old mugs), for cooking pasta (add boiling water to the pot is quicker than waiting for the stove), etc. I can boil a litre in 1 min 40 seconds. It's just incredibly useful and versatile. The thought that I'd have to wait around 6 minutes for a stove kettle that doesn't even turn auto off is mind numbingly ridiculous.

[@inkey2]

we have a smaller version in the USA we use quite a lot called a HOT SHOT. It quickly boils enough water for a large cup of coffee, instant soup tea, or instant oats, etc.

[@dewilew2137]

We have electric kettles. I have two, actually, plus a regular stovetop one (gooseneck for pourover coffee). I suppose most Americans don’t drink tea, but plenty of us do.

[@inkey2]

@@dewilew2137 I think more and more Americans are "slowly" switching to tea. Coffee is getting too rough for my stomach. I like Red Rose and Yorkshire

[@yukinoryu]

Imagine one day they discover Metric system… everything being N * 10 larger / smaller easy to use, calculate and name

[@medvjed_store]

:-D when i moved into flat (i'm living in now) i purchased nice red (:-D) stovetop kettle. Used it (may be) 3 times? :-D Just was not worth the waiting. I excused myself from my old electric kettle and plugged it back in ASAP. :-)

[@marctestarossa]

Here in Germany we have at least one electric kettle in every household. And not only that, we have them in every hotel room, office, break rooms at work, literally everywhere. And it is very common knowledge that these things not just bring water to a boil faster than anything you can put on a stove but that they save a lot of energy.

[@change_your_oil_regularly4287]

Pretty much the same here in Australia 🇦🇺

[@carsonwilliams]

As someone living in middle America I don't think I've ever seen a kettle electric or the metal one 😂now coffee/espresso makers Is a different story.

[@paddy1414]

As in the same in Ireland

[@Ultrapro011]

Same in Israel we have 2 (useful in the winter)

[@emadalvi3006]

We have a puck coffee machine that also acts a hot water dispenser. In my experience American offices have some form of electric hot water dispenser. It’s homes that are the problem in my experience. I use a kettle in my home.

[@teresse2742]

Interesting! I always wondered why as here it is common knowledge that they are more efficient for heating up water and commonly used in other ways (like you do with pasta). Also interesting to see that induction should be more efficient. We got induction a year ago and we never really changed the habit of preboiling water in the kettle lol.

[@ZesPak]

I don't think he mentioned induction being more efficient. It can be faster though, since they can pull a lot more power.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

I got a cheap electric kettle at the grocery store like 5 years ago, and it's my most used appliance. I haven't tested it against a pot on the stove, but it's pretty fast. I use it for tea, coffee, cocoa.

[@johnathansaegal3156]

After watching this video, I went shopping for an electric kettle... the one I bought is far better than microwaving a cup, or five, to boil water. I eat instant noodles and many instant foods (I'm disabled and cannot stand in front of a stove). I bought a version slightly better than the cheapest one you showcased. On the trial run, I made a cup of tea. The cup of water boiled faster than I could prepare the "tea cozy". I was quite impressed. I use a 110v system in my home and use a 20-amp circuit. I calculated the amps of the kettle (11.6 amps). I share the outlet with my coffee maker. Since the kettle boils so fast, I simply unplug the coffee maker, boil the water, turn it off and then plug the coffee maker back into the outlet. I swear this video has saved me a lot of time - also considering the kitchen is pretty far from "my section" of the house. I don't have to share the stove or microwave with anyone. Therefore, I can have either coffee or tea at my leisure. Thank you for making the electric kettle known to me!

[@toryannasJMW]

That’s the same reasons I have one too. Disabled and eat more instant foods than I’d like. Also easier than navigating the stairs.

[@johnathansaegal3156]

@@toryannasJMW Stairs... ugh! I sold my original 2-story house after my injury. The stairs were so bad I had to have a caretaker come help me get down them, then back up to the bedroom. Having a 1-story home has made the world of difference in a good way... but getting 25 feet from my room to kitchen is still a tough chore on days where I'm paralyzed. I have a minifridge and shelving in my room with instant foods and packaged meals (think what you might put in kids' lunchboxes or something)... I don't eat like I should, and I think you totally know what I mean... but having the ability to boil water in my room or in the utility room next to my room is a Godsend! I'm literally more independent simple from an electric kettle!

[@toryannasJMW]

@@johnathansaegal3156 yes sir! I eat like a child some days when making real food is too much on my body. I try my best to take vitamins and protein shakes to make up for what I’m definitely missing. I converted a spare bedroom upstairs into a ‘kitchen’ with my kettle, toaster, and microwave even have a small freezer a family member gave me. It’s made a big difference in my quality of life and my ability to take care of myself.

[@Burger_pants]

@@johnathansaegal3156 you know they make portable range-tops right? I have one for emergencies. Nothing should be stopping you from eating better, you should try to cook more, instant foods will help cement your disabled ststus and put you in an early grave.

[@jondro6284]

Well, boiling water in microwave is a bad idea anyway. If you disturb it too much after the boiling, it can "explode"

[@OhadLutzky]

In our old apartment we had replaced a standard electric cooktop with an induction one (here in Ireland it's not considered that new of a hotness), and it was *phenomenal*. Ridiculously fast and remarkably easier-to-clean than its visually-identical predecessor (presumably because it doesn't get as hot itself). We have since moved to a house with a gas cooktop (and no electric point suitable for an induction one... yet...) and we miss the induction one dearly. I also vote for content about induction cooktops ^_^

[@reaganharder1480]

I have an induction cooktop in my little apartment (not even a proper stove, just a single cooktop for one pot or pan) and it is almost frightening how quickly it heats a pot or pan.

[@MrMcbram]

Yess! In my student housing in the Netherlands i had to share my kitchen with 13 others. So naturally I opted for making a kitchen top in my room with the induction top from ikea! Honestly so much better than gas and less dangerous and easily cleaned!

[@Colonel_Overkill]

My fiancee was irish national and loved induction stoves. I personally prefer gas and we had many a heated discussion over who was wrong (she was). 😇

[@TheFekke100]

Please oh please. Induction cooktops are great

[@TheGrejp]

Induction (not regular resistive-heating glass ceramic first shown in the video, but the good second one!) is absolutely the way to go, it should be practically mandatory for everyone to get it - it's just so good. As a European as well, I've had induction cooktops for several years and I couldn't go back to anything else.

[@WordsInVain]

This guy is wholesome throughout. There are just too few people like this on the internet...

[@HankyBeagle]

I switched from coffee to tea 6 months ago and quickly bought an electric kettle. It's far quicker and easier. Now, brewed tea subsequently iced has replaced iced coffee

[@CarlLevitt]

I bought an embarrassingly cheap electric kettle almost 12 years ago. It has been the single best value of any appliance I have owned in my life.

[@rijden-nu]

I bought one 10 years ago for, I wanna say, like €19. It's been great. But last month it started leaking through the plastic screen on the side with the measures on it. So now I bought a new one. For €17. A Tomado TWK1701B. It says it will go to 2200 Watt, but I don't know. It boils a liter of water in 3:10, or 100 seconds, on my 230V connection. I will be back here reporting on it in 10 years.

