@Wu Me Look for "variable temperature" in the product description. :) Some models are able to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa.

Patrick Ellett : variable temp is also necessary for making green or oolong tea. Green tea especially is ruined by boiling water, bitter and with all the good nuances gone. 170-190 degrees is best, depending on the tea type. Oolong needs a temp between green tea temp range and boiling. I drink mostly green tea made with loose tea leaves in a ceramic teapot, so an electric kettle that only boils is of no use. I'd like for them to review variable-temp kettles. As you point out, heated water at a range of preset temps is far more useful than only boiling water.

@@catherinehubbard1167 Agreed & I can't find any glass with plastic or silicone - I would like only glass and stainless if needed. Frustrating search.

@@lmittel Just remember glass is much more dangerous with boiling liquid. I'm not bothered by stainless steel and markings on the inside of the steel to know how much water you put in. Can not break like glass if something hits into it for example. Not sure why Lisa or anyone needs to see completely through a kettle to understand how much water is in there.

@@helpfulnatural there’s no way to know if the temperatures are accurate before buying it if channels like this are only testing for super simple things like “does it rock on its base” or “can I see how much water I’m putting in it”. Tea shouldn’t be made with boiling water, it releases too much of the oxygen which tea needs to brew. If the controls aren’t accurate, it’s a waste of time having to return it.

Did you find one?

Agreed. That's a major oversight. I bought the Bonavita for that feature alone.

Ditto. I watched this round-up a little while ago and did some more research, and ended up replacing my broken Bonavita with the OXO gooseneck pour-over kettle. (maybe I can still fix the Bonavita, but I like the Oxo a fair bit more)

You and me both. Very disappointed by its top-surface review. Detailed information was sorely lacking.

i have a glass one and if i want, i can easily stop it before it comes to a full boil, which is 212°. you can use a candy thermometer if you want to more precisely select a sub-boiling temp. same as if you boiled it on the stove or in a microwave.

@@bahedbanger but for a teapot over $30 you shouldn't HAVE to do this. There should be a temp setting.

@@healinggrounds19 this is a review of tea kettles

hipster

OXO has a new one with different temperature settings. I’m a big tea drinker but, prefer there regular one. Most important thing with tea is to steep it for the right amount of time. Most black teas and hibiscus teas steep for 5 minutes. Most green teas steep for 3 minutes. Japanese Sencha and Japanese green tea with matcha only steep for two. I let my water cool a bit in mug for green tea. English black tea I make in tea pot, I use boiling water. I use three teaspoons of loose tea and two tea cups of water. I get my loose Japanese green tea from Harney & Sons in NYC. They have a website as well as store.

I instantly recognized my Cuisinart kettle and was waiting for Lisa to say it was the best.

Oh, and I have used mine at least once daily for going on 6 years now. It's so good I bought a second one for the office.

OXO does have a new one with variable temperature settings.

Yes exactly!!!

Spot on. Why have kettles with specific features like goosenecks and not even touch on that aspect? No mention of temperature settings, or even accuracy of non full boil temperatures? It's like comparing a range of different types of knives based on comfort of the blade and handle for smashing garlic.

Amén!

@@RUT812 Literally 99% of people who use kettle don’t even know they have temperature settings unless you’re some tea enthusiast.

Aicook Electric Kettle 1.7L Glass Tea Kettle, Smart Tea Maker with To The Degree Temperature Control, 100% Stainless Steel Inner Lid, Infuser & Bottom, Auto Shut off & Boil Dry Protection, BPA free available on Amazon $69.99 or there's about

I’m a big tea drinker, I’ve had my OXO 10 years now and love it. Very sturdy and easy to clean. I descale it with white vinegar.

The cuisinart perfectemp does. I've had mine for 6yrs and it's still going strong. I highly recommend it!

I've been using a Cuisinart TEA-100 for about 6 years and it does have 6 or 7 selectable temps.

Same experience. Good kettle, but I didn't buy a paper weight. Contacting is an awful experience. No refunds for a bad product. Only another repair fee. It's $20 to ship back and repair. Capresso is garbage.

I've used a Chefman for just about a year. It's around $40 and I have one at work and at home. Heats quickly, glass, easy to see and clean. Comes with an infuser but I don't use it.

I had the same problem with lid breaking off. Get the OXO kettle very sturdy with slow automatic pop up lid. I’ve had mine 10 years now. It’s 2024 and still working. Easy to clean and descale. I use white vinegar to descale.

I thought it suspicious too but anything by OXO I have I have been pretty satisfied with.

They recommend good quality stuff like OXO and AllClad.

Peter Musante oxo is amazing

Always oxo. Yes. Always the most expensive. This could have been more detailed too

@@TraceyBoyland Not "always" the most expensive on ATK. However, "you get what you pay for" is pretty damn accurate with most things in life.

I use mine all the time. Getting water ready for pasta takes half the time in the electric kettle. I use Better Than Bouillon base instead of cartons of broth. Need broth - fill the kettle! Ramen? Electri kettle! I cannot recommend boiling eggs in an electric kettle as Alton Brown suggested in Good Eats.

@@melissarey2973 May I ask what brand of kettle you have?

