I couldn't post a reply directly thorough Google, but anyway here's my
reply to the stovetop kettle thread...


Hi Scott,
You know, that's what Le Creuset said when I called them about
this, so I just now did a little experiment...I filled the kettle
until the top of the water (not boiling) was just up to the very
bottom of the bottom hole going to the spout (there are four holes
going into the spout, in the shape of a diamond). I put the kettle on
and let it come to a boil and then poured the water out. Sputtered and
jumped all over. Now, the kettle keeps some of the heat even off the
surface of the stove (love that cast iron, I really do), and it is
still boiling in the kettle after I remove it for several second, but
black tea calls for boiling water so that's what I want I presume. And
also, when I filled the kettle as above, it held about 4 and a half
cups. It's...I'm not sure what the model name is but it's the squat
kettle, not the more up and down one I think they have?
Anyway, if I wait for the water to settle down in the kettle and
keep it as empty as above then yes, it works better. Not perfectly...I
still have to be careful. Unfortunately it doesn't hold enough water
at that point to fill my larger Bodum Assam pot (which I like to fill
to about 5 cups) so...That's probably why I probably overfill it most
times because I keep pouring it out and running out of hot water
before I run out of steeping teapot, if you see what I mean.
There's also a little sort of notch in the lid that I think is
there to let off some of the steam...I just have a feeling that maybe
the pot doesn't bleed off the steam fast enough because instead of
having one big hole into the spout from inside the kettle they have
four little ones. Just a thought. It is a bummer though because like I
said I love Le Creuset for cooking and I have a lot of their things,
and I was also looking for a long time for a sturdy nice teakettle and
I thought I had found the perfect one.

It works fine for greens....obviously....

Oh and one last thing I forgot to mention...if I take the lid off
altogether when I'm pouring the boiling water out (wrapping my hand in
a towel), it still sputters. Yes that's weird. But I tried it. I
really think it's a problem with the spout or something. IMHO.




Scott Peterson > wrote in message >...
> (Melinda) wrote:
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> >I have a Le Creuset kettle and I don't like it at all, I was very
> >disappointed since I like their other cookware. It dribbles and
> >sputters hot water all over the place when the water in it is boiling
> >or if it's more than about halfway over the inside holes that go into
> >the spout
>
> They do have a number of models. Which one do you have?
>
> If the water is over the inside hole for the spout, I would expect
> some mess. The steam would have to force it out in order to escape.
>
> Mine doesn't make any mess like that, but I don't fill it that full.
>
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> Scott Peterson