[@Chlooy]

@@rijden-nu I'll be here waiting for that report

[@rijden-nu]

@@Chlooy Don't hold your breath. No really, don't.

[@malcolmhaig3709]

When you have an item you use that frequently for that amount of time, it's almost like losing a friend when it dies.

[@rijden-nu]

@@malcolmhaig3709 Well... A cheap friend, and an easily replaceable friend. But let's be honest - aren't most friends like that?

[@SlashZooka]

Dude from Germany here! Never thought of someone not having an electric kettle out there, boiling small portions of water using a stove is something you will usually never do here (needs more power and time). Boiling water with a kettle takes just up to an minute (230V mains voltage)

[@computerjantje]

yeah same here (netherlands). Never realized the usa does not have this in every home. Now I know and I know why :) Great video.

[@denmar355]

I don’t hardly ever need to boil water. I think the difference is that in the USA we don’t have a spot of hot tea as a daily normal thing. I drink iced tea which I make in a larger quantity at a time. Coffeemakers take care if the coffee brewing. Microwave can heat a cup of water very quickly as well. Just different social customs.

[@makoado6010]

in hungary everybody have kettle but nobody use it. and to make a cup of hot water we use microwave.

[@MAKgargos]

@@denmar355 It is not just tea. Even if you are just cooking things (noodles or potatoes), many people here start with this kettle, because it is almost instant hot. And a microwave is not as fast as this one. A microwave is good for a cup. If you do more, it's wasted energy and time.

[@erynn9968]

You also forgot that Americans cook less than in Europe - so neither they need tea nor boiling water for cooking XD

[@zemlidrakona2915]

As an American living in Russia I basically had figured out most of the stuff in this video going in. Here it's called a chaynik which is a word a applied various tea making devices. Chay (pronounced more like ch-eye) means tea, and nik is tacked on to words meaning devices or people that do a job.

[@dmitrychoobise]

Во многих языках tea называется chay

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

There's a drink that's called "chai" in English, people know how to pronounce that at least

[@4res0]

>As an American living in Russia why?

[@galaxywizard8904]

Tea called that in almost every eastern language. It's called Chai in India, and it's called Cha in East Asia.

[@baipizhu]

@@galaxywizard8904 All names of that thing come from 茶. Tea is likely from Hokkien (Min) (possibly through another asian language) while cha and chai are from Mandarin or Cantonese. The word used is based upon how and where 茶 was first encountered.

[@DJTx1300]

My induction plate even has an auto boil function that turns the ‘heat’ down as soon as it detects a boiling pot on top. It does require a minimum of 1 liter to work. But is used a lot here using an old fashioned kettle. It starts to whistle hard and than quiets down when it turns down.

[@daggern15]

As someone raised on 240V kettles for making a brew, I was perfectly fine like that until I heard about the hot water dispensers mentioned at the end of the video. I bought one last Christmas and can say walking up to the machine, pushing a button then just holding whatever receptacle I need filling under the machine until it's full is an experience. A full cup of boiling hot water in less than 10 seconds is more joyous than it has any right to be.

[@hazy33]

Do you know how much energy that consumes in comparison to a kettle? I don't it's a genuine question.

[@daggern15]

@@hazy33 Can't say I've got proper figures mor time to figure it out right now but as said in the video, they're about 700W machines, take about 40 minutes to boil from cold and well insulated as far as I can tell because I only refill it once in the evening and I've never seen it reboil during the day.

[@MsJubjubbird]

would chew up your power though

[@daggern15]

@@MsJubjubbird Still better than a kettle if you have a family that has several cuppas a day. Like I said above, it's insulated enough that it only boils once

[@MsJubjubbird]

@@daggern15 they are good for workplaces, where people are constantly getting them. But for our family- and we love tea, it isn't worth it, especially as it needs more maintenance and they do actually boil several times in the day

[@robinday8200]

English here... glad you mentioned using the kettle to fill a pot to then boil for pasta etc. Yes we do drink tea... but... we use the kettle just as much for getting water hot for cooking and then transferring to a pan.

[@dennisfraser6896]

You have already paid to heat Your water fill the kettle with Hot water from the tap boils In halve the time.

[@dugan6056]

@@dennisfraser6896 Remind me never to have a shower at your house.

[@honey23b2]

@@dennisfraser6896 I’m expat living in China…, ukk. Never. Not even back home in UK would 8 drink tap water without boiling. Sorry. I use a kettle every day for drinking and cooking. Fast and efficient.

[@lindaj5492]

@@dennisfraser6896 Only if you have a hot water tank.

[@williamdgh7942]

@@honey23b2 this! I live in Australia, yes the tap water is safe to drink here but how could you tolerate the taste? Cold boiled water just tastes much better.

[@stevenwilson5556]

Brilliant video, a lot of good info well presented.

[@afinger]

Thx for the insights, I didn't know North American outlets are often limited to 1.5KW. Apart from kettles German households also usually have hair dryers, power drills, some kitchen machines or the plug-in induction stoves which all can take more than 2KW. And for convenience I'd usually shop for the stronger options. I've even build a 2000W inverter into my campervan to be able to use a strong hair dryer and have the option to use normal kitchen machines.

[@EmaAlvarado_iku]

Thank you! I'm a Water Boil any% speedrunner and I was really frustrated with the lack of routing comparisons. Implementing this in future runs!

[@sovietonion1662]

LOL checkedd your profile and you are an actual speed runner 😆

[@k03hl3r]

Wouldn’t it be the Boil% category of the game “water?” I’ve been running the Freeze% category for awhile now and implementing a BLJ from the sink to the freezer is my newest time save - set a PB with that trick!

[@mattp.158]

I'd suggest this method, and in a vacuum chamber. I haven't seen any RTA attempts, but good luck with runs!

[@IronChefBoyardee]

Underrated comment.

[@GeneralNickles]

I'd suggest a propane or oxy-aceteline torch in a "pot" made of tungsten. It's expensive as all get out, but that's the cost of holding a world record.

[@aricberg]

I had some UK and Australian friends give me a hard time about the "archaic" way I boiled water in a pot if I wanted to make a cup of pour-over coffee or tea. After singing the praises of the simplicity of the electric kettle, I decided I'd get one for myself. My only issue is that I didn't make the decision to buy one sooner. It's SO easy and convenient! Boil the perfect amount of water for a hot beverage in about 2 minutes? Yes please! I got mine last fall and have used it almost every single day since. Plus it's great for certain foods that need boiling water. In less than 10 minutes, I can make a pot of couscous using the amount of water needed. If you're even remotely on the fence, let me be the voice that pushes you to get one. You won't regret it!

[@blackmancer]

as an aussie i couldn't imagine waiting 10mins to make instant coffee.

[@firstnamelastname2416]

@blackmancer - Invariably failed the comprehension test, have you?

[@blackmancer]

@@firstnamelastname2416 My small Breville kettle can boil a cup of water in less than a minute, INCOMPREHENSIBLE!!

