The reason you need to descale your kettle is due to mineral buildup, namely calcium and magnesium from your local water ...

[Tom Murphy], Physics prof at UCSD decided to test out exactly how efficiently he could boil water. Armed with a gas stove, electric kettle, microwave, and a neat laser pointer/photodiode setup ...

Induction surfaces can boil water in about half the time it takes ... If you already have an electric stove, you may already have one of those in your kitchen. If you're switching from gas ...

This is unlike Britain, where electric kettles are standard for boiling water ... which powers the coil and heats up the water. Americans mostly use stove-top kettles. The kettle is filled ...