While I am not a huge fan of uni-taskers I find that tea kettles can be a useful tool in the kitchen. Not just for making tea, I use a tea kettle for making hot cocoa, for pour over coffee and french press and even when making things like flans where you need to pour boiling water into the pan to temper the cooking in the oven.
But an issue we run into, is of course, your existing tea kettle is not going to be induction compatible. Most of the inexpensive tea kettles are either aluminum, which is not compatible or in-expensive and thin stainless steel that is also, not the ferro-magentic variety.
Our favorite induction compatible tea kettles
Like our cookware, for better or worse we need a tea kettle that is compatible with our induction cookware. That means if it is aluminum, it needs to have an induction plate attached. If it is stainless steel, it needs to be the right kind of stainless steel. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite induction compatible tea kettles.
It’s hard to go wrong with Le Cruiset products. While they tend to be on the pricey side they are also built to last a lifetime. That is why our first pick would be the following tea kettle from le Cruiset. The enamel-coated steel not only gives it a beautiful look, but protects the steel from rusting. And because it’s normal steel, it works perfectly fine on induction. And to add to it, is actually not our most expensive tea kettle. It sits right in the middle giving you great value. If there is one thing we don’t like are complaints that the handle gets hot.
If Le Cruiset is too expensive, then let’s take a look at something less expensive. For around half the price you have the following teapot. Still made of stainless steel, what we like about this one is the stay cool handle. And this one also includes a couple infusers.
Finally, I found this tea kettle and it got me very interested so I thought I would present this as an alternative to the other two tea pots. It is this ingenious quartz but has an induction compatible base. But it also has a stay cool wood pattern handle so no need to use a towel to pour that hot boiling water.
Why no All-Clad?
All-Clad shows up a lot when it comes to induction compatible cookware. They tend to use the best stainless steel and a majority of their products are induction compatible. Unfortunately the All-Clad kettle got very bad reviews. It is a Chinese made one that fell apart quite quickly.
The three kettles above should provide you years of service and hot water from your induction range. What about you? Any kettles you have had great luck with? Leave a link below and I can add it to the list.
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