[@sergeytn6487]

These days i have super powerful induction stove, but before when i had old cast iron stove top with 2400W burners, i used to boil water in kettle and make rice, pasta, couscous with it. it cuts 8-10mins off from preparing time. A lot compared to the fact that it takes 8-9 mins to make spaghetti when the water is boiling.

[@firstnamelastname2416]

@blackmancer - The plot yet thickens. '. . . certain foods that need boiling water. In less than 10 minutes, I can make a pot of couscous . . .' - meaning, with the water which has already been boiled; thus pouring the boiling water into the bowl with couscous: after which the couscous absorbs the water in the bowl, or is further cooked in the 'pot' which is being mentioned. Australia is not for the weak-minded, though: I have cousins living in Perth, Melbourne and the Outback, as well as quite a few immigrant acquaintances.

[@AlexChernomaz]

so simple topic, but you made it great: nice tests, good explanations. I live in Europe and use induction cooking panels for many years. Atm when I have to cook smth on generic electric cooking panel : i feel like in the stone age as electric one takes ages comparing to 7+ KW induction ones. And you're right: while induction are more efficient in kitchen, quite often they have an additional boosting, which makes cooking/boiling much faster comparing to standard induction. Plus of course they do not warm up your room that much as electric ones (i even do not compare to gas version of cooking panels). Some manufacturers (like Bosh) claim about 50% faster timing on boost comparing to the standard mode (but of course less efficient) on induction panel, but i've never tried to compare and measure timings).

[@brt5273]

I use one in Missouri and I LOVE IT!!! Gifted one to my mother and she loves it! Gifted one to my friend for her travel trailor and she loves it! They're great.

[@averagejoey2000]

heat pumps, rice cookers, toasters, kettles, reusable hand warmers this channel is really good at telling us how to heat things

[@YouKnowMeDuh]

I am very happy for that, because I get cold easily and need as much heat as I can get 😂

[@lddutra]

It's a hot topic!!!

[@redmatrix]

I don't think I like this theme; it makes my blood boil! j/k

[@QuiqueZapata]

And cool things too. We know all about the refrigeration cycle!

[@emmausroad777]

I'm from the UK, England, but spent 2 years living in the US. When getting there, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised to find virtually nobody used electric kettles. And being used to a whopping 3 kilowatt kettle at home, which took less than 4 minutes to boil a 'FULL 1.7 litre of water, well, the 7 minutes to boil 1 litre (or Liter for you guys) on their stove top and traditional kettle all but drove me mental. I did notice though, that apart from me, nobody really used a kettle anyway, as nobody really drank tea. Thus began the comments from my friends "oh, are you having a nice spot of tea darling" (said in a Downton Abbey brand of English). So you know what they say; "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!", so I switched to coffee, and after say a year of drinking coffee instead, it answered a lifelong mystery for me. Which was... 'Why are our American cousins so darn happy and flamboyant compared to your average Brit?' The answer now was obvious, because I too found myself in the same condition. You're all stoked and high on the effects of caffeine!!! 🤣😂☕

[@nickblomgren]

*Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams (July 6th 1774)* "I believe I forgot to tell you one anecdote: When I first came to this house it was late in the afternoon, and I had ridden 35 miles at least. _"Madam"_ said I to Mrs. Huston, _"Is it lawfull for a weary traveller to refresh himself with a dish of tea provided it has been honestly smuggled, or paid no duties?"_ "No sir, said she, _"We have renounced all tea in this place. I cant make tea, but he make you coffee."_ Accordingly I have drank Coffee every afternoon since, and have borne it very well. *Tea must be universally renounced. I must be weaned, and the sooner, the better."* There is an argument that can be made, _historically,_ that coffee over here actually has palpable patriotic values. There are a ton of letters and observations made from the revolution concerning coffee. The founding fathers drank the stuff day in and day out, and at one point basically substituted tea completely with it for years. I'm convinced it impacted them when it came to their work. So you're not too far off with your coffee observation, but I would suggest that it actually is something deeper and culturally relevant. As for the kettles. This whole video has been a learning experience. Picked-up an electric one several years ago, never gave it a second thought. I have seen them in other places I've visited, but I will agree they're not everywhere. Maybe they have more adoption and purchases in different parts of the country?

[@peterbelanger4094]

"high on effects of caffeine"???...no There's this thing called chemical tolerance. If you consume it all the time, you barely notice the effects, so you need more. Who gets "high" on caffeine?.. talk about being a lightweight.

[@mm9773]

I don’t get the difference between 4 and 7 minutes: both are “walking away to do something else while you wait” time spans. I lived in the UK for 16 years, had a kettle when I moved back to Germany, but fairly quickly put it away - I prefer having fewer items on the countertops, and boiling water in a little milk pot on the stove works fine for me. It’s an induction stove to be fair, but I don’t think that’s it: I think it’s the milk pot that solves it. The size and the handle make it comfortable to pour the hot water - don’t really care how long it takes to boil.

[@LordHorst]

@@peterbelanger4094 I agree. I started drinking coffee only recently (like 6 years ago, or so). I can't say I am "happier" or "high on caffeine" now, compared to before. It may have a very short-term effect, but people claiming to need coffee to wake up in the morning are just lying to themselves, imo. Want to wake up in the morning? Ride a bike to work. There's nothing that wakes you up better than having a -20 degrees celsius gust of wind blowing in your face. And after that, you REALLY need coffee (or tea) to warm you up again. :D

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

@@mm9773 I kinda get what you mean, but my routine is put on some water to boil, go take a leak, and when I come back in approx 3 minutes its finished. If it took 7 minutes it wouldn't be done when I came back. Not the end of the world, but it's a convenience I'm all too used to.

[@Sine-gl9ly]

UK here. I've had a portable induction hob (cost me less than £30) for a few years now, and it's measurably faster than my superduper electric kettle, which cost about the same price. My induction hob also switches off automatically on the 'boil water' setting. I still use the kettle, though - it's just _so_ convenient much of the time.

[@linhhoang3636]

A great and very thorough review❤

[@seraphimvalkyrin4543]

As someone who had a newborn last year I can tell you that having a kettle that can boil and then maintain a constant temperature is hugely helpful. I don't have to wait minutes (which if very helpful when you baby is crying) for the water to heat up and plus I get the extra benefit of having the water "sterilized".

[@Krankie_V]

I bought an electric kettle a few years ago and rarely used it, but it really put in work after my son was born. Best way to heat water for formula!

[@Larry]

I have a kettle, but use it for stuff like coffee, pasta, ramen, hot dogs Etc. basically it gets to the boil far quicker than on a stove.

[@saen2755]

Yeah i wanna know how americans make coffiee since i use a kettle for it too

[@aminy23]

@@saen2755 Coffee machines. A Mr. Coffee style one is fairly traditional. Keurig style is the new way.

[@ianthomas1201]

aren't you a known racist Larry?

[@yeetdeets]

If I need a big pot of boiling water, I put 1/4 of the water in the pot on the electric stove - max heat. Then I boil the other 3/4 in the electric kettle.

