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Yorkshire_Pud

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catclaires said:

I also couldn't agree more about loving the woodburner and the whole experience! This is our first year of having one (we moved house last year and got the burner installed in April), and we're both obsessed with it. I look forward to it every evening.

Funnily enough, I was just researching possible stove top kettles yesterday evening so would be very interested to know your findings!

I'll report back later with full findings. I'm in OTT energy saving mode and with the log burner pumping out hot water I don't want to boil a kettle on the gas hob until I have a good use for it!! LOL

The key seems to be a nice, thick, solid base to the kettle. I don't understand why. But I do know that if you search for 'fast boiling whistling kettle' all the candidates have a thick base. Some have lots of different types of metal bonded together. My husband found the one we ended up buying - it's British made and very well reviewed. It has a thick stainless steel base. £28 I think. 

Come on then! What is the make and model of this great kettle!? 😊 

Yorkshire_Pud

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Yorkshire_Pud said:

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catclaires said:

I also couldn't agree more about loving the woodburner and the whole experience! This is our first year of having one (we moved house last year and got the burner installed in April), and we're both obsessed with it. I look forward to it every evening.

Funnily enough, I was just researching possible stove top kettles yesterday evening so would be very interested to know your findings!

I'll report back later with full findings. I'm in OTT energy saving mode and with the log burner pumping out hot water I don't want to boil a kettle on the gas hob until I have a good use for it!! LOL

The key seems to be a nice, thick, solid base to the kettle. I don't understand why. But I do know that if you search for 'fast boiling whistling kettle' all the candidates have a thick base. Some have lots of different types of metal bonded together. My husband found the one we ended up buying - it's British made and very well reviewed. It has a thick stainless steel base. £28 I think. 

Come on then! What is the make and model of this great kettle!? 😊 

I'm afraid I don't have test results yet - my woodburner is pumping out boiling water like there's no tomorrow so I'm loath to boil anything on the gas stove!! (This kettle is WAY too big for our little woodburner). 

I'm not saying this particular kettle is the best - but it DOES heat 3.5 L of cold water to boiling VERY quickly. Substantially faster than the current, basic whistling kettle. Hubby did the research to find one that had the best (and most reliable) reviews and came up with this (but the key seems to be the thick base):

Buckingham Stove Top Whistling Kettle 3.5 Litre.

He got it on Ebay direct from the manufacturer - he's just told me he thinks it was called Buckingham Outlet.

For comparison purposes - so you know what I'm comparing with....

This is our old whistling kettle (or something that looks exactly like it and was similar price). The new kettle boils more water (extra litre) in much less time.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prima-Stainless-Whistling-Kettle-Kitchen/dp/B01N29FM43/ref=sr_1_5?crid=15RN73B7TNAWA&keywords=whistling+kettle&qid=1670534981&sprefix=whistling+kettle,aps,96&sr=8-5

Thanks seems to be a base for induction hobs, maybe the weight and diameter suit a wood burner as the amount of heat effectively transmitted due to all the base being heated may be more than a thinner based  smaller kettle.
I probably will get a smaller 1.3L one that’s for my gas hob, enough for four cups of tea. If I had a stove I’d try the thick induction model you suggest as it’s almost free heat and hot water all day.

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I've just put a mug of water in the heaviest based pan I have and put it on the stove at 21:15 - I wonder if it will boil? I have a whistling kettle from the caravan and that doesn't work on the woodstove. I've always assumed it's because my stove has an insulated baffle plate to improve efficiency but I hope I'm proved wrong

k_man

Whistling/camping kettles often have a lip around the bottom edge.
Useful for camping gas burners (reduce the flame going up the sides).
But rubbish for electric/stoves, as lead to a 1- 2mm air gap

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My caravan kettle has a flat bottom and no lip, great in the caravan but no good on the wood stove. After 20 minutes still not boiling so not holding out much hope, but will give it until I go to bed and see what happens....

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So I've abandoned the small pan with lid and heavy base after 45 minutes. Now trying the kettle from the inside gas stove which also has a flat heavy base and I'll see if that works......

ChasingtheWelshdream

All kettles are indeed not made equal.

We no longer have it, but once had an Everhot with a hot plate. I got through - I think - 4 kettles before I was content. I eventually settled on an enamelled Aga kettle, but do remember a cast iron Le Crueset, a generic stainless steel one and I forget the others.

The Aga kettle had a very flat, heavy, solid base that definitely heated up much quicker than the others. The same with saucepans. Some just took an age to boil a pan of water compared to others, so it is definitely worth experimenting.

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All attempts failed - I tried 2 different kettles and 2 different pans and none of them brought the water to the boil. I think the issue may be the design of the stove. It has an insulated baffle plate which is either something to do with efficiency or makes the logs burn hotter to reduce emissions (or both). Worth a try but I think I now have to admit defeat

Effician

Bit late to this one but i can recommend the le crueset 2.1l stove top  kettle, cast iron i believe & out of my price range but lucky to pick up a as new one for a tenner just up the road.

Edit, just checked & it's enameled steel. Either way it works well on log burner & induction.

Tyna

I have a fast boil kettle but deliberately use a slower boiling one which takes about 45 mins because I cannot drink tea fast enough to keep up with the quick boiler.