I need an electric kettle or hot pot that has a setting that will warm water, but not boil it. I need something that will warm to 120-125 degrees Fahrenheit (48-52 C) and hold it at that temperature.
Several years ago I got a Proctor Silex hot pot, which has a dial that goes from “warm” to “boil,” but even on the lowest setting, if I don’t put a thermometer in it and watch it carefully, it will go straight to full boil. It doesn’t even have an on-off switch, so I have to yank the plug out when it gets to the right temperature, at which point, of course, it will begin cooling.
Is there any device you know of that I can set to warm water to below-scalding temperature and keep it there?
One of those tiny crock pots for warming dips. They don’t boil. I don’t know the temp they get to, though. I assume the web site could tell you. Of course, it won’t work if you need it to be for pouring. There are 100s of electric kettles on Amazon. I just got a new one, but it boils water, quick like. Which is what I wanted. So…look around Amazon is my best advice.
Hmm … those are all things to consider. My Proctor Silex was acquired from Amazon just by searching for a hot pot with a warm setting, and that didn’t work out.
I do need to pour, and I’m not sure I want to take up so much counter space with a regulator.
Just FYI, I use this water for shaving, not cooking.
I expect it will be hard to find a kettle meant for tea or coffee that will keep water at that low a temp, since that’s the same temp as your typical hot tap water - no heating necessary.
You might want to look at grooming products too - I do know there are things such as hot lather machines and lotion warmers, so maybe there’s also something in that category too.
If you have a rice cooker, they tend to default to “on at keep-the-rice-warm temperature” when you plug them in. I don’t know what that temperature is, but it’s below boiling?
I don’t think hot pots are for tea or coffee. Even so, the fact that the dial goes from warm to boil suggests that a major producer is familiar with the idea of someone wanting merely to warm water and not boil it.
How about this? Electric kettle, adjustable from 100F-212F.
I found it by searching Electric kettle temperature control, by the way. There’s a number of others, but their minimum temp seems to be 160F.
okay, if you have time, I would love to know what your shaving routine is/will be that would require this appliance! Seriously curious (and not going to give you the “just use a rusty steak knife and a bar of soap like I do” treatment, I promise).
I don’t want to increase the number of devices involved, so adding a thermos to the sequence isn’t in the cards
I don’t want the water to boil at all. I want it to teach a designated temperature and stay there. Currently I have to monitor the temperature of the water with a stick thermometer. I want to eliminate that step and just have the warming device to it automatically.
I’m also curious about your hot water supply? Can you set the water heater to produce water at the temp you want out of the faucet? Mine is adjustable.