can you heat water over the stove?
637811
The reason you are not supposed to heat it over the stove is because you should not be steeping your tea in boiling water. The pot it for steeping, not cooking, and if you want to make several batches of tea with good leaves (like you should be able to), you don't want to pour water in, boil it and then reheat the leave over and over and over again when they should stay warm. This is not good for the tea.
637812
I have one and it is how I have always done it... It wasnt until I started reading Amazon reviews that I saw I wasnt supposed it. It has never been a problem for me though.
637813
It is not recommended, although I'm not sure why. I have other cast iron kettles that I use on top of wood stoves, but they are larger and heavier. I've always used another pot to get the water hot, and transferred into this kettle.
1440788
Sure you can use this to boil water for any reason. It is simply an aluminum coffee pot. Just put water only in it, set in on your stove burner or grill or hang it over your camp file from the bail. Just remember its going to be very hot so use a pot holder or oven type glove when you pick it up. You can brew your tea in it too, just put the tea bags in and then heat. Stay safe and don't get burned. :-)
934433
I have had no problems, but i'm sure if the stove is on high and you boil all the water away melting could occur.
2193327
I use it boil water using a volcano stove set up. So at least hot enough to boil water.
1426099
I don't think so... the cooking method is based on the weight of the water. Once the water is absorbed or evaporated, the cooker shuts itself off. On the other hand, maybe you don't want it to shut off. Also, there is only one temperature of cooking... only on or off. Buy a big stainless cooking pot for your stove... works great for soups!
1964890
This pot is not intended for stove top use. You are supposed to boil the water in sonething else then pour it into this pot to make your tea.
947315
I think you should be able to. I did mine on the stove and it worked great.
336974
Yes, but be careful not to let it boil dry or boil over as this can damage both the pan and the stove.
454047
No. I heat water in a kettle.Pour hot water over coffee.Stir and cover for about a minute.Pour the perfect cup of coffee!
378363
You can do this however, you defeat the purpose of having hot water when you need it. I t takes a little whild to heat up just like a warter heater. Hope this helps.
1144382
I personally wouldn't , I use a regular pot to boil the water, that way it can boil all it wants without me having to worry. Amazon even has a "Medelco 12-Cup Glass Stovetop Whistling Kettle" <- That, I use to boil water. It's less than $10, solid as a rock. I can hear it all over the house. I use it for teas, coffee, cooking and so on! Boil water in something else to be safe.
1315541
i would not us it on the stove top. It is not meant to boil the water for the tea in. My stove is the glass top type of electric stoves and it has a hold warm stop in the center and I do put the tea pot there , once the tea is made to keep it warm.Hope this helps.
641788
Yes. You can put this directly over the campfire or on a pocket rocket stove.
1818105
The stove base which holds dry twigs,pine cones or any dry grasses, the stove itself and a grill to fry on the stove base. It also includes a drop in pot holder for the top of the stove/boiler so you can cook in the included pot or heat a can of food ONCE THE TOP HAS BEEN OPENED TO RELIEVE ANY PRESSURE !!So in total, you can boil water while you are cooking/heating another can/pot of food on top of the chimney using only found fuel. I'm not aware of any other way to do so much so simply in 4 minutes.
1294543
i dont see why not, i have a normal stove and it does great. If you can boil water in a metal pan on your stove, i'd guess you can do the same thing with this:)
1319383
That's a good question. I would say yes with hot tap water, but not so sure about boiling water.
1866946
We also used the kettle mainly for heating up water and then pour it over the tea or coffee. Never had any problem with it.