An electric kettle is an electrical appliance, that has a self-contained heating unit, for heating water, and automatically switches off when the water reaches boiling point or at a preset temperature...

An electric kettle is an electrical appliance, that has a self-contained heating unit, for heating water, and automatically switches off when the water reaches boiling point or at a preset temperature below 100 °C. It is thus different to the stove top kettle, which is less energy efficient and takes longer to boil the same volume of water as the electric kettle. An electric kettle comes with a heating element inside it, which, heats the liquid inside the kettle within comparatively least time..