Are 110v electric kettles too slow?

[Hunter_Hawk]

@Barbarian

Interesting test.

I’m an expat Canuck living in NYC, so I have access to both a frequently used electric kettle (Superior) and a gas stove, although I don’t have a kettle for the stove, as you’ll see why.

Just filled 'em both up with 1 L of H2O, and the kettle boiled in 3 min 40 seconds. The saucepan has been going for 6 minutes 30 seconds and is just starting to bubble up to a rolling boil.

Did the saucepan have a lid on it? And how heavy is the saucepan? (e.g., a heavy one like Le Creuset would take longer to heat than a lighter one)

[Hunter_Hawk]

Oh, and a stovetop kettle on my ancient electric stove heated to boiling in about 3.5 minutes.

[Barbarian]

@Hunter Hawk

Did the saucepan have a lid on it? And how heavy is the saucepan? (e.g., a heavy one like Le Creuset would take longer to heat than a lighter one)

In this particular case, it was one of my smaller Lagostina pots with the lid on. About 2 L capacity, I think.

[Tabby_Cat]

@GorillaMan

240v 3000w Morphy Richards…2 minutes 20 seconds. What do I win?

Darn, and I thought MY kettle was fast… 3m 15s, 230V 1.8KW.

And I, er, just wanted a cup of tea. You know, random tea cravings and suchlike.