Poll of the Day > Did you know that Americans DON'T use ELECTRIC KETTLES?? They use STOVETOP!!!

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mrduckbear
04/19/18 12:18:12 AM
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Do you use an electric or stovetop kettles? - Results (12 votes)
Electric
50% (6 votes)
6
Stovetop
50% (6 votes)
6
Both
0% (0 votes)
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According to statistics, electric kettles are NOT used in the United States..in fact it's VERY RARE that you see americans owning electric kettles when most other countries have at least both.

Electric Kettles are cordless or plug in kettles that heats up water without the use of a stove top..but americans don't use it because it's "too slow"..

Do you use electric or stovetop? let's see what people will vote

This is an example of an electric kettle -

https://i5.walmartimages.ca/images/Large/058/332/1058332.jpg?odnBound=460

http://tinyurl.com/y6wxy7ky

Stovetop kettle -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/19/02/4B4C12CE00000578-0-image-a-22_1524102671237.jpg
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juicebox4
04/19/18 12:19:50 AM
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...an electric one is objectively quicker than stovetop...
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ArctheLad13
04/19/18 12:20:05 AM
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Electric kettles are great. But I did find out about them in Europe.
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helIy
04/19/18 12:21:15 AM
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why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

i don't need another dedicated appliance cluttering up my kitchen

as alton brown says, the ONLY thing in your kitchen you should have that does only ONE thing is a fire extinguisher.
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 12:21:42 AM
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mrduckbear posted...
Did you know that Americans DON'T use ELECTRIC KETTLES?? They use STOVETOP!!!


Yep. Found that out a while back. Still I use electric as most British folk do.

helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove


... because then you don't need to watch the water boil or even turn the stove on. Fill kettle up with water, flick a switch and go about your business until it's done.
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Bacon_Pancakes
04/19/18 12:21:45 AM
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I have one and it takes like 3 minutes whereas my stop top takes 5-6...Not sure how that's too slow lmao
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juicebox4
04/19/18 12:22:14 AM
#7:


helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans
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helIy
04/19/18 12:23:04 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 12:25:06 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.


Strange. I tend to just leave it on the side and use when needed.
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Yellow
04/19/18 12:27:12 AM
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Americans don't drink tea.

Kettles aren't useful to us. What would I use a kettle for except tea?
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 12:30:52 AM
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Yellow posted...
What would I use a kettle for except tea?


Coffee.
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DarkKirby2500
04/19/18 12:31:13 AM
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I learned about electric kettles on Good Eats and I've never looked back.

It's a serious life changer.
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Zeus
04/19/18 12:32:40 AM
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I've used both but, generally speaking, I'll just microwave a mug if making tea...
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Bacon_Pancakes
04/19/18 12:33:14 AM
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Yellow posted...
Americans don't drink tea.

Kettles aren't useful to us. What would I use a kettle for except tea?

I do. Also coffee and boiling water for ramen or whatever
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juicebox4
04/19/18 12:42:29 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
juicebox4 posted...
you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.


Strange. I tend to just leave it on the side and use when needed.

That's fine I was just saying because he said it would "take up so much valuable space". I leave mine out too
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juicebox4
04/19/18 12:43:29 AM
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helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

and take 10~mins to boil vs 40 seconds
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 12:50:56 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
That's fine I was just saying because he said it would "take up so much valuable space". I leave mine out too


Fair enough.
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PMarth2002
04/19/18 1:23:52 AM
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I don't use a kettle at all.
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Yellow
04/19/18 1:27:04 AM
#19:


wwinterj25 posted...
Coffee.

We mostly use coffee makers.
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Blaqthourne
04/19/18 1:34:54 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...
mrduckbear posted...
Did you know that Americans DON'T use ELECTRIC KETTLES?? They use STOVETOP!!!


Yep. Found that out a while back. Still I use electric as most British folk do.

helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove


... because then you don't need to watch the water boil or even turn the stove on. Fill kettle up with water, flick a switch and go about your business until it's done.

