Kettle or urn

treecol

We have a weekly gathering at our house of at least 18 people, sometimes more. I boil 6 - 8 x 1.5ltr kettles each time. I was thinking of getting a 12 - 16 ltr urn , but can't find any info as to whether they would use more electric. Any ideas?

Andy_WSM

To boil the water would cost exactly the same whether it is in a kettle or an urn. If you keep the water boiling in the urn then it will cost more obviously. Maybe a small price to pay for the convenience, but only you can decide that.

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

treecol wrote: »

Any ideas?

Serve beer :beer:

HappyMJ

treecol wrote: »

We have a weekly gathering at our house of at least 18 people, sometimes more. I boil 6 - 8 x 1.5ltr kettles each time. I was thinking of getting a 12 - 16 ltr urn , but can't find any info as to whether they would use more electric. Any ideas?

Yes it uses more electric....but that statement to be qualified correctly requires many assumptions.

How about buying a 3 litre 3kW kettle and using that kettle with your existing 1.5 litre kettle. As the water boils and you hand out the cups the next kettle should have finished boiling. I would use coffee cups instead of mugs you'll get more cups out of a kettle. They can always have another one. 18 people using 250ml of boiled water each in a cup and 4.5 litres should just be enough. If use use 400ml large mugs you'll need to boil them twice.

Tea drinkers I would boil a kettle for them and put the boiled water in and use a teapot with several teabags and cover it with a tea cosy to keep it warm and use tea cups.

Rodders53

Get a saucepan or two of water and boil it on the gas ring.

Biggest expense / energy waste is on buying any new kit... Try using what you have already!

treecol

Thank you, I think I may as well keep going with the kettles as then there's no outlay for an urn.