Whistle for Tea Kettle
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Tea kettle recs for induction cooktop?
Comments (11)18/10 is (without looking it up to be sure) one of the 300 series stainless steels, so I believe there shouldn't be much harm using it. As I recall, 300 series steels are non-magnetic. Check the cooling air emitted by your cooktop when using this vessel and compare its temperature with using some other vessel to double-check that the coils are not running excessively hot. In any case, if they were the cooktop should be designed to shut down. If the vessel material poorly concentrates field lines, i.e., isn't very inductive, perhaps because it is too thin, the heat generated in the coils will be less than with optimal vessel material due to poorer coupling on the other side of the virtual transformer that is the induction circuit. However, overall, the efficiency of heating the vessel will be worse than otherwise. That is, the waste heat is lower, but the waste heat fraction is higher. I have an old Revere Ware pan labeled 1L/2Qt [must have been a pre-metric liter or pre-Elizabethan quart, but I'm pretty sure one can't put 2 qts into it]. It is thin stainless steel (probably 400 series) and at least modestly magnetically susceptible. It brings water to a boil reasonably fast (2m20s at 80% fill). Maybe your vessel was made by Cro-Magnons who were poor spellers. kas...See MoreAnother tea kettle thread - please help!
Comments (12)Thanks Ken. To keep a long story long: I went to Williams Sonoma even though I "knew" from their web site that they don't carry LC tea kettles. They had a poor selection, basically the Uplift ones which we already didn't like, and a Chantal, where I could foresee the heat problems people are having. (I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would design a kettle where you have to use a pot holder to hold or open it!!!) Went to Crate and Barrel, tons of Uplift (do people really like this klumsy design?) and a Chantal Professional which was insulated, looked great, but was way too huge for my little old ma. Got frustrated, left the city, then went to Bed Bath and Beyond because they were listed as a LC retailer. I didn't find the LC kettle there, but did find a Chantal that has heat resistant handle, lid and spout. Bingo, bought it. Went next door to a different Wms Sonoma for something else and lo and behold they had a LC tea kettle. Not the Zen, but another. Very nice, I would have bought it had I seen it first, but oh well too late. Honestly my mom likes to keep it simple and might not have loved the "removable part." Chantal was $59. Of course I didn't have one of the BBB coupons that I get twice a day in the mail and they wouldn't let me slide. I'll let you know how it works....See MoreSeeking tea kettle recommendations
Comments (20)Thanks for all the input. I still don't think I'm going to go for electric--I heat up about a cup of water every other day. I will check out the Revere, Chantal, and Le Creuset kettles. I found the Simplex online, and it was WAY out of my price range. I may go to Chinatown and look for the classic Chinese retaurant tea kettle touted in mtnrdredux's link (Top 10 tea kettles). Aliris19: That's why I need one that whistles. I also don't heat up that much water at a time, so it only takes a couple minutes--not enough time to wander off and forget it. Marcolo: Yes, most tea kettles steam when you pour, but the KitchenAid actually spattered. I had to have my daughter stand back 2 feet, and I always ended up with a puddle under her cocoa mug. I think it's a design flaw (neither of my other two recent kettles had this issue). My husband had a tea kettle when we got married that I used for many years. I don't think it was expensive, and it worked fine. No issues, no complaints. But he kept it when we separated. It just never occurred to me that I was going to be fussy about tea kettles, or that there was so much variation in them. Thanks again, all!...See MoreHelp old duck tea kettle
Comments (13)The whistle plate must fit snugly on the spout else the steam will squirt from under it. It may hard to see, but check the fit. If it does not fit well against the spout, see what you can do. I don't see any adjustments for the pivots. Those may have been adjusted by bending parts. Before you bend anything, tell us if that whistle plate is spring loaded. Is it? Is the plate loose? If it had a spring, is the spring broken? I see that it is held in by a Phillips screw. It should be removable unless the screw is badly corroded. For repair, use a stainless steel screw. However, if the existing screw is in good shape (threads not corroded), reuse it. On second thought, mixing metals is not good for this application. If the screw is threaded into aluminum and the screw is hardened aluminum, keep that combination....See Moresleevendog (5a NY 6aNYC NL CA)
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