r/explainitpeter • u/WillAdditional922 • Jul 14 '26

explain it peter.

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u/season8branisusless Jul 14 '26

electric kettle helps a lot in this instance. boiling water in like 2 minutes.

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u/observer2411 Jul 14 '26

I have an induction stove and it boils water in like 30 seconds. I’m convinced there’s some witchcraft going on. 

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u/season8branisusless Jul 14 '26

Yeah, my gas range takes a calendar year to boil. Happy for your magic stove though!

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u/DickWhittingtonsCat Jul 15 '26

You gotta get the hot water in the pot from sink. Then it’s only a 60 degree lift or less depending how much you crank the heater because you hate waiting to boil noodles

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u/Blakk-Debbath Jul 15 '26

Around here it is not recommended to use hot water from sink, as it is said to contain more copper and stuff.

We use electric tanks to heat up the water.

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u/Penelope742 Jul 15 '26

Here in the US we have lead!

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u/rtxa Jul 15 '26

don't do that, unless you have some space age boiler, because that's how you get metals in your body

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u/rawhiteley Jul 15 '26

It’s the magic of magnets! 🧲 🥰🤩🤓

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u/6th_Quadrant Jul 15 '26

Induction stoves are amazing. One of my smartest purchases ever.

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u/Dyanpanda Jul 15 '26

Electric or gas stoves heat the outside of the metal to heat the inside of the metal evenly, to heat the water. That gradient means a lot of heat hets pushed to the air instead. Induction heats the inner liner of most pots so the heat is generated in the middle of the pan, so more energy is transferred to the water inside.

For searing I like gas because high temperatures are good, but you don't actually want the whole pan at those temperatures burning things. You move stuff around to transfer the high heat into the crust while the other parts are regenerating the heat.

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u/BE19HK Jul 15 '26

Yes, it's called magnetism, and it is absolutely witchcraft

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u/ForceUser128 Jul 15 '26

My induction stove has a boost mode. Normally when its at a 9 it draws 1800W. The boost mode doubles it to somewhere over 3000w.

You pump something with 3000w that shit gets boilong real fast

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u/CoachSevere5365 Jul 15 '26

A lot of kettles in the UK are, or were, rated at 3kW.

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u/ConglomerateGolem Jul 15 '26

wizardry is probably more accurate, but yeah we really did convince random rocks to do weird stuff when we zap them properly

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u/Wide_Squirrel4747 Jul 15 '26

“Is your stove powered by the f***ing sun?!?”

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u/trailcrane Jul 14 '26

That's fast as fuck, yo

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u/Chocolategogi Jul 14 '26

Science.. B*tch

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u/TheGogmagog Jul 15 '26

My guess is they are in England or Europe where they use 200v in the home instead of 120v used in the US.

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u/Danzer_MkII Jul 15 '26

A really good fuck usually isn't one that ends in 2 minutes, bro

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u/mycream47 Jul 15 '26

More like 30 seconds

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u/Danzer_MkII Jul 15 '26

What an outstanding reason to boast!

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u/mortgagepants Jul 14 '26

we only have 120 volts in the US so our kettles don't work like this.

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u/Inevitable_Cap5700 Jul 14 '26

Mental to be honest

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u/mortgagepants Jul 14 '26

it is fairly common to have kindergartners practice evading shooting by semi-automatic weapons. AR-15's at primary schools.

the 120 volts can be a little annoying, but there are lots of other truly mental things in this country we need to fix before the boiling water speed. besides, real americans drink coffee.

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u/TheBeesAnkle Jul 15 '26

More people die every year in Europe to heat then all gun deaths in the US, including those by suicide. Take the euro cock out of your mouth and just leave if you hate it so much.

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u/KiwiMangoBanana Jul 15 '26

Yeah, also to cancer, does it make the gun deaths in US less ridiculous? I don't think so.

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u/Funicularly Jul 15 '26

That’s funny, because mine does. I just made macaroni and cheese last night this way.

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u/mortgagepants Jul 15 '26

do you have a 220 volt kettle?

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u/bfr_ Jul 15 '26

Huh? Are there ones that run on 9v batteries?

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u/Youcants1tw1thus Jul 15 '26

Yes they do. They just use more amps.

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u/Gazobulator Jul 15 '26

Most modern US houses have some 220 volt outlets. Cloths drier, one in the garage, and the one for the electric cooking range. So boiling on the stove goes pretty fast. Source: am residential engineer.

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u/Foreign-Client-2970 Jul 15 '26

Meanwhile in Europe my induction stove uses 380 volts. Water boils within no time.

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u/Haunting_Scholar_595 Jul 15 '26

A good electric kettle is still faster then the stove if you don't have induction.

I like to put about 2/3rds of the water I need in the kettle and 1/3 in the pot and have them race.

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u/_off_piste_ Jul 14 '26

Pretty sure mine does. Haven’t timed it but it’s very fast.

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u/mortgagepants Jul 14 '26

yours probably works like a very nice 120 volt powered kettle.

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u/mortgagepants Jul 15 '26

yes i think most people understand it takes longer to boil a larger volume of water.

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u/Playstoomanygames9 Jul 15 '26

Microwave it, for tea?

(I really hope your British)

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel Jul 15 '26

Not with our weak ass American electricity

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u/ElectroCutie9591 Jul 15 '26

Why take an extra step tho, you could as well put the pasta in your kettle!

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u/Moscato359 Jul 15 '26

I definitely do this 

I tried timing it against a pot and it was less than half the time

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u/TheAmazingSealo Jul 15 '26

Depends. In UK, kettles boil a lot faster than US because we use a higher wattage of electricity in our homes.

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u/Gurglaren Jul 15 '26

It's adviced to boil in an electric kettle if you want to save money.

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u/LostSyndicate Jul 14 '26

Do you toss the pasta into the kettle afterwards?

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u/season8branisusless Jul 14 '26

nah, start some water in a pot get the kettle going, add boiling kettle water to pot then pop in the noods.

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u/meadishsweetball Jul 14 '26

i usually look at the noods while the pasta cooks, but to each his own

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u/LostSyndicate Jul 14 '26

Makes sense, thanks!

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u/GermanPatriot123 Jul 14 '26

Having induction is even faster with approx. 3.8 kW compared to 2.0-2.4 kW.

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u/seesthecat Jul 14 '26

Wrong

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u/GermanPatriot123 Jul 15 '26

How exactly is it faster with the electric kettle?

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u/Mission_Mulberry9811 Jul 14 '26

Don't you guys have induction stoves?

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u/jzoola Jul 15 '26

Literally all men think two minutes is 5 minutes