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Cooking pasta in a water boiler
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A friend of mine cooks pasta in a modified electric water boiler which has been modified to keep going even after the water placed in it boils.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of this method over placing the boiled water in a pot and cooking it there over a gas stove?
Thanks.
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A friend of mine cooks pasta in a modified electric water boiler which has been modified to keep going even after the water placed in it boils.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of this method over placing the boiled water in a pot and cooking it there over a gas stove?
Thanks.
pasta boiling stove kettle
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It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
10
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
1
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
add a comment |
A friend of mine cooks pasta in a modified electric water boiler which has been modified to keep going even after the water placed in it boils.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of this method over placing the boiled water in a pot and cooking it there over a gas stove?
Thanks.
pasta boiling stove kettle
A friend of mine cooks pasta in a modified electric water boiler which has been modified to keep going even after the water placed in it boils.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of this method over placing the boiled water in a pot and cooking it there over a gas stove?
Thanks.
pasta boiling stove kettle
pasta boiling stove kettle
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It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
10
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
1
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
add a comment |
2
It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
10
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
1
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
2
2
It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
10
10
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
1
1
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
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Advantages:
- You can make pasta in your water boiler.
Disadvantages:
Hard to clean.
Waste of energy, a water boiler is on or off, it will
expend full energy keeping the water boiling.Incredibly dangerous, a big fire hazard. Because it's modified to ignore the internal temperature sensor it will keep heating and
heating even if all the water is vaporized. Once this is the case, it
will start getting so hot it will melt the boiler and the metal of
the heating element at which point your stovetop may catch fire.
Story about faulty kettle.
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
add a comment |
Advantages:
- you free up one burner in your stovetop, and one pot
Disadvantages:
- you might damage your equipment in the long term (starch might get in places where it shouldn't, and metallic parts will get damaged by the salt)
- you can't boil clean water in that boiler anymore (I doubt it will be easy to clean)
- if it doesn't have a temperature control, it will spill over - and you can't just "turn the heat down"
Others:
- you still need to keep an eye on it to check if it's cooked, as with any other method
add a comment |
It depends on the nature of your electric water boiler. I assume you are using a kettle-like device, but I may be wrong. If this is the case, then your pasta will be sitting atop and within the metal coils. You risk burning and deforming the pasta with this approach.
If you're in a bind and don't have access to a stove, I would recommend boiling water in the kettle, pouring it into a pot with the pasta, and replacing with the water with newly boiled water as it cools.
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Advantages:
- You can make pasta in your water boiler.
Disadvantages:
Hard to clean.
Waste of energy, a water boiler is on or off, it will
expend full energy keeping the water boiling.Incredibly dangerous, a big fire hazard. Because it's modified to ignore the internal temperature sensor it will keep heating and
heating even if all the water is vaporized. Once this is the case, it
will start getting so hot it will melt the boiler and the metal of
the heating element at which point your stovetop may catch fire.
Story about faulty kettle.
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
add a comment |
Advantages:
- You can make pasta in your water boiler.
Disadvantages:
Hard to clean.
Waste of energy, a water boiler is on or off, it will
expend full energy keeping the water boiling.Incredibly dangerous, a big fire hazard. Because it's modified to ignore the internal temperature sensor it will keep heating and
heating even if all the water is vaporized. Once this is the case, it
will start getting so hot it will melt the boiler and the metal of
the heating element at which point your stovetop may catch fire.
Story about faulty kettle.
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
add a comment |
Advantages:
- You can make pasta in your water boiler.
Disadvantages:
Hard to clean.
Waste of energy, a water boiler is on or off, it will
expend full energy keeping the water boiling.Incredibly dangerous, a big fire hazard. Because it's modified to ignore the internal temperature sensor it will keep heating and
heating even if all the water is vaporized. Once this is the case, it
will start getting so hot it will melt the boiler and the metal of
the heating element at which point your stovetop may catch fire.
Story about faulty kettle.
Advantages:
- You can make pasta in your water boiler.
Disadvantages:
Hard to clean.
Waste of energy, a water boiler is on or off, it will
expend full energy keeping the water boiling.Incredibly dangerous, a big fire hazard. Because it's modified to ignore the internal temperature sensor it will keep heating and
heating even if all the water is vaporized. Once this is the case, it
will start getting so hot it will melt the boiler and the metal of
the heating element at which point your stovetop may catch fire.
