On Dec 6, 4:23�pm, Tracy > wrote:
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > "Tracy" > wrote in ...
>
> >> Cost isn't an issue - though I am not a energy hog.
> >> I am looking for a replacement for the yucky looking "stainless" model on
> >> my stove top.
> >> -Tracy
>
> > What will happen when the electric kettle gets yucky looking?
>
> It won't get yucky because it won't be sitting on my stove getting hit
> by all the cooking splatter.
> At least that is my hope...
> I will set it next to the coffee maker where it will be out of splatters
> way.

Exactly. That's just one of the reasons I got rid of ye olde stove
top tea kettle, the exterior chrome needed constant scrubbing... my
Braun has been sitting on the counter top far away from the stove near
the sink, near the water where it belongs, the exterior gets an
occasional wipe with a damp towel, the interior is still as spotless
as new. And it's faster than the stove top by at least double, beats
the microwave by a mile... boils water at the rate of a minute a cup.
And the Braun requires no hot pad, the entire exterior remains cool to
the touch. I used to have a counter top electric kettle made in the
UK (Russell Hobbs) but it had to remain plugged in, was expensive,
like $100 some 20 years ago, and even though it was 3,000w it was very
slow, and had no water level indictor plus the fill lid was difficult
to remove, and it didn't always shut off when the water reach boil...
I was so glad the day that UK POS died. Russel Hobbs doesn't make
that style anymo http://www.russell-hobbs.com/tea.shtml

I like my Braun, I even like how it's relatively narrow, has a small
footprint. But it's not very exciting, no bells and whistles... all
it does is boil water... right!

Sheldon