What's the Best Stovetop Kettle?
What's the Best Stovetop Kettle?
Gadget critic Lisa McManus reviews stovetop kettles.
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What? No love for the old standby Revere kettle? Not only does it do a great job, but it reminds me of my grandmother’s kitchen – and that’s worth more than having to fill it from the pour spout.
No Lecreuset 🤔
They should have seen what happens if you boil out the water. The last kittle I had melted after cooking for half an hour. Try explaining that to the landlord when you show what happened to the stove.
OXO GOOD GRIPS YA DUN IT AGAIN
I’ve used my $10 glass whistling tea kettle nearly every morning for the past 4 or 5 years for tea and French press coffee. I couldn’t find a tea kettle made in the USA, but the glass kettle is made in Germany, so it was the next best option for me. No complaints & can’t beat the price.
these people are stupid
the hario is for hand dripping
What percentage of reviews are sponsored by OXO Good Grips?
The OXO won an ATK challenge?!? I’m shocked.
Yay, it’s Lisa
I bought this kettle for my parents because I’m always so happy with America’s test kitchen’s equipment reviews, but this one didn’t make us happy. 1) It’s too hard to tell what’s over full. It’s obviously not up to the top of the pot, but my parents often found they had over filled it when they thought it wouldn’t be. You don’t want water to boil out the spout. 2) the spout pours very messily. It heats up very hot. They have a glass top electric stove and when you pour out the freshly boiled water it vigorously sizzles on contact with the spout and spatters. But even worse, there is some weird dynamic with the shape that when you tip it forward to pour, the sloshing causes a geyser out the tip, which far overshoots your target. Totally unacceptable, I’m afraid. That’s straight up dangerous. 3) they swear it takes longer to heat up than their last one. Might be because the last one was flat bottomed which works well for a glass cooktop. This one has concentric circular indentations on the bottom. Probably wouldn’t matter for gas burners.
I need a review on pizza stone and what you think of hardware store plain clay/stone tile for a pizza stone
OPINION: I own & recommend the SIMPLEX KETTLE, made in the U.K.
Quality kettle, hand-made, generous reservoir, loud whistle. Cost: ~300 US dollars. Owned for 20 years. Electric & Gas stove top kettles available. ☕️
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After buying and discarding a number of metal kettles, I went back to a glass whistling kettle. It is light, even filled, it heats quickly, and when it whistles it is loud enough to pull me away from surfing the internet. It does not rust, and it makes plenty of hot water to fill the tea pot. I don’t leave water in the kettle between uses, which winds up evaporating and leaving scale inside. I can see when it needs to be cleaned inside. The one drawback is that it will break if hit just the right way or if dropped. But at about $8, replacing it does not bust my budget. I have found what works for me and I ain’t going back.
PBS sponsored by Oxo. Isn’t this like the 15th Oxo win?
Thanks, Lisa!
Which would you buy, an electric kettle or the oxo stove top
40 bucks tho……
Why not the all clad one 🙁
wait .. people still buy stovetop ones? electric is so much easier.
I don’t know that I’d have included the Hario in this comparison. Although I use mine daily for all applications it is, buy design, a purpose build kettle. It offers a controlled pour for pour over coffee systems. It can sputter if over filled, so… don’t do that. I wouldn’t recommend it for everyone (volume might not be large enough for many), but I’ve been very pleased with it.
The brevity of this video is excellent
a lot of your favorite kitchen products seem to be from OXO…. is there a hidden sponsorship deal i don’t know about?
Have you tested the Le Creuset kettles? Your opinions please.
I can’t take these tests seriously anymore. Completely skewed toward Oxo anytime an Oxo product is being tested. Talk about bias.
The winner sure is ugly…
How about rust at the bottom?
What a great service you guys render.. now l don’t have spend a lifetime figuring out which items are best, which are gimmicks..thanks
Because of induction stoves you should mention the metal that is being used.
Lisa, you are looking fabulous! I love your hair in this video. Very pretty. About the kettle though, I’m wondering is ATK being sponsored by OXO Good Grips? Or is it just that all their stuff really is that good? It’s almost not a surprise anymore that the winner is….. OXO Good Grips.
Oxo always puts through into there products.
The background soothes me ☺. So neat and uniform … unlike my kitchen 😭.
Love these equipment reviews. Thanks
Leave it to ATK to taste-test boiled water
OXO IS THE BEST!! I always find myself buying OXO little by little !
I already knew OXO was the winner before clicking on this.
Thank you!
The Oxo one has a weird coating on the inside and smells funky
Hardly anybody uses those in the UK. Everyone has an electric kettle that’ll make you a perfect cuppa in a couple of minutes.
OXO? Shocked.
I have had my Chantal kettle since 1983. No need to replace a perfect kettle. Lid still fits snug, but not tight. The Hohner harmonica in the whistle is still blowing strong. It was $100… but has last 40 years and still going strong. I am sure it will outlive me. 😎
I have an oxo, and it is very durable. You need steel wool to clean it though.
Alessi is my go to for any stovetop kettle. They’re beautiful and functional
Oxo makes a lot of great stuff.
i have had and used consistently a Revere kettle- that is the best kettle on the market! why didn’t you review that one ?
It’s hard to beat a glass kettle and a nice powerful microwave oven. 16 oz of water up to pour over temp in about 3.5 minutes
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Darlene knows kettles!!
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