is hot in the outside of the kettle when water is boiled?
1032211
Yes, it becomes very hot on the outside, like any other kettle made of metal.
1032212
Yes, the metal gets very hot because the water is boiling. There is no need to touch the metal but one cannot use it near young children or anyone who cannot understand to refrain from touching the metal.
1032213
Yes the stainless part is hot on the outside. But you can always hold the plastic handle.
1109823
Yes, but as one reviewer for another HB kettle noted, it doesn't actually work until the water has pretty much boiled away.
2004265
Yes - the inside bottom of the kettle is flat, there are no visible heating elements (even though I believe they must be somewhere there in the bottom).
822945
when I've had hot liquids in it, the outside will get a little warm but its not really noticeable. Never had any kind of issue or thought about it until Amazon sent me this question.
75095
Correct. I recently heated up some water to a very hot temperature with smoke coming out of the bowl. The outside of the bowl was warm but not hot and I easily removed it out of the microwave.
420515
There is a dial on the front of the kettle. You are able to adjust the temperature with this dial. I used the kettle on high and the soup was very hot but because the inner part of the kettle is filled with water, the soup does not burn.
599299
No, the heating element is not exposed. When the water comes to a boil, it shuts off automatically. I have always poured the water immediately and have not noticed if the kettle maintains heat for an extended period of time.
1241499
Using either a tea kettle or a pot with lid on the stovetop, I've found that at the moment you can first hear the water/steam starting to make a sound inside the kettle or pot (kind of a whooshing), it should be about 180 degrees, give or take a few degrees. I've reproduced this result hundreds of times, confirmed each time with a thermometer. The key is to really listen for that first sound and immediately take it off the heat.Oh--I am a few hundred feet above sea level, in case that makes a difference!
1203684
Not at all. I use my kettle on a cast iron wood cook stove (I use the stove to heat my kitchen during the winter so the kettle is on all day) that's very hot and the handle does not heat up at all . If you keep the handle upright while it's boiling it's comfortable to grab at any time.
2004263
The inside of the kettle is flat. The heating element is in the bottom of the kettle and it rests upon the separate base which has the electric plug. After water is heated, you take the kettle off the base and then pour the hot water.
268178
Yes, the kettle has a flat bottom and the handle does remain cool to the touch while the water is heating.
137269
The heating element is inside the kettle. When the kettle is removed from the base, there is virtually no remaining heat on the surface of the base.
599300
The heating element doesn't appear to be exposed at all on the bottom. All that I can see is a metal tube running up the inside of the kettle along the handle. I'm not sure if that's the heating element or something else.
410557
I bought this kettle for my daughter and just spoke with her. She boiled some water with the lid on. The knob stays cool but the lid is hot
344356
No, Only if other open pots are boiling would they get hot. But generally speaking no.
1664456
Yes, the base remains cool at all times. There's a plug of sorts in the center of the base with metal on it that is clicked into place when the kettle is set atop it. If you leave the kettle plugged in, even after it boils, the water will keep warm.
2003807
Not really .. there is a little noise when it first starts to heat but it gets quieter and quieter as it comes to the boil.. nice Kettle..