Really though, so many Americans would have their cooking lives enriched by an electric kettle.
My parents told me, "be careful the heating elements catch fire, there's little to no safety mechanism, you can't leave them alone!"
It's a kettle...
People either don't know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don't sleep with the fans on lol.
Not Usonian but I've never understood the electrical kettle, I just use the microwave for infusions and the like. And for everything else cooking related the stove.
Am I missing something?
Yes, kettles are more efficient at boiling water vs a microwave. On top of that, you don't need to guess the time it's going to take, it just goes until the internal temperature sensor reads 100degs and it shuts itself off with a little 'clunk'.
Thanks for the enlightening, now I understand.
Still microwave for me since while I do enjoy infusions I don't make them that much to justify the expense and the extra stuff laying around.
I just use boiling water for so much dehydrated shit in addition to making French press coffee or iced tea. Stuffing, instant noodles, oatmeal, whatever. Sometimes I also kickstart boiling water and then pour it into a pot. They're just so much faster than regular stoves because of the way the heating element is placed.
No worries, thanks for listening! As with all these things the efficiency bonus is slight, so unless you're a heavy user it likely won't represent a saving vs. the energy taken to make the kettle in the first place. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Out of my own curiosity... what's an infusion?
You can probably find a second hand kettle for 5$ bucks. But if you don't use it often, it might take too much space for its use.
But you already have the microwave, so unless your electricity is expensive, it doesn't really make a difference.
I prefer kettle as a microwave is slower, and turns ceramic cups into lava.
Very true tho.
You can accidentally superheat your water in the microwave.
For me it's just quick and accurate. Every tool for a job. I can make a cup quickly, to the temp I need (green/black teas, coffees etc.)
No guessing of temps or times. No need to ramp up the stove and burn all that energy.
Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.
Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).
Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.
There is literally a kettle on the left lower side of the image (likely deliberately as it seems awkward having it in front of the air fryer like that)
We have an electric kettle, husband uses it for instant coffee; before we got together he used the microwave to boil water. The kids use it for tea. I use it for hot water for Moka pot, boiling water for grits, whatever needs hot water.
Electric kettle, microwave, and coffee grinder are the only appliances that live on the kitchen counter, all the other things are in the pantry.
"The downside is that the mug is also 180°C now."
"And it tastes faintly of the bacon I made for breakfast."
Nah see they've got one of those fancy dual air dryers in the picture. One side is clearly for food and the other for beverages.
10 minutes to boil a cup of water? How is that considered good in any way?
it's sarcasm.
Air fryers suck at boiling water. They're basically anti-microwaves. Everything a microwave is good at, they suck at, and vice versa.
Air fryers are for putting a crust on things. Basicly a miniature convection oven
That's because it is basically a convection oven, it just has a basket and a few extra customizations. But, as the video notes, a convection toaster oven is not a suitable replacement for an air fryer in most cases.
That's because it is basically a convection oven
Technically it's closer to an impingement oven than a convection oven. I'm surprised Alec didn't mention impingement ovens at all in the video.
Techcon is quickly becoming the XKCD of household appliances
Air fryers are just Easy-Bake Ovens for adults.
My microwave is bad at walking a dog. Schould I buy an airfryer? Especially in winter, I would like a machine for that.
You're attempting to automate pet ownership?
We're kinda skipping the whole point, like people that grind in RuneScape?
You have just united the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom blind rage. Congratulations.
Somebody had been considering what could be worse than microwave tea.
There's nothing wrong with microwaving water. It's all just getting water molecules to move faster.
microwaving anything is microwaving the water it contains
Shout out to Asian water boilers and warmers.
Hot water on demand, no fuss.
This is as dumb as people 'marinating' diet coke by leaving it in the fridge. Can't level with this level of absurdity.
This is probably just bait but I can't help myself. A pot of water and a stove would do it in less time and you won't have to deal with a burning mug.
But the warm mug helps keep the drink warm. Doesn't everyone drink their tea/coffee with oven mitts?
Least redundant air fryer usage.
This is 100% a meme. There's a kettle in the lower left corner of the picture, place awkwardly in front of the second frier drawer. and the cup would be scaldingly hot upon removing it from the air frier.
Okay this is a shitpost, but ffs don't try this. That's a small electric fan-forced oven. There's a nonzero chance the airflow will splash water all over the inside, which is absolutely not liquid proof. Water + electricity == bad.
Not liquid proof? How can you cook moist things in there then? Or things like chickens or beef joints etc that drip so much liquids?
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