KitchenAid Gourmet Essentials 2-Quart Tea Kettle, Stainless Steel
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: KitchenAidBrand: KitchenAid
Model: 50585
Color: Stainless Steel
Product features:
- 2-quart tea kettle made of brushed 18/10 stainless steel
- Round-shaped lid removes for convenient filling at the sink
- Soft silicone grips on handles and pouring-spout lever
- Tall loop carrying handle; whistles once water reaches a full boil
- Measures approximately 9 by 10 by 12 inches
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid Gourmet Essentials 2-Quart Tea Kettle, Stainless Steel
Customer Review: It's a great tea kettle if you follow the directions
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, this kettle looks great. It's designed nicely and it looks nice on the stove. I've read all of the negative reviews, which all seem to point to how hot the handle gets and how crappy the whistler is. I experienced the hot handle one time, and only once. The whistler... well, I learned my lesson from the handle incident. Let me share my experience:
Rule #1: Read the directions and follow what they say. After my handle was indeed way hot, I decided to read the directions rather than simply thinking, man all those people were right. Guess what? The directions clearly say to heat the kettle over MEDIUM HIGH heat, not over CREMATE. I was thinking I wanted that tea NOW and so I had the heat turned way up. The handle got blistering hot, no doubt. But when I lowered the heat for the next pot, and the next, guess what? No hot handle. You can easily pour with your bare hands. It gets warm, but that's because of the conductive properties of stainless - and that's also why you can't just cremate the pot. The conductivity of the metal will overheat that handle, so keep the temp at the proper range.
Rule #2: Refer to Rule #1. Keeping the water level at the proper line prevents the whistler from getting goofed up. A lot of people were also commenting that the whistler worked one time, but after they drowned it (had the water level too high when it boiled), it never worked again. I don't know about that because after the first incident of the hot handle due to not following directions. So after that I paid attention and did not overfill the pot. As to needing to remove it from heat the instant it whistles, well, I was indisposed at the moment that it whistled, and it continued whistling merrily until I was able to get there. it has not ruined the whistler. Maybe because the whistler never got overfilled with boiling water.
So the moral of the story is, if you want to get the intended results, you need to follow the intended use instructions. My teapot looks grand, works just like a teapot should, and I couldn't be happier with it!
Description of KitchenAid Gourmet Essentials 2-Quart Tea Kettle, Stainless Steel
This 2--Quart teakettle features a comfortable, easy-to-grip handle. The handle is made of stainless steel accented with color-coordinated soft silicone rubber. The kettle whistles when water comes to a boil and has a removable lid for easy cleaning and fTeakettles
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