I mean, one mug's worth of water takes like 30 seconds in a kettle. Plus, depending on your water at least you're not staining your mugs with lime. Much easier to clean a kettle, since you can just heat up the water/vinegar mix.
The average microwave is like 1000W and microwaves rarely go above 1700W. Kettles start at like 1500 but also go way higher. I mean technically you could have a setup where your Microwave is faster, but usually it shouldn't.
In the US, the typical max is 1500-1800w if you don't want to risk tripping a breaker. My kitchen doesn't have 20amp plugs (which can accommodate higher wattage). Microwaves are faster at a lower wattage for a smaller volume of water because it doesn't have to heat up an element, just the molecules in the water.
I remember a similar conversation about this a while back between a yank and a Brit. Apparently they have some high voltage kettles over there that are pretty quick.
Yup. Their standard outlets are 220-240v, which is twice the 120v standard in the US. Only special plugs for stoves or air conditioners go that high here (albeit at different amperage). Means they can run a 3000w kettle that would fry our circuits.
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u/spiralsequences 8h ago edited 7h ago
I typically do use an electric kettle because I have a nice one, but it literally only takes 90 seconds in the microwave