1L of water boils in 3.5 min in my microwave. The microwave reheats leftovers and can cook certain food well. I don’t have an electric kettle because I already have an appliance that out performs it. The only downside is that it offends my friends from tea centric countries.
A electric kettle is still a bit better than a microwave, but if you already own a microwave, I guess the energy used to make the kettle can be higher than the energy difference for some time.
I never tried tea from microwaved water, but according to rumours it makes the tea taste “off”. Microwave ovens are also taking up more space, so unless you have got one already for different reasons than boiling water it would make more sense to use an electric kettle or just the stove if it is a modern (induction) one anyway.
I have heard the taste thing too (and some nonsense about radiation). Try it an have someone randomize the tasting for you. I did that and couldn’t choose the microwaved water reliably. Your sense of taste might be better than mine though.
You’re right that it takes up more space and it would make no sense if you only use it for boiling water. For me it is more versatile and worth the space.
Heating tea in a microwave oven sounds disgusting.
That’s a popular opinion.
That’s pretty much the only reason why people don’t like microwaves… because all the other people don’t like them.
Microwaves are all-around quite bad compared to a pan or pot. They are just faster, but that comes at a price in taste. Not worth it imo.
You’re half right. Anything that you want browning on cannot be cooked in a microwave. Anything you would just give a short steam you can. Just need to understand the tool and its uses. High end restaurants use a microwave as part of normal dinner service (they pull out the dinging bell so you don’t notice though).
That could explain why I dont like high-end restaurants.
Pans and pots are at the same time quite bad compared to an oven. At least if you want somethink baked. But that’s of course an unfair comparison, because the methods and wanted results are completely different.
A microwave is not something that can do EVERYTHING better. Nobody ever said that.
Except because they are made out of plastic. :/
You can get stainless steel or stainless+glass ones! That’s what we have.
Ive searched on the Latin American Amazon equivalent and I have not found one, but maybe I am not searching enough. Uwu
Look for a Zojirush water boiler. I have a 3L version that I bought used a few years ago for like $80 and it’s even better than a regular electric kettle.
https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-1108297812-water-boiler-warmer-_JM
This is the only one there is, it is used and made out of plastic. :/
The inside is metal. Pretty much any electric tea kettle is going to have some plastic in it.
Ahh, from the putside it looked like it was all plastic.
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Modern ones have tech in them that makes them automatically shut off once the water gets boiling, so they never get above 100C. Whatever plastic would be used for the device, has a melting temperature above that or else it would never get CE/TüV/KEMA approved.
Well, sure, but plastic degrades anyway by salt and minerals in the water plus the high temperature, so it is still not the best idea.
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Wait he is? I’ve never seen that in him.
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