@@jeanetteh.9240Right now i have the Secura 1.8L Stainless Steel Double Wall Electric Kettle. I was not into spending $80+ on a kettle. And I don't like the glass ones that ATK testers seemed to like because the exterior gets HOT. I prefer a stainless steel carafe with an insulated exterior. The Secura one I use has large markings inside that are easy to see, the lid opens gently with a wide opening for filling or cleaning. Admittedly, I bought whatever had 1,000 or more reviews averaging to 4.5+stars on Amazon that was under $30 and met my general design specifications.

@@melissarey2973 Thanks so much for the info--I'm sold!

These are just summaries of the full review. You can generally find the full review with all of the kettles they tested on their website.

French press, pour over etc

A couple?? They mention many times their husbands..

I’ve had my OXO now 10 years. It’s 2024 now and my kettle is still working.

It's great that you finally found that special someone. I hope you'll be very happy together!

Lisa isn't a host. Julia and Bridget are hosts. Lisa is the gadget guru.

My goodness, they are not that delicate. You would have to be reckless to damage a glass one.

I have a Hamilton Beach steel kettle too. 10 years old, still works flawlessly. Only issue is the plastic around the lid handle got brittle a few years ago. Glass looks prettier, but I wouldn't trust it either.

@@mantroid From the Coffeemaker Chronicles of the past 10 years, we cracked 1 glass caraf bumping the edge of the granite countertop ( it was full of hot coffee having just finished a full brew) while reaching for coffee cups overhead. It had to have been a freak accident, right? Or so we thought... Until the replacement was accidentally knocked out of the dish drainer jostling for room among baking sheets and saucepan lids during a washing up session between batches of cookies. It did that slo-mo bounce across the island before skiddering over the edge and shattering on the tile floor! Mouth agape, elbows deep in soap suds at the sink, I felt a Curse had descended upon our House. The restaurant supply store where we found the 3rd caraf said the next one ' will be on us'. Ah, but go back deeper into the archives...The "Original" Mr. Coffee Coffeemaker of a certain vintage decade didnt offer replacement carafs... so Joltin' Joe DiMaggio got more of my money one christmas when my family, embarrased that I would humiliate them over christmas dinner by pulling out the antique percolator over buying a whole new, pricey, Mr Coffee gifted me a brand new coffeemaker to jerk me back into the 20th Century. You would have thought they were accusing me of pulling hot stones out of campfire and tossing them into grinds and water, in a bowl fashioned from green palmetto fronds. The French Press only comes out on special occasions. I've taken up chai tea drinking.

I havd two of the Hamilton Beach electric jettles. They work well and heat water quickly. They're also highly rated online.

seriously? really? Two brand new glass carafes from new Mr Coffee broke from just normal handling. Both that broke DID NOT HAVE THE METAL BAND around the lower part. The old one did have one. Went back and got the model with the BANDED carafe - that was about 10 yrs ago. I still use it - just like the first (old) one. 🤩

I don't know where you live, but powering these small 11-1800 watt appliances for 10 minutes cost around 10 cents here in the western U.S. Either you live somewhere with unreasonable electricity rates, or you are extremely cheap

Brendan Stanford I am very cheap. I make at least three to four cups of hot coffee or tea each day. In addition, I boil water to make hot chocolate or hot soup. This means that I boil a kettle about four times a day. Now, in my cheap home there are several other cheap people doing the same at different hours of the day, and each of these cheap souls boils water in the kettle each time. Assume each person on average boils water in the kettle three times per day, and assume there are four people living in the house. The kettle is, therefore, used 12-times each day in this assumed cheap home. In one year the kettle is used over 4,000 times in this assumed cheap home. If the heating element takes 1,500 watts, then over 1,000 kilowatts are used per year for boiling water. At 10-cents per kilowatt this is an expense of $100 per year. The expense is not large, but an efficient vacuum kettle would cost $30 per year. More importantly is the source of your energy. If you are really cheap like me, and you live off grid, then you have a finite amount of electrons at your disposal each day, and minimizing waste might make the difference between boiling water and cooking a roast in the oven, and being cheap in this case might make a difference between drinking and eating or just drinking.

@@ek9772 lol. In your case, I do understand where you are coming from. If I was off grid, I would be tracking every watt and would want everything to be as efficient as possible

Brendan Stanford yeah. I got to watch those little electrons not getting wasted everyday.

What brand do you recommend?--have you used? have you replaced for what reason? Thanks for enlightening me!

OXO is quiet and I’ve had mine 10 years. It’s now 2024 and still working.

The Capresso is an awful kettle.

MUJI makes one.

Happy Lisa isn't as fun to watch as Furious Lisa!

I use the microwave 😁

@@GlobalAdventurer A fellow maverick!

@@CaptainFabulous84 👊

I put a cup of water out on the porch in the morning and by the afternoon the sun has made it lukewarm, just the way I like it. Of course there are sometimes bugs in my lukewarm tea.

@@ananouri3583 😂

I’ve had the OXO kettle for 10 years and it’s now 2024 still working.

They've done them before. I would tell you to check their website but a lot of content there is for paying members only.

I think they're all reuploads lately, except for the ones with Dan and the gearhead ones.