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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

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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.
  
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  "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.
  
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  @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.
  
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  @only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
  
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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

share|improve this question

asked 17 hours ago

Joselin JocklingsonJoselin Jocklingson

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  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
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "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
  9 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @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
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @only_pro I understood that to mean the heating element doesn't shut off once the water temperature has reached 100C.
  
  – Nuclear Wang
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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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

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asked 17 hours ago

Joselin JocklingsonJoselin Jocklingson

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Advantages:

• You can make pasta in your waterboiler.

Disadvantages:

• Hard to clean. Waste of energy, a waterboiler 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.

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answered 16 hours ago

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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

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answered 17 hours ago

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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.

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17

Advantages:

• You can make pasta in your waterboiler.

Disadvantages:

• Hard to clean. Waste of energy, a waterboiler 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.

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

73049

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17

Advantages:

• You can make pasta in your waterboiler.

Disadvantages:

• Hard to clean. Waste of energy, a waterboiler 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.

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

73049

add a comment | 

Advantages:

• You can make pasta in your waterboiler.

Disadvantages:

• Hard to clean. Waste of energy, a waterboiler 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.

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

73049

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

73049

answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

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answered 16 hours ago

Pieter BPieter B

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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

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

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8

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

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

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

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

answered 17 hours ago

LucianoLuciano

1,4151923

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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.

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

StSoupStSoup

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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.

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

StSoupStSoup

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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.

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

StSoupStSoup

111

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answered 3 hours ago

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