I need several hundred of these. It says it can be used to boil water, but no description listed. Could someone tell me how these are used?
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These get water hot, but I would NOT use them to boil water. They are really used for heating sealed meals (e.g. MREs) and possibly sealed beverages; not boiling water.
609240
The one problem we have with these is that people use too much water. This is a case where less is more. If you add too much water, it dolutes the chemicals and you don't get any heat. If you add a little too much, it won't get to boiling. So yes, they can get to boiling, but most people add too much water. And it's the water in them that boils. I have never heard of someone using them to boil a larger container of water. Any chemical reaction has a certain amount of potential energy. If that energy is less than the amount needed to boil your quantity of water, your water won't boil. So theoretically you could use several of these to boil a pan of water. But basically, one packet will make you a piping hot 12oz mug of coffee. Enough for stew or a whole pot of coffee? Probably not.
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Lynyrd here-I'm not sure about bringing water to a 212 degree boil but it definitely heats up. Once you add a prescribed amount of water into the outer package you then place your intended sealed meal into the water mixture and fold the top over-in 10-15 minutes you'll blister your mouth if you're not careful. Its alot easier than the old MRE heaters or trioxane cubes. Hope this helped and long live The Simple Man!!
1189783
If you are outdoors, you need to remember that temperature will basically be cooler than indoors so the heat will not be too much to heat water. We used these for camping and it takes longer to boil water than you can imagine and the flame really isn't too much. The tabs can be broken, but that only reduces the amount of time it will burn.
700455
Just fill it with water and turn it to keep warm or boil. It gets the water hot and and it actually stays hot on the keep warm setting. This is a very poweful appliance. I use it all the time and I love the way it works.
1620291
It can be used to heat water for instant coffee, cocoa or tea. The instant products are not used in the coffee maker. Thanks for lookingSteve
2021404
I don't think it could handle boiling water. It doesn't mention water temperature in the enclosed instructions one way or the other. But it's specifically meant for outdoor use on a hose bib, so that would obviously exclude boiling water. I could imagine that warm water would be fine, but it's an all plastic construction, I would be very surprised if this would withstand actually boiling water.
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Its charming looks may be deceiving, but this is a kettle, not a teapot. Please use it to boil your water to the desired temperature, then pour the water over loose leaves in a teapot.
103554
Your not supposed to use boiling water. The water should be slightly warm. I've never had issues with it being too hot.
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I cannot speak from experience, but the pump is mostly plastic, so I would find one that is specifically designed to pump boiling water.
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I suppose you could use it just for water. You could use a pot to heat water also. Seems like a silly question.
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It has to have enough water in it so that when it boils, it shoots up the tube to flow over the grounds. Either there wasn't enough, or you boiled it dry. If the grounds didn't get wet, then I'd say you need to make a larger batch.
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Not sure what kind of cooking you want to know about? But have used it for boiling water and just food. As long as you can adjust the heat it works great. Doesn't take as long as a regular pot.
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you add hot/boiling water to this teapot. It just acts as a vessel for brewing the tea and should not be used to heat water in.
1075183
This is a teapot for holding tea, not for boiling water. You'll still need a kettle for that. The handle doesn't get hot when using it for serving.
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Hi, you don't use these teapots to heat the water. You use them only to brew the tea. I use an electric kettle to heat the water, then pour it into the teapot with either loose tea in the infuser (shown) or with teabags. The teapot is never too hot to handle.
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use the supplied fuel tab stand for those. Alcohol stones are great for getting water to a boil, the fuel tabs arent for boiling, most of the time one tab wont get water to boil, but they are great for getting your soup nice and hot. Sometimes Ill use alcohol to get it to a boil and then switch to a tab for simmering
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We use it to boil water and make gravy when camping. We usually place it on a rock beside the fire. The handle and lid can get hot so we use a stick to lift the pot and the lid. I have not been able to find these pots in any store for a long time so I bought this pot to use with the larger 3.5 qt pot.
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you can get 4 mugs of water in it. gee I have never timed it. this was a gift for a blind person. he doesn't use a stove anymore so needed a whistle kettle that was electric. I was finding it hard to find one. the whistle isn't very loud but not to bad. I would say it takes maybe 3 min. to heat to boiling for a full kettle. it just seemed very fast. I will be visiting him on Thurs. I can time it for you and reply again. lol uses it quite often and still running great.