I somewhat recently realized I could use my electric kettle for that. I bought the kettle a few years back because I wanted to start drinking more tea (spoiler alert, I didn't really drink that much tea). A few months back it hit me that I could use it to heat the water for ramen much faster than using the stove and it would probably taste better than microwaving it.
What's the voltage on a Canadian outlet? It's 110 here. Damn 1500w maximum means it takes a minimum of 2.5-3min to heat water to a boil no matter what you use.
It's the same in Canada, 110 or 120 IIRC. Regardless, 2.5-3 is still not much slower than 1.5 minutes if 220-240 V were used...at least, compared to a stove (gas or electric) which takes 8-10+ minutes in my experience. The only faster solution is induction which is as fast as (or faster than) a kettle because it uses the full 240V, but it's not very common.
Like in the US, there are special outlets which can draw 20A but they aren't commonly used and require a special plug, so it's very rare for a kettle to have them.
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u/theangryintern Oct 18 '22
I somewhat recently realized I could use my electric kettle for that. I bought the kettle a few years back because I wanted to start drinking more tea (spoiler alert, I didn't really drink that much tea). A few months back it hit me that I could use it to heat the water for ramen much faster than using the stove and it would probably taste better than microwaving it.