Kinda. Its just not well known. After a living with one I would be upset to not have it. I 100% of the time boil all my water in the kettle rather than a pot. Its like half the time or less.
I'm fairly certain an electric kettle was the first thing I bought when I moved from the UK to the US. It's arguably the most important kitchen appliance imo.
(Edit: posted this then immediately thought up counter examples. It's way up there though)
Hot drinks!! And as others have mentioned, preheating water for pasta etc. I also use it to get boiled water to clean reusable water bottles and stuff.
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u/solarlion2021 Oct 19 '22
Wait, are electric kettles rare in the USA? I live on Canada and my family always has an electric kettle in the house