I have a gas stove and the stovetop kettle is way faster. You can’t pull enough current out of a 120v 15a plug socket to match the power output of a good gas burner (18,000 btu for mine).
Technology Connections did a video on this, his findings and my experience tend to be quite the opposite of yours… With a gas burner, you’re dumping so much of that energy into the space surrounding the kettle (hold your hand above the kettle… all the heat you feel is being wasted by not warming your water), whereas an electric kettle keeps the heating element inside the heating chamber and only loses a small amount of heat warming up some escaping air.
When making noodles and such, I boil the water in the kettle, then pour it into the pot that’s been sitting on the stove on “low”. It’s a million times faster than just boiling in the pot.
This is one of those “it probably doesn’t make enough of a difference to even bother looking into” but it would be interesting to take into account cost, time and environmental considerations in your case.
I would be surprised if the electric kettle would win out for most Americans in any of the 3…
I have a gas stove and the stovetop kettle is way faster. You can’t pull enough current out of a 120v 15a plug socket to match the power output of a good gas burner (18,000 btu for mine).
Technology Connections did a video on this, his findings and my experience tend to be quite the opposite of yours… With a gas burner, you’re dumping so much of that energy into the space surrounding the kettle (hold your hand above the kettle… all the heat you feel is being wasted by not warming your water), whereas an electric kettle keeps the heating element inside the heating chamber and only loses a small amount of heat warming up some escaping air.
When making noodles and such, I boil the water in the kettle, then pour it into the pot that’s been sitting on the stove on “low”. It’s a million times faster than just boiling in the pot.
American btw.
This is one of those “it probably doesn’t make enough of a difference to even bother looking into” but it would be interesting to take into account cost, time and environmental considerations in your case.
I would be surprised if the electric kettle would win out for most Americans in any of the 3…
The winner should be the fact that gas stoves are burning inside the house and cause a fair bit of pollution and worse your air quality.
In europe the electric tea kettles are much faster. Being an american with a gas stove, i also find the stove top ones faster.
How much water are you boiling? I can prepare coffee during mine and it’s done when I’m ready for it.