Neato ( @Neato@ttrpg.network ) English53•21 days agoFor a single mug microwaves are quicker in America. Potentially even for 2 mugs.
BUT in America kitchen appliances have a power limit (usually) of 1,500W. This is usually higher than a standard microwave (1,000W). And since an electric kettle in America is just a heat source in water, it’s very efficient. So if you’re regularly heating multiple mugs worth of water, or just boiling water for cooking often, an electric kettle is definitely better. They are also pretty cheap.
Now in Europe and the UK, electric kettles are faster since they can often be around 3,000W or higher. But that doesn’t mean American kettles are useless. American kettles a way faster than heating water on the stove. And WAAAY faster than heating water on a gas stove.
Telorand ( @Telorand@reddthat.com ) 21•21 days agoI love my electric kettle. I can get 5 cups of boiling water in about five minutes (less for less water).
And while a microwave is likely faster, it also heats the container. For a quick, single mug, it’s not an issue. Run that thing for five to heat a lot of water, and the container itself could be scorching hot.
I prefer the kettle every time.
NeatNit ( @NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ) 25•20 days agoKettle is much more convenient. Microwave is overkill, while a kettle is both a simpler machine and turns itself off when the water boils with no guesswork. It’s ergonomically designed for pouring into a cup.
The speed argument is irrelevant, they’re both quick enough.
nova_ad_vitum ( @nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ) 10•20 days agoA microwave cannot be more efficient than an electric kettle with an immersion heating element (rare these days) anyways .
Fogle ( @Fogle@lemmy.ca ) 7•20 days agoWait until you see my heat pump microwave checkmate libtards
oatscoop ( @oatscoop@midwest.social ) English2•20 days agoThe microwave is more efficient because you can do all the steps at once. Put teabag in mug, cover with water, microwave, leave and let steep. And if you forget about your tea it’s already in the microwave – just push the “add 30 seconds” button.
I keep my Splenda and non-dairy creamer next to the microwave for added convenience.
Echo Dot ( @echodot@feddit.uk ) 4•19 days agoI don’t know what you’ve made there, but it isn’t tea.
Serpent ( @Serpent@feddit.uk ) English3•18 days agoJess christ… this makes me want to poke out my eyes!
Colour_me_triggered ( @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee ) 21•20 days agoIt picks up food smells from the walls of the microwave. Make it properly, gun monkey!
Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 1•19 days agoCoffee is the only proper hot beverage, reject your dry leaf water, Roast Beef!
Colour_me_triggered ( @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee ) 1•19 days agoI actually agree with you, frog! But the fact is that the majority of Brits don’t.
Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 1•19 days agoLol, I’m a Yank. A displaced yank living abroad, but still.
Colour_me_triggered ( @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee ) 2•18 days agoMy favourite derogatory term for the British is Germany’s “Inselaffen” or island monkeys.
LifeBandit666 ( @Lifebandit666@feddit.uk ) English21•20 days agoMeh my British kettle heats a cup of water to boiling in 30 seconds.
Faster than a microwave
englislanguage ( @englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•20 days agoIs your microwave powered by a hamster? /s
LifeBandit666 ( @Lifebandit666@feddit.uk ) English2•20 days agoNo my point is, as a British person that uses the kettle A LOT we went out and bought one that heats up a single cup at a time, which is quicker than boiling a whole kettle.
I fill it up like a kettle and it has a little chamber underneath that it fills and heats, then the boiling water comes out of a spout into the cup.
After owning this type of kettle for over a decade I don’t think I can go back to a conventional kettle.
englislanguage ( @englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org ) 1•20 days agoOh, OK, that’s nice 😀 I had a huge kettle in mind for 1.5l or something
OneCardboardBox ( @OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org ) English10•21 days agoI had a fucking chemistry teacher who told the class that microwaved water was different (and linked to cancer)
bleistift2 ( @bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ) English17•21 days agoThe water itself doesn’t care (to my knowledge). The container on the other hand…
hemko ( @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English14•21 days agoThat’s why you should use metal bowl
MonkderDritte ( @MonkderDritte@feddit.de ) 1•20 days agoWell, microwaves can affect your food. Though only a handful (of hundreds) of antioxidans in berries, same as if you leave them a few days in the fridge. But no issues with water.
I had a coworker who watched some idiotic video where someone showed “proof” that microwaved water kills plants. I never saw that video so I imagined they poured the boiling water onto the plants. He was adamant that it was true. “I know what I saw”, blabla.
st3ph3n ( @st3ph3n@midwest.social ) English10•21 days agoInduction cooktop master race. Both 'merica and 240V, boils water fast as fuck.
ssj2marx ( @ssj2marx@lemmy.ml ) 9•19 days agoI lived with a buddy who had an electric kettle and it was a lot faster than the microwave or stove. 10/10 would use again except I moved into a new house and yeah it was convenient but not so convenient that I would buy one for myself.
areyouevenreal ( @areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ) 4•19 days agoThey cost like £10
Mycatiskai ( @Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ) 2•19 days agoI have an electric water heater. 5 liters of just below boiling (~90c)water available at the touch of two buttons(damn safety unlock has to be pressed before dispense).
If you want it actually boiling it is up to a rolling boil in less time than anything else heating room temp water as it only has to go up 10 more degrees.
computerscientistII ( @computerscientistII@lemm.ee ) 9•19 days agoI have an induction stove. The microwave isn’t quicker.
pseudo ( @pseudo@jlai.lu ) 7•20 days agoI do not say it is chemically different. I’m saying the tee does not taste the same! You cannot reduce the whole gustative experience to simply chemically composition but there IS something different.
T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) 6•19 days agoI’d rather have a kettle anyways, less dangerous and faster. And it can also be very pretty.
Oh yes I am looking at you Fellow Stagg.
Balinares ( @Balinares@pawb.social ) 6•21 days agoGood luck getting your water to the right temp in a microwave without toeing the flashboil line, though.
spikespaz ( @spikespaz@programming.dev ) 2•20 days agoI tested my microwave with various volumes of water, took temperature readings, and developed a mental model. 450ml of water takes 5:45s to get to 193±1°F.
MonkderDritte ( @MonkderDritte@feddit.de ) 2•20 days agoYeah. Coffe mug once handwarm, the next time boiling, isn’t nice.
Pulptastic ( @Pulptastic@midwest.social ) English5•20 days agoBut the molecules are wiggling in the wrong way!
Colonel Panic ( @Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee ) English5•19 days agoI make my tea as the founding fathers intended. By firing a few hundred rounds of ammunition and using the heat from the gun barrel to heat the water.
li10 ( @li10@feddit.uk ) English5•21 days agoYeah, but it would taste nasty because my microwave’s minging.
Echo Dot ( @echodot@feddit.uk ) 3•19 days agoI don’t think anybody seriously thinks that hot H2O can have a different formulation. What, are we postulating the existence of isotopes for molecules now?
Sas [she/her] ( @Sas@beehaw.org ) 1•19 days agoDrinking water is far more than h2o. But i also don’t think the test of the stuff in the water is changing all too much
lseif ( @lseif@sopuli.xyz ) 1•19 days agodepends what container you boil it in
Echo Dot ( @echodot@feddit.uk ) 1•19 days agoYeah if you boil it in the plastic container then you’re going to have problems.
lseif ( @lseif@sopuli.xyz ) 1•19 days agoyep. same problem with polystyrene…
lseif ( @lseif@sopuli.xyz ) 1•19 days agodepends what container you boil it in