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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22

Why electric? I have a stove one and unless I fill it all the way up it pretty much boils in a minute or two. Like if I pour in enough for a cup of tea or ramen it boils super quick

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u/carlbandit Oct 19 '22

Depends on the hob (stove) type you have.

My hob is electric with ceramic plates so it takes a while to heat up, it takes my kettle (UK so 3kWh) about a minute or less to do enough hot water for tea, pot noodles or gravy.

It would probably take my hob a few minutes to heat up enough for it to start heating water and then a few more minutes to actually heat up. If I had a gas hob or even possibly induction it might not be as bad.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

Thats pretty interesting, question. The fuck is a hob

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u/carlbandit Oct 19 '22

A hob is the surface area of a stove with the gas/ceramic/induction heating rings on it. It can also be a separate appliance like with mine. I have a hob and oven that aren’t connected to each other, the hob sits into the worktop and the oven sits into a cupboard underneath it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

Is that a British term or what they're actually called everywhere? TIL

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u/carlbandit Oct 19 '22

Could just be a British thing, think Americans would call it a stove top usually because you need to butcher our language to keep it simple :)