[@stein_the_lynx3284]

excuse me. hot dogs? wouldn't that make the kettle taste odd from the hot dog water. even if you pour it out i would still think it would leave a lasting taste

[@mmstrux]

I'm fascinated by the little TV in the background. 🙂 We had an orange one when I was a kid. I'm looking for a good, programmable smart kettle that has hot water waiting for me when I get up to make my French Press coffee.

[@FenixYuk]

I once used the water dispenser @22:23 but later gave it up, there was just so much residue after a while of use since we have hard water here and most household don't bother installing expensive filters

[@leonsutliffe9572]

The thing that makes kettles so convenient for me is when boiling food, its so much faster to boil 2L in the kettle before putting it in the pan, and then use the hob to keep it at a simmer. As opposed to going from cold on the hob.(i dont have an induction hob) On a side note, british tanks have a specific water boiling device. Wheras american ones dont. Just an interesting fact that i learnt from a video

[@Nimmo1492]

British Army ration packs are in the form of boil in the bag meals, so they can be prepared and eaten within the tank, thanks to the BV (boiling vessel). It's not just about the tea (plus the tea within the ration packs is atrocious)

[@SeanBZA]

Well, the original Vickers machine guns were valued by the Tommies more for the ability to boil water for tea than for accuracy, especially over long ranges. That hot water was a luxury in the trenches, especially as you otherwise only had a very poor ration heater to use.

[@Underestimated37]

That Boiling vessel also came about because soldiers were literally getting out of the tanks to make a cuppa and were shot, so much safer to not leave the vehicle

[@vincentmuyo]

@@Nimmo1492 But the tea definitely plays a large part, doesn't it?

[@sillytorque]

wait until you get a (boiling) hot water tap in the kitchen - it is the most fantastic non essential thing in the kitchen!

[@nunpho]

I'm Scottish, don't drink tea or coffee and I still have a kettle 😆. They're just handy for hot water bottles, cuppa soups, pasta etc

[@MoniiChanTheUnicorn]

You sure you are Scottish if you don't drink tea!? 🤣🤣🤣 I'm Irish, dealing with the cold and wet means the kettle is constantly going for tea (drink about 3-4 cups a day + 1 or 2 coffees) and for filling the hot water bottle! Bliss!

[@oo0024]

They’re incredible for boiling eggs

[@georgedawson235]

I know you said etc but do pot noodles not get an honourable mention ?

[@EnderElohim]

@@MoniiChanTheUnicorn Isnt it interesting how when it come to tea everybody thinks about england while number one tea drinking country is Turkey and number two is Ireland. God bless my irish brothers and sisters we need to beat England much more XD They not eve close bruh yet again....

[@newhonk]

Do you Scottish people say hello or ‘ello

[@classicaloracle]

Apart from tea, in the UK we can also prepare boiling water for adding to vegetables to be cooked on the stove. With 240 volts this is far more rapid and efficient than heating it on the stove itself.

[@LefGermenlis]

wait what? I have had tea 3 times in the last 2 years and my coffee is from an espresso machine and still couldn't imagine leaving without a kettle. it's just so useful

[@ElementalMaker]

After a couple weeks in the UK I immediately added one of these to my kitchen when I got home. I also gave up coffee which jacked up my stomach and am now a yorkshire gold fanboy. Couldn't imagine not having an electric Kettle handy now.

[@zierlyn]

Such a perfectly balanced comment.

[@Dong_Harvey]

@@zierlyn today we are going to exploit the boiling point of water!

[@himaro101]

My wife would be proud of you... She swears by Yorkshire Tea. I'm more a traitor to the UK as I drink coffee.

[@malcolmhaig3709]

Yorkshire Tea is very very good, did you ever try Rington's Tea from a little further north? It is my favourite, but I am biased as I come from there. :)

[@joshuarosen6242]

It was funny how he talked about cooking and cleaning with hot water. If you're English, there is only one use for a kettle and that's making a cup of tea. I make about ten cups a day and if it took 8 minutes rather than 2 to boil a kettle that would waste an hour a day.

[@paulocanecarlthedamnjohnson]

I remember I moved in with a roommate and they had an electric kettle, couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of this wonderful thing that boils water in 2 minutes, then he moved 2 years later and I had to go back to stove boiling before I bought an electric kettle.

[@5Andysalive]

well such a major investement of at least 15$ demands a very careful thinking over.

[@dennismwangangi]

@@5Andysalive 🙃the 1st I ever bought cost less than 6$

[@dennismwangangi]

🤣🤣

[@jagadishgospat2548]

sounds like a romantic novel

[@redblade8160]

Carl... You probably never heard of "electric showers" either?

[@Aterhallsam]

“Through the magic of buying two of them..” LOL

[@jasonlara]

This was an oddly satisfying and very informative video. I really enjoyed it. I am going to start using my electric kettle more here in the US.

[@ScrapKing73]

I’m in Canada. Everyone I know with a kettle uses a dedicated electric kettle, despite us sharing the US’s 120v system. Mind you, everyone I know also has an electric stovetop too.

[@samgeorge4798]

I was wondering, I have always used them and I thought everyone else did too.

[@nawewan]

I live in Canada too and use the dedicated kettle. The sheer fact it can just set to a temp and hold for 30min is a bonus for my busy self/family. I have an induction range which can boil 250mL of water in like 30s on its boost mode.

[@recklessroges]

I remember the first time that I used an induction stove with "Boost" to boil water: it was so fast that I was literally scared. It felt like the bottom of the pan had opened up a portal directly to hell and was being heated by the joyous warmth of pure sin. ;-)

[@lustfulvengance]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ProctorsGamble]

Well. Maybe not joyous but more like heinous 😈

[@CSpottsGaming]

@@ProctorsGamble It can be both

[@PuddinJr1993]

Best comment

[@wendymuir7818]

If you're doing it right.

[@Mflower.567]

I live in the southern states, but I prefer gas stove and also stovetop kettle. We would get storms in the summer and the power would go out, but we could still use the stove because it's gas, which is helpful.

[@anotheruser9845]

2 mins 15s in UK using 3Kw smart kettle. However if only heating one cup it is ready at same time as when you've finished putting the ingredients in the cup. Being micropocessor controlled it doesn't mind if you switch on with no water, just beeps to tell you, also has 3 modes 85/95/100C and digital readout so no waste.

[@Turnbull50]

Amazingly I spent 25 minutes watching a kettle boil and it kept me interested the whole time. Well done.

[@ncdave4life]

Alec is better at 1.75x speed.

[@suzannadannaTARDIS]

I'm an avid tea drinker and I've been using electric kettles for 2 years. Absolute game changer. I started with a cheap aluminum version that only has an on switch with automatic shut off, but graduated to a 1.7 liter, variable temperature. If I'm traveling in North America, the cheap one goes with me - otherwise, it lives at my office. Several coworkers appreciate that we have the kettle, I hear it going all day long - and nearly everyone ended up buying their own electric kettle at home. My trip to the UK last year was amazing - kettles everywhere.

