On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:10:25 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/10/2013 4:21 PM, Yellow wrote:
>
>>
>> An electric kettle is the single most efficient way to boil water on the
>> simple condition that you only boil what you need. And that is true even
>> if you only need a cup or two.
>>
>
>How much more efficient than a microwave?

A lot more efficient unless your microwave has a probe so that it
turns off as soon as the water reaches 212ºF.. I had an old GE nuker
that had a probe, worked very well for cooking stews, much better than
today's slow cookers... the probe worked even better than the electric
kettle's thermostat because it maintained the set temperature rather
than shut off.