On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:04:58 -0500, "Bob Chilcoat"
wrote:

We've had a TFal "wireless" kettle in the kitchen for at least 15 years.
Before that we had a Russell Hobbs stainless steel kettle. I wired up a 230
V outlet next to the microwave (20 amp duplex outlet with horizontal pins
instead of the usual 115 V vertical ones, otherwise the same). Used for the
kettle and the Kenwood Chef mixer which is also 230V. Has worked perfectly
for years, and the kettle heats at roughly 4x the typical 15 A 115 V US
kettle. Unfortunately the old TFal is filthy (what IS that black stuff that
comes out of New Jersey water) and has had a couple of minor problems for
years. Time to replace it.

A current model is the TFal Vitesse Gold. It has gold plating
within; supposedly the black stuff won't stick.