[@WraithOfMan]

Oh yes, if you went around to someone's house here and they told you that they didn't have a kettle you'd think they were very strange!

[@sammerry7706]

Im not sure if this is meant to be funny but it made me laugh anyway 😂

[@AquaFan1998]

@@WraithOfMan "we ask them politely yet firmly to leave"

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

No kettle in a British house? This is how we spot spies. Dead giveaway.

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738]

@@xXGeth270Xx I honestly think I’d end up ringing the police in fear of my life

[@earthling1984]

Been using an electric kettle for over 10 years now (still same one I bought over a decade ago, still works like new). I make tea often, and also make all coffee in a French press. So, mine gets used probably 5 days a week at least. For sure way faster than a kettle on the stove.

[@cccpredarmy]

It's good that you mentioned that kettles can be used to boil water for cooking too. I noticed a lot of people oversee that completely and my parents, despite the fact that they used electric kettles their whole life, learned it from me lol. As for e.g. pasta I pour a glass of water into the pot and heat it up on the stove while filling up my kettle to max. The water starts to boil in both about the same time and it's enough water to boil 4+ portions of pasta in it.

[@PersonManManManMan]

As a human person myself I found this video very useful, because I do boil water on regular basis from time to time! Thank you for your great video!

[@xCupressocyparis]

Name checks out 😂

[@brigidsingleton1596]

"on a regular basis" & "from time to time" seems to me to be opposite phrases . .. Perhaps pedantry us my downfall...or your phraseology us unbalanced. ?! 🤔

[@PersonManManManMan]

@brigidsingleton1596 That is intentional to add comedic effect. That being said irregular events could occur on regular time intervals. For example rain rains seemingly irregularly, but if you look at a bigger picture there is certain periods and conditions when it is likely to occur

[@banthedog4140]

Sounds like something a non human person would say I would know because I am real human person

[@Iris-fp4uk]

I live in europe, and just tested my electric kettle, which is very cheap and old. It took 2:30 minutes for it to boil 1 litre. I have now gained new appreciation for my appliance, i use it daily for cooking edit: mine also has adjustable temperature, great for teas

[@MultiCanis]

Just tested mine and it took 3 minutes and 8 seconds to boil the same amount that was used in the video (I also own sodastream). Mine is some cheap one too, but it's one of the fastest I've seen.

[@welshe222]

@@MultiCanis I have a rapid boiling Hobbs Luna you should look into it, it isnt that expensive either, i think 1L took around 2 minutes and 24 seconds :)

[@DarthG3nesis]

Same but it took me about 5 Minutes to boil 1,5L 😅

[@taffyadam6031]

*liter

[@DarthG3nesis]

@@taffyadam6031 litre is right, since liter is actually just the American way to way spell that word ;)

[@mikk01975]

We have 240 V system here and a kettle with stated power of 2000-2400 W. A Soda Steam bottle of 19 C water took 3 min 28 sec to boil. I don't drink tea either, but hot chocolate made with water and real cocoa powder (+sugar and milk).

[@michaelbyrne5507]

I love experiments like this!

[@leftaroundabout]

“Don't fill it to the rim” - yeah, that's a common problem-that-shouldn't-really-be-one. At our office's tea-kitchen we have a big kettle, and I often notice people doing this: *1.* empty any warm water that was in the kettle into the sink *2.* fill the kettle with, like, 2 litres of cold water *3.* use 200 ml of that for a cup of tea. We're approaching gas-stove levels of inefficiency there...

[@theastuteangler]

people dumb

[@pomaranczowaszarlotka]

Wtf are they emptying it?

[@blackleague212]

at one of my older jobs, we had this hot wand thing that looked like a metal stick, you sat it in the cup and it boiled your water. I liked that thing but it was old, I surely would not buy it with kids in the house... i dont even think they sell that anymore, but it was great cause no one wasted water.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@armamentarmedarm1699 Exactly..... It's just the element from the cheap kettle...on a power lead. OK...BUT! Don't walk away and forget it!!!!

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@pomaranczowaszarlotka Exactly. Just a complete waste of energy (and water). I see people doing it all the time. It makes my blood boil!

[@pancakes4391]

I'm a Canadian, and I always thought stove top kettles were old-timey. I had no idea electric ones were so rare just a few hours south.

[@valeriemcdonald440]

I think the electric ones are probably common in Canada. It's what I'm used to in any case.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Can't afford the kettles because of all the guns. Incidentally, bright pink magazine bolt action (possibly with a stripper clip capacity) in 30-06 are now available for the 7 year old girl in your life... And I am NOT kidding.. I loathe Inbredistan.

[@RobinXe]

...a few decades south 🙄

[@maxthrust976]

Also Canadian, literally everyone I know owns an electric kettle.

[@TjPhysicist]

yea i'm used to seeing electric ones. My issue with them is cleaning, especially where the water is a bit harder the heating element gets limescale buildups or whatever. Honestly i chose to get the stovetop one cuz it kinda reminded me of old-timey.

[@valwit]

we also have electric heaters here :) and its nice to be able to plugin more things at once

[@danielcalabrese5769]

Well over here in Australia I can say that myself and most people that I know drink coffee and we use instant coffee like nescafe blend 43 so I have always used an electric kettle, my wife got me a coffee machine which was cool and all but required way too much maintenance and time and considering I drink between 5-8 coffees a day an electric kettle is just so much more convenient.

[@JoshuaEfron]

As an American tea drinker, I've used an electric kettle since I first discovered them. So much easier, for a large number of reasons - volume and safety being the top two.

[@jonboy602]

I ended up drinking some American tea in a restaurant once. It was cold and someone had put ice cubes in it! Never again.

[@piecesoftheheart9231]

@@jonboy602 Sounds like you ordered “sweet tea” 😂 We have hot options and cold options… but we mostly love our iced tea!

[@jonboy602]

@@piecesoftheheart9231 Yes, my (non-English) girlfriend at the time found the expression on my face hilarious! It was at this point I realised the relationship was doomed.

[@traepalmer]

@@jonboy602 sounds about right. If you order "tea" in a restaurant here, a lot of them will assume you mean iced tea, unless you say "hot tea". You still need hot water to make good iced tea, though.

[@traepalmer]

@@piecesoftheheart9231 I love my iced tea but hate sweet tea...I think sweet tea's more of a Southern thing

[@sledpungo]

I think kettles are probably the most universal kitchen appliance in the UK. I’ve moved into flats that didn’t have a microwave or a freezer, but every single one had a kettle

[@Qlicky]

I cant imagine a kitchen without a kettle. And I dont even drink tea.

[@jfinn3575]

Most hotel rooms in Ireland have a mini one too (maybe hidden in a cupboard)

[@KonglomeratYT]

@@Qlicky I've never walked into anyone's house and seen them have a kettle before. But I'm American. But every single one has a coffee maker.

[@Banzybanz]

I recently started using one. Not for the tea, but it's the best way to get hot/boiling water immediately. And it's in the form of a handy jug that you can easily pour from. When cooking stews/gravies/rice sometimes we need to adjust the water by adding more hot water. The old method was to place a deep lid on your pot and place some water in that lid so it'd get hot while the stuff in the pot was cooking. That way you'd have a ready supply of hot water but it was not easy to handle. A kettle that can give you boiling water in seconds is so much superior. Also quickly boils water for instant noodles and the like.

