Do you clean it after every use? I did not clean my stainless after each use (looked terrible) and I am hoping to have an easier to maintain kettle.
1088744
I do not clean after every use. It still looks beautiful! !! I really like this and for me it is very low maintenance.
1088745
The inside of the Cuisinart kettle is covered with black enamel so you do not have to clean it after every use. So far I clean outside and as calcium builds up in 9 to 12 months ,I guess I will have to de-calcify the inside.
1088746
I do, as the water where I live is very hard. I want it to last a long time and look pretty sitting on my stove top.
1088747
No, I do not clean it after every use. I do rinse it out from time to time and wipe the outside more often and it always looks lovely. No problems whatsoever.
1088748
NO!!! I just wipe off any fat after frying stuff too close to the kettle. To make sure I just checked on it: all its sides, in and out -- are clean. Enjoy! BTW: I'm not on their payroll and do not get a commission from them.
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So the kettle is beautiful. Really beautiful. On the other hand, it's slower than you can possibly anticipate. I use mine several times a day, and I've never experienced a smell or metal flakes. My guess there is that people don't know how to clean their kettle, or how to de-scale them.
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I have had this for about 6 months and I have no problems. I had a non-whistling kettle and boiled it dry a couple of times, so I went with this one and I am happy. Hope this helps.
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i just swish it with water and wipe with a cloth but it is beginning to rust and black chunks are chipping off the inside bottom. I never drink the last cup out of the pot for fear of it being gritty. I assume the iron is not toxic but I am planning on getting a new one. I have owned this one for many years.
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I would err on the side of caution and say don't use it anymore. If you've burned the chrome coating off the copper, there's a good chance you have compromised the seams of the kettle or maybe also the soldered connections that hold the "heating element" to the bottom. It was an unfortunate mistake that can happen to anyone. Trying to do too much at once, while making tea! Sorry this happened to you and your VERY EXPENSIVE kettle, but I wouldn't risk using the kettle again. Do you have money? Use it as a pretty flower pot and buy another!
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Never! I have had the kettle for years and apart from a slight cosmetic blemish on the outside from when I forgot to put water in before I turned on the flame, it is just like new. It doesn't wobble, its whistle is Met Opera quality, and it still shines. I love it.
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Hi, I think I've used the stopper once or twice since I've had my sink, and when I did use it I never saw any rust at all. The only time I had to deal with a rust issue was when I was cleaning a pan with an SOS pad. I got a tiny bit of metal under one of the feet of the rack that sits in the sink. Stainless steel is very resilient and if you care for it properly it will look good and won't rust. I cleaned the tiny tiny spot of rust with a dab of Barkeepers Helper. I swear by that stuff. Also stay away from egg white on stainless. It doesn't hurt a cooktop because the heat fixes that, but I dropped a spot the size of a dime on my sink. I didn't realize it was the egg white until I tried to clean it after breakfast. When I got the rust stain, and managed to fix that with Barkeepers Helper, I thought I might as well try it on the egg white stain. To my surprise and great happiness it has taken away the spot!! Warning, be careful how much you rub and how hard. Be gentle or you'll leave a tell tail spot where you've been working. Just gently, with a wet micro cloth, put a little water and a little BH on the cloth and work on the spot. Then when you've done, rinse off the area you are focusing on and then rinse out the cloth and wipe down the whole area. You can do this to water spots also. I have very hard water in my area and I manage to get drips down the front of the sink and on my refrigerator, which is stainless. Stainless steel is beautiful, but it does take some care. I hope I haven't bored you will my information, but I like my new kitchen to look like it did when it was installed a year and a half ago, and it does.
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You should only run the cleaning process when the light comes on. Upper parts come off so you can wash them after user a creamer. The water tank should not be washed in the dishwasher. I've had mine for a couple of months and it has not required descaling yet. As far as noise goes it's noisy when you brew coffee but not any louder than the kettle for boiling water I used to use.
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Hello there- I bought this great looking kettle about a year ago and I have had no problems. I care for it as the instructions tell me to. The inside is all stainless steel and according to my experiences, there is no leaching going on. To be honest, I am not sure how to tell if leaching was occurring. seems like great quality. Hope this helps :)
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Hi, I have this kettle and the interior bottom of the pot is stainless steel. The walls are some type of thermo-plastic which is very tough and offers some insulation. It is super easy to clean and it opens wide enough so that I can get my hand inside to clean it. If you use tap water (rather than filtered water) you may have some mineral build up but that is easily removed with some vinegar. I've been very happy with this kettle.
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Stainless cleans great in the dishwasher. Even with black coffee, I would just put it in the dishwasher with everything else at night.
966830
I know this sounds strange but we have not had to clean it. We still have the kettle but the bottom fell off and we had to wire it back on. Plus the top is not secure so you have to hold it when you pour. Very disappointing for such an expensive item.
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I've not had an issue with cleaning it. Periodically I put it in the dishwasher on the top rack. I'm lucky enough to have one of those adjustable top racks.
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I recently cleaned mine with CLR. No problem. The outside cleans up with soap and water. I "shine" the top with a microfiber towel. So far so good. (I love the look and operation of Chantal kettles but they are expensive and corrode around the nozzle. It was hard to remove the hard water deposits out of the Chantal brand if I didn't use CLR frequently.) This tea kettle is good for the money - not a brilliant whistle - rather weak, but the kettle functions well - heats up quickly. The handle is comfortable. I have the red - deep and pretty shade.
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I also found rust on the inside bottom of the kettle. Not sure what you mean by never leaving extra water in the kettle - it's a kettle, and in my house, that means it's used a dozen times a day, if not more. There's NEVER a time when it doesn't have water in it, and quite honestly, that shouldn't make a whit of difference! I got rid of it with some steel wool, it didn't return, but it did make me question the overall quality. The on/off switch on mine failed after six months, so I replaced it. The manufacturer's help line was only open Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which only strengthened my conviction that it wasn't a great product. I ended up replacing it with an Oster, which has an actual spout that you can pour from (another gripe I had with this model), as well as a water gauge, and a much better designed on/off switch.
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I purchased my teapot in late November and so far I've not had problems with spots or fingerprints but then I don't put my fingers on the outside of the kettle much opting instead to handle it using the handle. I also don't get water splashed on the outside to form any water spots. I do wipe the inside of mine down every time after I use it so that it stays nice. I do have a few little spots that have formed on the inside bottom from use but I got rid of those using a cleanser. So far the kettle has held up well and I've had no problems.
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Me again. Just to be clear. The base has a center that inserts into the bottom of the kettle which then heats the pot. So the very bottom of the pot is the heat connection to the plugged in base. I cannot immerse the kettle in water to clean so not to damage the bottom portion. I just rinse and scrub the inside when residue builds up. I also add vinegar and water and heat the pot and let sit as another cleaning option.