The kettle is almost mandatory and invariable subject of kitchen utensils. Morning coffee, evening tea drinking are traditional rituals practiced in almost every home. Appearance and purpose of the kettle is simple: a vessel designed for boiling or heating water, with a spout, lid and handle. But it's not easy to choose a kettle that suits you. How to understand which teapot is better to choose, how not to get lost in a variety of types, functionality, volume and materials?
The main types of teapots - what is better?
First of all, you need to determine the type of teapot, more precisely, with the principle of heating water. The main options are only two: heating the kettle on the stove and an electric kettle. Each variant has its own peculiarities, advantages and disadvantages. Consider them in detail and try to understand which teapot is best for you.
The main advantage of the kettle for the cooker is the saving of electricity. If the house has a gas stove, it is worth paying attention to the kettle for the stove. But it must be taken into account that the heating of water in such a kettle is relatively slow.
Choosing an electrical option, you can count on a very fast boiling, which means that this kettle saves you valuable time. As you can see from the name, this type works from the outlet, so it is convenient for them to use not only in the house, but also in the office, the office, at the dacha.
So, having determined a convenient option for heating the water, we get the first answer to the question of how to choose the correct teapot. Now let's look at each of them in more detail.
We choose a kettle for a plate
How to choose a kettle for a plate from a huge number of models offered? First you need to determine what material it is made of. The most popular are kettles for stainless steel plates. Stylish appearance, lack of scale, easy care - all this attracts them. In addition, they are suitable for all types of plates: gas, electric, induction. Before choosing a kettle from stainless steel for an induction cooker, you need to know that its bottom should be absolutely flat.
Another common type is the enameled teapot. They are characterized by a variety of colors and shapes, such a teapot can become a real decoration of the kitchen. The disadvantages of enameled teapots include possible chips of enamel and settling of scale.
Glass kettles are much less common because of their high cost and complexity in use.
Choosing an electric kettle
In order to understand how to choose the right electric kettle, you need to know their basic parameters and functions. First, distinguish between closed (disk) and open heating elements (spiral). Electric kettles with a disc are preferable because of the rapid heating and ease of maintenance.
Secondly, you should choose the material of the case: they come from plastic, steel, glass ceramics. The steel case is durable and stylish
To correctly choose an electric kettle, you must also take into account its volume (on average from 0.5 to 2 liters) and power (the rate of heating depends on it). Other functions of the electric kettle, such as the degree of filtration, whistle, auto-warm-up and others make it as easy to use as possible.