[@Magnificent_Mo]

I come from a household that has an electric kettle (for tea enthusiast AND pedantic coffee snobs) and I’ve always use it to supplement pasta water 😂 I also think there is a Good Eats episode that said they’re perfect for soft boiling eggs in? And the gooseneck variety also doubles as an easy watering can for indoor plants!

[@RealismFTW]

I just did a test with my own electric kettle here in Sweden. It's a really cheap one and quite slow compared to others and it still brought one litre to a boil in 3 minutes.

[@KingNekro]

Here in USA I don't even have to wait 3 minutes to get hot water to make my tea. My 5 gallon jug water dispenser has a Hot water option so I always have near-boiling hot water on tap whenever I need it. And these kinds of hot/cold water dispensers are quite common in USA.

[@nautdead3197]

​@@KingNekro I had one in the house as a teen it was great. I miss it

[@iamanti8367]

​@@KingNekroeuropeans also have water dispensers, although nobody has near boiling water in them. it's usually around 60°C max. having that high temp available at all times seems wasteful.

[@KingNekro]

@@iamanti8367 Whatever the temperature is, it's plenty hot enough to make Tea/Ramen/etc

[@81pieda]

Recently I went to a specialized camping accessories store and there I found a 12V (yes, twelve) kettle, the packaging literally said "boils 1 liter in 35 minutes". So you thought 120V is slow, huh?

[@dustojnikhummer]

At that point just make a fire.

[@5Andysalive]

you just need more amps.

[@u4520]

Yeah, the main thing here is electrical power, which is the same. So time should also be the same

[@timoarrg]

@@5Andysalive it's all about the amps really

[@timrobinson6573]

Where are you getting electricity while camping? That doesn't sound like camping.

[@lek1223]

A kettle is so versatile a kitchen gadget, i wish you had got cooperated with someone in europe to test the speed for a comparison, but yea, tea, coffee, warm chocolate, sink stoppage, dishwashing, not to a boil, but just to warm, for cleaning the house, warm footbath, cooking and so on

[@bloqk16]

The induction heating hotplate is remarkable technology, as I have one identical to what was presented here. Using it for heating soup, it can warm up the soup stock to temperature levels to kill-off bacterias, then be adjusted to a low level for simmering, where added ingredients can be placed in the soup; and the timer can be set for automatic shutoff. The induction technology gives off little collateral heat, unlike natural gas, so it doesn't heat up the kitchen.

[@NDHFilms]

Hi Technology Connections, I asked for an electric kettle for my birthday based on this video. The electric kettle boiled water for my coffee much faster than my gas stove. I plan to use the electric kettle for all my water-boiling needs, so thank you for bringing this appliance to my attention.

[@joeysabey6019]

Once you get used to things like bringing water to the boil for pasta and such, you'll wonder how on earth you managed before. =P

[@samakechijowo]

​@@mindofwaves4470no. Refer to the percolator video on this channel, or the coffee drip video.

[@Hnkka]

@@joeysabey6019 saves maybe 10 minutes daily if you think about that

[@crisdav7927]

always good to have both in case power goes out too

[@skykid]

These were introduced to me as a means of having hot cup noodles at night without waking anyone up by using the kitchen, and I can't imagine not having one.

[@igor_pavlovich]

Here in Germany we don't eat noodles, same for Italy where's my gf from

[@profezzordarke4362]

@@igor_pavlovich Nice subtle troll.

[@rijden-nu]

​@@igor_pavlovich Where in Germany don't we eat noodles? Because here in Germany we do most definitely eat noodles. Same for Italy, where I wish my gf was from.

[@zekiz774]

@@rijden-nu im pretty sure he's joking

[@rijden-nu]

@@zekiz774 I can't believe anyone would joke about noodles.

[@certaindeed]

Yup! I just started using one in 2020 during covid and it changed my life. I cant believe it.

[@KuroroSama42]

In regard to that hot water dispenser mentioned at the end... I'm curious as to how much power it takes if you were to keep it running constantly. Water doesn't cool down THAT quickly/easily and if the tank in it is properly isolated, that can be slowed even more. Most of the power would probably be used just heating up the cold water that gets taken in, more than keeping the hot stuff hot. Would be cool to see a video checking that out. P.S: I live in Canada and my family has had electric kettles for over 20 years. We don't make much tea. It's just way more convenient than other boiling options.

[@MysteriousStranger50]

I have recently gotten one of those instant boiled water taps installed. Our energy bill dropped very noticeably afterwards, once it has boiled its basically almost nothing to keep it hot.

[@demagus]

"It's because we don't drink tea every day." Yup. The moment my wife became a daily tea drinker we got a pretty decent electric kettle with a timer, temp setting, the whole shebang. Didn't cost too much and made her morning tea much easier to make.

[@aquiamorgan2416]

Me an my partner both started drinking tea after I realized daily coffee was giving me health problems, and I love my kettle. It's not even fancy, just a boily-poury-thingy. I use it for tea and ramen and hot cocoa and my hot water bottle and sanitizing stuff. It's just a great appliance.

[@bansheedearg]

Get an under sink instant hot water dispenser. Tea in seconds instead of minutes.

[@bansheedearg]

@Samuel Blackwood Careful, sir. "Tea is a big NO for those who suffer from kidney stones. This is because tea has very high oxalate content and oxalic acid aid in the forming of kidney stones. So, does tea cause kidney stones? The answer is yes, drinking too much tea can lead to the formation of kidney stones." A coworker who drank tea a lot got them in his bladder. Unique pain from ultrasonic treatment, he said.

[@shanebumpurs]

@@bansheedearg This is good to know. Thanks for commenting.

[@vexis58]

@@bansheedearg I say "tea", but most of what I drink is fruit/herbal infusions in hot water, like apple cinnamon, peppermint, rose hips, or citrus peels. (And that same article you're quoting says that *green* tea doesn't have this effect, only black tea. Well, and "iced tea" by which I assume they mean iced black tea.) Black tea is part of my rotation, mostly in the mornings for the caffeine, but where nutrition is concerned it's usually unhealthy to consume a lot of any one thing regardless of what it is.

[@testbenchdude]

Both my wife and I were stationed overseas in England around 20 years ago. Since moving back to the US we have always had an electric kettle. It's just so convenient. It gets used primarily for tea and French press coffee (we can set our kettle's temp, which is nice), with the occasional ramen here and there. I also use it to cheat when bringing water to boil on the stove because it's just so much faster. For example, for pasta I'll start a cup or two of water on the range, then boil about 1.5 liters in the electric kettle and add that to the pot when it's finished. So much quicker.