You realize you just said they're equivalent. I don't believe anyone except little kids out of curiosity would watch the water boil. When it starts boiling the kettle makes a very loud noise. So, with a stovetop kettle, you fill up the kettle, flick a switch (ok, turn a knob) and go about your business until it's done.

helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

A benefit of the stovetop kettle is always keeping water in it so that when you're done with the burner, you place the kettle on it so just in case you forgot to turn off the burner, you'll know in a little while when the kettle starts screaming.
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Smarkil
04/19/18 1:40:16 AM
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I don't drink tea and I don't make coffee outside of keurigs and shit.

Why the hell would I need a kettle?
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 1:42:36 AM
#22:


Blaqthourne posted...
When it starts boiling the kettle makes a very loud noise.


... and then you would need to remove it otherwise problems could happen. With a electric kettle you don't need to immediately do anything.

Yellow posted...
We mostly use coffee makers.


You can use a electric kettle for anything that requires hot water. Although some do have a Coffee maker too over here. Seems a bit pointless to have both but eh.
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TheCyborgNinja
04/19/18 1:42:44 AM
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Electric. All day.
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Smarkil
04/19/18 1:44:16 AM
#24:


wwinterj25 posted...
need to remove it otherwise problems could happen


I'm fairly certain if you leave a pot on the stove with boiling water for more than 30 seconds, nothing bad happens.
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 1:45:05 AM
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Smarkil posted...
I'm fairly certain if you leave a pot on the stove with boiling water for more than 30 seconds, nothing bad happens.


So you can leave it boiling indefinitely? News to me.
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Revelation34
04/19/18 1:50:37 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...

... because then you don't need to watch the water boil or even turn the stove on. Fill kettle up with water, flick a switch and go about your business until it's done.


You have obviously never used one. They "scream" at you when they're boiling.
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 1:52:57 AM
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Revelation34 posted...
You have obviously never used one.


Indeed I haven't as I've never had the need. Although of course we used these before electronic kettles became a thing.

Revelation34 posted...
They "scream" at you when they're boiling.


Indeed. I assume they keep making the noise until you remove it from the stove? Seems annoying.
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zebatov
04/19/18 2:00:07 AM
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juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

and take 10~mins to boil vs 40 seconds

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LinkPizza
04/19/18 2:02:20 AM
#29:


wwinterj25 posted...
Smarkil posted...
I'm fairly certain if you leave a pot on the stove with boiling water for more than 30 seconds, nothing bad happens.


So you can leave it boiling indefinitely? News to me.

I mean, you can leave boiling water in the stove for a long time. I do all the time when cooking. I like to make sure everything finishes at the same time. And I've made ramen on the stove many times. Boiling water on the stove for a while isn't the end of the world...
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 2:03:51 AM
#30:


LinkPizza posted...
I do all the time when cooking.


Sounds like that would make food loose it's flavour if you leave it boiling too long.
Still messing about with a stove would be too much work for me when I just want a cuppa.
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helIy
04/19/18 2:07:57 AM
#31:


juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

and take 10~mins to boil vs 40 seconds

what shitty stove do you have that it takes 10 minutes to boil water

like are you using a lighter
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RCtheWSBC
04/19/18 2:10:28 AM
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Electric kettle please! Been using one for like 3-4 years now, it's perfect for brewing teas
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 2:13:45 AM
#33:


RCtheWSBC posted...
Electric kettle please! Been using one for like 3-4 years now, it's perfect for brewing teas

At least someone understands it.
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Cacciato
04/19/18 2:18:27 AM
#34:


zebatov posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

and take 10~mins to boil vs 40 seconds


They still don't use metric. They don't like change or admitting other people do things better.

Did you just drag the metric system into an argument about kettles?
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LinkPizza
04/19/18 2:19:30 AM
#35:


wwinterj25 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
I do all the time when cooking.


Sounds like that would make food loose it's flavour if you leave it boiling too long.
Still messing about with a stove would be too much work for me when I just want a cuppa.

That's when i start boiling the water before the food is in... Like when it says add to boiling water. So, I boil it first. But, I always forget how long it takes. So, I just start boiling early...
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 2:22:33 AM
#36:


LinkPizza posted...
That's when i start boiling the water before the food is in... Like when it says add to boiling water. So, I boil it first. But, I always forget how long it takes. So, I just start boiling early...


