Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "Why don't Americans use electric kettles?" video.

  1. Clearly you don't decorate your home with a colorful stove-top kettle to match the hand towel and oven glove. Shame on you! :-D
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  2. @D R - Is it? I would think they both would be nearly equal. Probably 30% of the energy goes into microwave or heat generation. Just guessing. Do you have different numbers for those efficiencies?
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  3. @Frank Vera - The coffee maker typically spits out over 195 degrees F. I measured my wife's electric kettle water temperature. Though it cut off after it began boiling, the water in the upper third was still only 198 degrees F (despite all of the turbulent mixing). So, same temps in this case. And measured by two separate thermometers that I've trued against freezing and boiling water. So, they are accurate (and fast response, too). Certainly, the lower end of the kettle's water mass must have ad patches at 212 degrees F for boiling to occur (we are near sea level), but as those bubbles rise through the water column, the whole thing does not instantly all become 212 F. As far as the chance this is just due to my coffee maker and my electric kettle differences, they function pretty much the same way with their shut-offs AND these devices are often built in just a few ways using the same parts as most other brands. So, really, there is no difference. Plus, for coffee makers, I have measured water temps coming out of several of them (because I wanted proper temps). IIRC, temps in the cheapest ones would be in the 180s while others where in the 190s. Remember, the boiling water forces unboiled water (so not necessarily at boiling temps!) up a tube and then usually the water traverses a dispensing mechanism. This helps to cool the water just a bit more before exiting.
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  4.  @lisahinton9682  - As I just replied to Don Smith, multiple brands DO boil the water. How do you think the water gets forced upward and out from most kitchen counter coffee makers?
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  5. Why did my wife buy two kettles (each for two seasons) and then buy an electric kettle? Marketing.
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  6. The water tank, though, hoo boy! You can wait so long for that in my home. In the time it takes for the hot water to reach the tap (and heat the pipes along the way), I could have started a fire, made some coals of it, dropped the coals into some water until it boiled, and poured the water in a bath! :-D I think hot water delay is a huge "low-hanging fruit" for upcoming home luxuries that will become standard features soon.
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  7. Instant coffee is an oxymoron. I think you mean "Instant Tears of Bitterness". ;-b
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  8.  @victormuckleston  - My British mountain climbing companions brought their tea and infusers with them to the summit and back. For coca tea, though, we just dropped in the leaves. They wouldn't fit in the infusers.
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