[@thefuturetom]

being stationed in Japan and seeing everyone on 100V using electric kettles made me wonder why this wasn't common in the U.S. with our "powerful" 120V

[@0Clewi0]

Yeah, the tea only thing is a stupid reasoning, most just don't buy specific electric coffee machines and use the kettle to drink insta coffee. Though for grain on home consumers don't know the preference between capsule, other machines, French, Italian or more pour over styles in our country.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@0Clewi0 Coffee Capsules and single cup teabags are annoying wasteful packaging that increase the price per cup for no real benefit. Instant coffee, regular coffee and regular tea is better to buy in 1 lb bags, keep in a reusable jar and dose with a spoon.

[@0Clewi0]

@@johndododoe1411 I'm not talking of what's better, I drink 0 coffe, but I see capsules are still sold on supermarkets, so I'm sure they're consumed, besides percolated coffee isn't popular at all.

[@razrv3lc]

We don’t boil water because we don’t use boiling water for anything but cooking (and in that case we boil in a pot on the stove). Tea drinking (at least hot) isn’t widespread and people that drink coffee have coffee pots that invalidate electric kettles. The tea we drink here is usually refrigerated anyways. Any time I make it, which isn’t that often, I just microwave water in a Pyrex glass measuring cup to get it boiling then steep the tea in that cup before adding it to a pitcher with sugar that is then filled with cold water and then refrigerated. There’s just no point in having something like this that takes up counter space when most of us just don’t need it. If we needed them, we’d have them. I’ve just never once felt that having one would make anything I do any easier. For my use purposes, a pot and the stove is perfectly fine and with a gas stove, it comes to a boil very quickly anyways. My mom has an electric kettle SOLELY for green tea. She literally uses it for nothing else and keeps it in her office at work. She doesn’t have one for home lol

[@-Pol-]

After going through a number of electric kettles, cheap to epensive that have all failed after about 5 years and which aren't repairable (Back in the 70's it was easy to buy a replacement element)... I've now embraced the original stove top solution. Leaving my kettle on a spare stove ring has returned me 9 or so inches of precious countertop space and the fact that it takes three minutes before the whistle sounds rather than rather than two before the kettle turns itself and starts to cool down just gives me more time to do dishes and tidy up anyway. A whistling kettle gets poured straight off the boild and makes a better cup of tea than one that switched itself off half a minute ago. Plus, my gas stove is significantly cheaper to run than electric (Although I am sensitive to the environmental cost... Ultimately I mean to go induction when I refit my kitchen)

[@donaldtrump4977]

Electric kettles scare me. Every single one I come across uses sketchy plastic in sketchy areas, or cheap out on metal components. Especially at that store that starts with an A and is a type of river. I'll keep looking.

[@JanSenCheng]

I have to say, I'm not a tea drinker (or even a coffee drinker), but I get so much use out of an electric kettle, it feels bizarre to me to say that just cause you don't drink tea it's not something you'd want. If you're doing instant ramen, or making hot chocolate, or porridge, or you just want some warm water, an electric kettle serves you well.

[@JohanMood]

Or even boiling potato's, put a bit of water in the pot and the rest in the kettle and let the kettle do the heavy lifting to get the water up to temperature

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

In my family, when we make instant ramen it's like 3 packets at once. Doing it on the stove in a single pot feels like much less hassle than boiling water in a kettle and then pouring it over 3 different bowls, covering them, mixing them in, etc. We also tend to mix in some veggies or an egg or cheese slices (I'm Indian; we do strange things to instant ramen) - which is also easier in a pan, vs in 3 bowls. Hot chocolate usually involves melting actual chocolate, and heating up milk - neither of which is particularly convenient in a kettle. Especially cleaning it after boiling milk in it. It's a lot less hassle to just throw whatever water-to-milk ratio you like and broken up chocolate into a pot. Porridge isn't all that common - but it usually involves milk _or_ spices. Neither of which I particularly want to clean from inside a kettle either. Also, I would make them < once a week, even with all 3 combined. It's just not worth the space on my counter top for that ... The only folks in India who have a kettle are people who regularly drink warm water (tea involves heating up milk and spice; so most tea drinkers don't use a kettle either) or people who live in dorms that don't allow cooking equipment.

[@greenhat7618]

@@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790most people don’t make a bunch of ramen together. Also if you cook pasta at all, or use hot water in any of your cooking like making stews or blanching vegetables or whatever, a kettle is the easiest way to get the water up to temperature.

[@mkovis8587]

I haven't yet found an electric kettle that wouldn't make the water smell and taste like some toxic chemical is getting leached into it.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

No shit😂😂

[@geoffreylydall1356]

I worked in an office where there was a “boiling water” dispenser that wasn’t actually hot enough for tea, so people would heat their water in the microwaves. It didn’t take very long for a superheated water explosion to happen. No one was hurt, but it was quite a shock to the person it happened to.

[@redve390]

I didn't know it's possible, if you don't want it. Prove me if i'm wrong, but to overheat water, you need a distilled water, which isn't as easy to get as tap water. Tap water has lots of minerals (often intentionally. Afaik Norway or Iceland used "soft" water [without minerals], and they started to suffer from heart diseases, so then they intentionally added calcium, and other minerals to the water) so regular tap water should boil without any problem, especially if you put a teabag inside before boiling

[@Will-be-free]

@@redve390 I guess that preheating the water removes dissolved gasses, removing nucleation points for the boiling to start. I have once made a water explosion in a slightly different way. By boiling water in a cup in the microwave; forgetting about it, so that half the water had boiled over; refilling the cup with half cold water; then boil it again in the microwave oven. I guess that the cold water cool down the walls of the cup, while the hot water was in the middle, allowing it to be super heated, without touching the nucleation points on the walls. I have never been able to recreate it, so it was a fluke accident.

[@iTheDevil]

@@redve390 some people have a thing for bottled water and some bottled water seems to be filtered too good. =) so I would expect the super heated water to happen to those. I once had water instantly boil after I put the teabag in (after microwaving it of course), I guess it was due to the water being too soft in that area. =)

[@joakimmelander]

You can microwave a cup with a spoon to prevent the sudden boiling. No joke, metal spoon in microwave is safe.

[@chargehanger]

The right way to boil water is of course with a pulsejet kettle : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5enfmx7l5ZpetE

[@MrUniman609]

I remember the first time I visited America, I was astounded by how slowly my electric shaver performed when I plugged it in to the American electrical system.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

I thought I was being silly when I thought my kettle in the US boiled more slowly and the toaster took much longer than it does at home in the UK

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

I thought euro bathroom plugs were 110 because of how stupidly dangerous it is to have that much power in a damp environment…

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

@@Mostlyharmless1985 ah, yes. If a place has a socket in the bathroom it is lower power. But it isn’t a three pin socket as all other outlets are, they just have two pins and the only devices that will plug into them are pretty much shavers and electric toothbrushes

[@MrUniman609]

@@Mostlyharmless1985 It is stupid to have any electrical power in a damp environment, regardless of the voltage.

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

@@MrUniman609 nah. It’s fine when you don’t have earth shattering voltages run everywhere.

