I just nuke a mug of water for a minute or two when I'm making instant coffee. I never understood the big deal about electric kettles.
I just nuke a mug of water for a minute or two when I'm making instant coffee. I never understood the big deal about electric kettles.
A water kettle lets you consistently heat water to the same temperature (not just boiling, high-end kettles have additional temperature options), regardless of:
- Amount of water
- Initial temperature of water
- Position of water container
They also prevent superheated water accidents.
Yes and: Kettles are much easier to clean than microwave (interiors).
Well our kettle is 2.4kW, our microwave is 800W or so effectively. Also our induction stovetop is much faster, so the nuking option is slowest by a lot.
Boiling water in a microwave does not make the microwave dirtier.
In fact if it boils it can help clean it!
True. The mess comes from a son reheating food, often tomato sauce based, without a lid.
most lid are plastics, so i suggest people heating without lids. Cleaning mwave is east anyway. I am sure ppl don't want microplastic laden food.
Better that than reheating it in a kettle!
Microwaving has the undesirable side-effect of also heating the exterior of your beverage's vessel.
Electric kettles make it easy to pour for pour over.