Story about faulty kettle.
edited 11 hours ago
Simon Baars
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Pieter BPieter B
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This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
add a comment |
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
This. Seriously, don't do that, if you care about your life.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
Something alike (not a modified boiler, but a regular one) happened to me. My wife and I were lucky to have survived.
– Paul Kertscher
19 hours ago
add a comment |
Advantages:
- you free up one burner in your stovetop, and one pot
Disadvantages:
- you might damage your equipment in the long term (starch might get in places where it shouldn't, and metallic parts will get damaged by the salt)
- you can't boil clean water in that boiler anymore (I doubt it will be easy to clean)
- if it doesn't have a temperature control, it will spill over - and you can't just "turn the heat down"
Others:
- you still need to keep an eye on it to check if it's cooked, as with any other method
add a comment |
Advantages:
- you free up one burner in your stovetop, and one pot
Disadvantages:
- you might damage your equipment in the long term (starch might get in places where it shouldn't, and metallic parts will get damaged by the salt)
- you can't boil clean water in that boiler anymore (I doubt it will be easy to clean)
- if it doesn't have a temperature control, it will spill over - and you can't just "turn the heat down"
Others:
- you still need to keep an eye on it to check if it's cooked, as with any other method
add a comment |
Advantages:
- you free up one burner in your stovetop, and one pot
Disadvantages:
- you might damage your equipment in the long term (starch might get in places where it shouldn't, and metallic parts will get damaged by the salt)
- you can't boil clean water in that boiler anymore (I doubt it will be easy to clean)
- if it doesn't have a temperature control, it will spill over - and you can't just "turn the heat down"
Others:
- you still need to keep an eye on it to check if it's cooked, as with any other method
Advantages:
- you free up one burner in your stovetop, and one pot
Disadvantages:
- you might damage your equipment in the long term (starch might get in places where it shouldn't, and metallic parts will get damaged by the salt)
- you can't boil clean water in that boiler anymore (I doubt it will be easy to clean)
- if it doesn't have a temperature control, it will spill over - and you can't just "turn the heat down"
Others:
- you still need to keep an eye on it to check if it's cooked, as with any other method
answered yesterday
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It depends on the nature of your electric water boiler. I assume you are using a kettle-like device, but I may be wrong. If this is the case, then your pasta will be sitting atop and within the metal coils. You risk burning and deforming the pasta with this approach.
If you're in a bind and don't have access to a stove, I would recommend boiling water in the kettle, pouring it into a pot with the pasta, and replacing with the water with newly boiled water as it cools.
New contributor
add a comment |
It depends on the nature of your electric water boiler. I assume you are using a kettle-like device, but I may be wrong. If this is the case, then your pasta will be sitting atop and within the metal coils. You risk burning and deforming the pasta with this approach.
If you're in a bind and don't have access to a stove, I would recommend boiling water in the kettle, pouring it into a pot with the pasta, and replacing with the water with newly boiled water as it cools.
New contributor
add a comment |
It depends on the nature of your electric water boiler. I assume you are using a kettle-like device, but I may be wrong. If this is the case, then your pasta will be sitting atop and within the metal coils. You risk burning and deforming the pasta with this approach.
If you're in a bind and don't have access to a stove, I would recommend boiling water in the kettle, pouring it into a pot with the pasta, and replacing with the water with newly boiled water as it cools.
New contributor
It depends on the nature of your electric water boiler. I assume you are using a kettle-like device, but I may be wrong. If this is the case, then your pasta will be sitting atop and within the metal coils. You risk burning and deforming the pasta with this approach.
If you're in a bind and don't have access to a stove, I would recommend boiling water in the kettle, pouring it into a pot with the pasta, and replacing with the water with newly boiled water as it cools.
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It doesn't actually need to keep going after it's boiled. Dried pasta will cook fine in really hot (but not boiling) water, and most of those appliances are insulated so they hold their temperature pretty well.
– Joe
yesterday
"keep going even after the water placed in it boils" Am I the only one who has no idea what this means? What keeps going? Water is either boiling or it's not.
– only_pro
yesterday
10
@only_pro Electric kettles are designed to shutoff after the water boils for safety reasons. The water boils, the kettle shuts off, and you make your tea.
– mattm
yesterday
@only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
– Nuclear Wang
yesterday
1
If the purpose of this gimmick is having water boil faster, then you can boil water with a kettle and then transfer it to a pot. Even better, parallelize: heat some of the water on the pot, and the rest in the kettle.
– Federico Poloni
20 hours ago