[@jonchalk3855]

Very good analysis of the different methods of boiling water and their efficiencies. I use an induction cooktop. I can boil (full rolling boil) one liter of water in 90 seconds. By far, this beats all the other methods. Note: I use the broil function on my commercial induction cooktop even though I do not own a restaurant (yet). I also have a regular induction cooktop at 1800 watts. It takes slightly longer to boil (still under 120 seconds), it still boils faster that non-induction methods. Since I started using induction, my electric bill has noticeably dropped.

[@Vinemaple]

I've been using electric kettles in breakrooms for years, seems every office I've worked in has had one, and a few private clients have had them, too. It's definitely something on my personal wish list, so I was surprised to hear it's not common in the US.

[@kaly3877]

what they’re like $20 make your wish come true today lol

[@redblade8160]

Vinemaple. Why don't you fix your broken rooms first before buying a kettle?

[@JacobAnawalt]

Many water coolers have a hot tap, and most break rooms have a coffee machine. The old glass pot has been replaced by the single-serve style which can just spit out hot water.

[@johnmaurer3097]

When we worked in physical offices in the US, I’d say just 1 out of 10 people drank tea. Most drank coffee, some drank soda, and the smallest number drank tea. The people who made tea at work was always zero. They bought it somewhere else and brought it in a to-go cup.

[@Vinemaple]

@@johnmaurer3097 They *bought* tea?

[@uranusjr]

Interesting to hear induction stoves described as the “new hotness”, when I live in East Asia where they are extremely common. And surprising too since they are arguably much more suitable for western style cooking. Also I still remember the shock when I realised American hotels don’t have an electic kettle in the room! But I made instant ramen with a coffee maker which was fun.

[@Gun5hip]

No kettle in their hotel rooms? I'm Canadian and this is really useful to know in case I'm over the border. Ty

[@cuocai]

places where induction stoves are popular and places where hotpot is popular would be the same spots

[@zubirhusein]

@@Gun5hip nope just a crummy single cup coffee maker or a keurig type one in fancier hotels

[@zubirhusein]

had to go downstairs for hot water

[@benholroyd5221]

What kind of poor third world country doesn't have kettles in hotel rooms?

[@Bllksem]

The low voltage is also really annoying when you are working with certain power tools. We had to cut through a concrete slab in our back garden with one of those Home Depot rentals and it constantly caused the breakers to trip. That and if for example you want a shared study and you want to be able to run a few powerful computers out of it it can be a problem to run off of one breaker. I mean if you want to run just 2 ~700w pcs you are getting pretty close to that max, add in other things and you’re over it. It’s not a common problem, but it is a problem that doesn’t need to exist for any good reason which makes it a very annoying problem. Also halfing the waiting time for something is not insignificant. And again when there is no good reason for waiting twice as long it makes it frustrating.

[@r3lativ]

A few things: You can use the microwave to make one cup of tea in 2-3 min; also works for soup/rice/noodles etc. You can use the coffee maker to make tea (as well as soup). Why buy a kettle when you already have a microwave or coffee maker?

[@indigo0977]

Yeah, I've used and liked using electric kettles before, but I prefer having a little extra kitchen space over a device that only does one thing that my microwave or stove can do too. Any differences in how long it takes aren't that big.

[@MrChriscable]

You don’t have to clean a kettle and when a microwave is dirty it makes water smell awful.

[@indigo0977]

@@MrChriscable If you don't clean your kettle, then I hope you enjoy the taste of limescale. And having a dirty microwave is just gross. Why wouldn't you clean it when it is dirty? But even if you take the microwave out of the equation, that still leaves the stove and possibly options like a coffee maker or hot plate. So that's still at least one appliance in the kitchen that will do the job without taking up additional space. For some people that will be more important than maybe saving a small amount of time when they want to boil some water.

[@chriskeene]

I have a theory that instant coffee was so popular in the UK as we had kettles for tea and so we could use the same thing to make coffee. Growing up in the eighties I didn't really know there was anything other than instant coffee. When i first realised Americans have coffee makers I thought that sounded very posh and fancy!

[@aquiamorgan2416]

Oh wow! I never though about how coffee makers were viewed elsewhere. I am an American that switched to tea a few years ago, and looking back, the coffee maker is just so ridiculous because once you use it for coffee for the first time, that's really all you can use it for after that. Getting hot but not boiling water with a slight coffee flavor for the rest of its useful life is not ...great. The Keurig was a revelation, but its also just disastrous on the environment. I much prefer my kettle which I use for everything, and yes, I also use it for instant coffee. If I really want a good cup of coffee, I can always use the kettle and whip out the French press.

[@torg2126]

@@aquiamorgan2416 Keurig pods may be wasteful, but there's plenty of reusable pods, that are sold in many stores.

[@raycardy4843]

Yeah, and even if we have a filter coffee maker, it's not used every day - and unless you are at home and drink endless cups, once a pot has been made for some time and the coffee is 'stewed' (as we call it), it tastes awful! Mine only got used when lots of visitors came around, as it freed up the kettle for the tea! Now I'm on my own, it's either good quality instant (Kenco) or I use a fresh coffee in a cafetiere (plunger-type coffee pot) - which still needs the kettle!

[@pcno2832]

Don't they still make coffee bags that work just like tea bags? I'd think that would be the perfect thing for anyone who doesn't like instant and doesn't want to maintain a coffee maker. I, on the other hand, have always been fine with instant.

[@RainCity3rd]

instant coffee took off over in asia for this vary reason. Culturally the act of brewing team is more similar to instant coffee than any other method of brewing coffee, so makes a certain about of sense. There have been reasonable drinkable instant coffees for a decade or more, at least far superior in quality than much of the brewed coffee many are used to.

[@arnemart]

Here in Norway, induction cooktops is fast becoming the norm, almost every new kitchen built the last ten years will have them. My induction cooktop even has a boil sensor, which automatically lowers the power from max (3500W) down to a more sensible level when the kettle (or pot) boils. Neat!

[@LovITSWE]

I don't think we can even buy a regular stove any more in Scandinavia. Only induction. My induction doesn't have a boiler sensor(I think) but it does have a fryer sensor. So you don't have to adjust the power.

[@purpleblue]

same here in uk, we have had an induction stove for a while!

[@erlend1554]

I get that inductions stoves are nice but why do they all have those terrible touch controls?? Fy faen de er faktisk ubrukelig

[@Un1234l]

Only problem is if/when there's a power outage there's no way to heat food. But I guess having a backup portable gas burner is possible

[@daviddavidson2357]

@@Un1234l I've been cooking over a Coleman unleaded camp stove for nearly a year. It's incredibly efficient. Uses 5L of petrol every 4 months. Only issue is that the generator has had to be replaced twice. First time the cleaning needle got stuck, second time some really dirty petrol must have been used as the generator sealed up. It's gives off way more heat than gas as well. Enough to heat the metal its made of up to red hot. I'd pay for a stove that worked the same way and you just filled it with 20L of petrol once a year.

[@zetasyanthis]

I've got one of the Zojirushi hot water dispenser and it is AWESOME. I use it for everything, including (though rarely) tea. Ramen, other pasta, anything else that requires boiling water. And forget screaming, it sings Mozart at you when it's done! (You can find videos of this online!)