Could hob ketles make a come back? 12 January at 9:38AM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 51 replies 1.7K views

waqasahmed

As people and entire nations, are looking to reduce reliance on gas, people are looking into induction hobs 

A colleague of mine has one of these, and he's said that boiling water on there is much quicker than his kettoe

Obviously this isn't something that happens overnight especially when the cheapest kettle is around a tenner and the cheapest induction hob is at least £700, and you can't do temperature control either bless you spend around £1500 on a non integrated venting solution, and double that if you want integrated venting

They don't take as much space as Quooker too, which a a plus 

Doozergirl

We have an induction hob with a stove top kettle.  

The induction hob is faster than a kettle, it's one less gadget on the worktops and looks pretty on an otherwise plain glass hob. 

We also ended up deciding not to have a hot tap like a Quooker because we don't
drink a lot of hot drinks to justify the convenience vs space, outlay and regardless of how little, money to sit idle.  

Two years in and I still love my
kettle with the dragon whistle.  It does bring me joy ☺️

Section62

waqasahmed said:

As people and entire nations, are looking to reduce reliance on gas, people are looking into induction hobs 

A colleague of mine has one of these, and he's said that boiling water on there is much quicker than his kettoe

Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Boiling a kettle quicker doesn't use sigificantly less energy, it just means energy needs to be used at a faster rate.

waqasahmed

Section62 said:

waqasahmed said:

As people and entire nations, are looking to reduce reliance on gas, people are looking into induction hobs 

A colleague of mine has one of these, and he's said that boiling water on there is much quicker than his kettoe

Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Boiling a kettle quicker doesn't use sigificantly less energy, it just means energy needs to be used at a faster rate.

Sure. Not suggesting it's more efficient in terms of energy. Just suggesting it's quicker 

Section62

waqasahmed said:

Section62 said:

waqasahmed said:

As people and entire nations, are looking to reduce reliance on gas, people are looking into induction hobs 

A colleague of mine has one of these, and he's said that boiling water on there is much quicker than his kettoe

Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Boiling a kettle quicker doesn't use sigificantly less energy, it just means energy needs to be used at a faster rate.

Sure. Not suggesting it's more efficient in terms of energy. Just suggesting it's quicker 

It was your "As people and entire nations, are looking to reduce reliance on gas..." that confuses things a bit.

If boiling a kettle faster was important to people then they can already do that using other means, without needing to buy an induction hob.

If the reason people might use stovetop kettles more would be a byproduct of more people having an induction hob then that is possible, but the trend (generally) is for people (with some exceptions) to have more kitchen gadgets that replicate functions that can be done using a hob or oven (toasters, microwaves, deep fat fryers, slow cookers, air fryers), so it would be an interesting social change if that trend were reversed and people discarded their separate electric kettle and made more use of their hob instead.

JGreenwood

I don't think I'll be changing to this. I've got a quooker tap that puts out boiling water instantly. I know a few people have these now, and I think people are more likely to go for these in the future

greensalad

I considered it when we moved. We have a range now in our house with 5 burners. We mainly drink coffee so kettle is for cooking and occasional tea. 

I decided not to for now, but the new range I have my eye on for when we renovate the kitchen (the current one is on its way out) has 6 burners so definitely space for a kettle to be out permanently. 

FreeBear

Section62 said: Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Have an induction hob here. If I need boiling water (for say potatoes or pasta), I'll use the kettle rather than the hob. Maybe not as quick, but it is a little more energy efficient.

Doozergirl

FreeBear said:

Section62 said: Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Have an induction hob here. If I need boiling water (for say potatoes or pasta), I'll use the kettle rather than the hob. Maybe not as quick, but it is a little more energy efficient.

Surely the energy needed to boil the water is the same, regardless?  

ThisIsWeird

Doozergirl said:

FreeBear said:

Section62 said: Electric kettles are about as close to 100% efficient as you are likely to get, and since they don't use gas, replacement of these with stovetop kettles isn't going to reduce energy consumption by a significant degree.

Have an induction hob here. If I need boiling water (for say potatoes or pasta), I'll use the kettle rather than the hob. Maybe not as quick, but it is a little more energy efficient.

Surely the energy needed to boil the water is the same, regardless?  

Probably a slight difference, as induction hobs won't transfer all their energy to the kettle (small induction gap), and also has to heat the water via the skin of the kettle, rather than by an element which I presume is in closer proximity to the water.

Anyhoo, "I still love my kettle with the dragon whistle..." aren't you impressed that we ignored that bait? :-)

Jonboy_1984

I am starting to look at a Quooker style tap simply because we have to pull through over half a gallon of cold water before getting any hot in the kitchen due to the pipe layout.