Fair enough.
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Smarkil
04/19/18 2:22:40 AM
#37:


wwinterj25 posted...
Smarkil posted...
I'm fairly certain if you leave a pot on the stove with boiling water for more than 30 seconds, nothing bad happens.


So you can leave it boiling indefinitely? News to me.


Yeah, pretty much.

I don't know what scenario you would be in in which you would leave your electric kettle on and just fuck off anyway. Did you forget you were making tea?
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wwinterj25
04/19/18 2:23:47 AM
#38:


Smarkil posted...
I don't know what scenario you would be in in which you would leave your electric kettle on and just fuck off anyway. Did you forget you were making tea?


No but I do hate waiting.
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Baardmeester
04/19/18 2:38:26 AM
#39:


helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

i don't need another dedicated appliance cluttering up my kitchen

as alton brown says, the ONLY thing in your kitchen you should have that does only ONE thing is a fire extinguisher.


Do you boil it in a pan?
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mark4s
04/19/18 2:47:55 AM
#40:


mrduckbear posted...
but americans don't use it because it's "too slow"..

http://wordpress.mrreid.org/2012/04/16/why-kettles-boil-slowly-in-the-us/

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Syntheticon
04/19/18 3:29:39 AM
#41:


juicebox4 posted...
...an electric one is objectively quicker than stovetop...
This-I was very confused by that answer, worst case it's a minute or 2 at the most? Calm down, murricuh.
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juicebox4
04/19/18 4:16:06 AM
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I'm in Canada btw so electric kettles aren't just an English thing, just a smart person thing B)
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rexcrk
04/19/18 4:56:58 AM
#43:


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dancer62
04/19/18 4:59:02 AM
#44:


juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
juicebox4 posted...
helIy posted...
why would i use an electric kettle when i could just boil the water on the stove

because it's much, much quicker.

you keep it in the cabinet and put it back when you're done. just like a pot.

smh Americans

or i could just put a pot on the stove instead of having something ultimately useless cluttering up my kitchen

and take 10~mins to boil vs 40 seconds

I mostly drink coffee, made in a drip coffeemaker.

My electric Hot Pot is faster for boiling water, but for tea or rice it's easier to just heat water on the stove than to get out the Hot Pot, make space for it on the countertop, and plug it in. For ramen, I use the microwave

For demonstrations in cooking classes, the Hot Pot is handy for boiling water on a tabletop in a classroom.
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Sahuagin
04/19/18 6:38:01 AM
#45:


we used to have one a long time ago. I can't remember how fast it was, but I'm pretty sure the microwave is faster than both.
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_AdjI_
04/19/18 7:01:02 AM
#46:


helIy posted...
as alton brown says, the ONLY thing in your kitchen you should have that does only ONE thing is a fire extinguisher.


That's just flagrantly untrue. You need to balance how much space you have available with how much you want that dedicated device, obviously, but otherwise there's no reason not to have a waffle iron if you want waffles, or a coffee maker if you want coffee. Some things do actually need a dedicated device (or at least are so much easier with a dedicated device that it's sensible to have one).

That, and if you're suggesting that boiling water is "only one thing," I'm thinking you need to cook more.
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Red_Frog
04/19/18 9:00:21 AM
#47:


Zeus posted...
I'll just microwave a mug if making tea
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ShadosAtPhoenix
04/19/18 9:05:27 AM
#48:


Uuuh...I live in a pretty big American city, use an electric kettle and the local store sell a lot of them. Stovetops are also pretty common, sure, but...

because it's much, much quicker


If you have a coil or gas cook top, yeah (that's why I use an electric kettle too). The cool kids use induction cook tops though (which is getting pretty common in the high end), and that will be pretty much as fast if you have the right stovetop kettle.
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faramir77
04/19/18 9:06:57 AM
#49:


I didn't know that. I've never even seen a stovetop kettle other than on TV or in movies. They seem very archaic.
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zebatov
04/19/18 9:07:47 AM
#50:


Cacciato posted...
Did you just drag the metric system into an argument about kettles?


You bet I did.
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