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Why don't Americans use electric kettles? | Technology Connections [24:54] (www.youtube.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/mealtimevideos

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[–] stoly 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think more, though, is that people don't really know they exist. Maybe you see it on the shelf at a supermarket and don't notice it--it's not in the US psyche. If you start to think about it a bit, an electric kettle makes more sense, but we're not used to it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

If you start to think about it a bit, an electric kettle makes more sense

Not when everyone's got a microwave already, likely doesn't have the counter space for another gadget that they don't use very often.

If you regularly make 1-3 mugs worth of hot water a kettle makes sense. If you regularly boil larger amounts, or don't regularly boil water, the microwave you already own is only slightly slower, so why spend the money?