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Title: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: TomBarbs on December 13, 2011, 06:06:44 pm
Hi all,

A bit windy out there,

We are after a little bit of help please.

Does anybody know where we can purchase a cast iron kettle to use direct on our woodburner to fill our hot water bottles and the odd cup of coffee?

we've had a look online but can only find the cast iron kettles that are used for humidifier purpose only and not to drink from.

Any help greatly appreciated   :thumbsup:

Steven and Zoe





Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: deepinthewoods on December 13, 2011, 06:19:36 pm
i just use a saucepan, it is lovely to have hot water for free.
have you thought about trying the charity shops? ive got most of my old fashioned heavy pans from them.
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Post by: egglady on December 13, 2011, 06:29:14 pm
good question cos i was just thinking the same thing.  can any pot be used or does it need to have a thicker than normal base?
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Post by: Dizzycow on December 13, 2011, 06:38:26 pm
This isn't much help, but for emergencies you can't beat a Kelly Kettle. AKA a storm kettle, I think. Amazingly effective little thing!
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 13, 2011, 08:50:04 pm
If you're quick, this has an hour to run!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STELLAR-TRADITIONAL-STAINLESS-STEEL-STOVE-TOP-AGA-KETTLE-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/320810130060?pt=UK_Homes_Garden_Kitchen_Kettles&hash=item4ab1c61a8c (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STELLAR-TRADITIONAL-STAINLESS-STEEL-STOVE-TOP-AGA-KETTLE-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/320810130060?pt=UK_Homes_Garden_Kitchen_Kettles&hash=item4ab1c61a8c)
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Hermit on December 13, 2011, 09:08:25 pm
We got our heavy stainless steel aga kettles off ebay. I say that in plural cause we bidded on  a few cause we kept getting outbid. Sods law that when we bidded on a few  we got them all!!!! It was a standing joke with the postie when they kept arriving.
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Post by: katie on December 13, 2011, 10:18:36 pm
I've got a cream enamel kettle from Cargo. It was great yesterday on the woodburner when we had a powercut!
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Post by: princesspiggy on December 13, 2011, 11:17:39 pm
i have a fair few antique/vintage copper kettles for sale, from dainty to large farmhouse ones.
if u pm me i can send photos and more details.
 :wave:
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Penninehillbilly on December 14, 2011, 01:03:12 am
We have a stainless steel one (with a whistle, a friend kept boiling hers dry), just check it has a thick base. any hardware?/cookware shop should sell them.
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Fleecewife on December 14, 2011, 01:51:16 am
Ours is a Le Creuset and works well on the top of the wood burner
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Sylvia on December 14, 2011, 07:24:51 am
I got mine from an army surplus shop. Not very elegant but stout and sevicable. (a bit like me ;D)
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Post by: Rich/Jan on December 14, 2011, 07:53:08 am
Hi - Le Creuset are brilliant but expensive.  Good colour range though.
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Post by: Rich/Jan on December 14, 2011, 08:02:31 am
Just noticed loads on Ebay
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Daisy on December 14, 2011, 08:12:13 am
I've got a camping one and one we got from Ikea a few years back, Amazon has quite a few http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stove+top+kettle&x=10&y=17 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stove+top+kettle&x=10&y=17)

camping ones http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stove+top+kettle&x=10&y=17#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=camping+kettle&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acamping+kettle (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stove+top+kettle&x=10&y=17#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=camping+kettle&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acamping+kettle)
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Fleecewife on December 14, 2011, 11:53:37 am
Hi - Le Creuset are brilliant but expensive.  Good colour range though.

One of my sons lives near a Le Creuset outlet so gets massive reductions there, and it didn't cost me a penny  ;) :thumbsup:  Nice if you can wangle it  ;D
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: jaykay on December 14, 2011, 01:39:12 pm
I've got a Le Creuset, second hand from my sister who was changing her kitchen colour scheme  ;D

They're very long-lasting so if you're not fussed about which colour you might well pick one up secondhand.
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 14, 2011, 02:28:41 pm
I've got a Le Creuset, second hand from my sister who was changing her kitchen colour scheme  ;D
I have three Le Creuset saucepans that my sister gave me in exactly the same circs!  I love them to bits; you get whatever it is hot, then turn the heat off and it'll carry on cooking slowly and still be warm enough to eat nearly an hour later (and that's without being stood on a range.) 

Only problem with them is they pour lefthanded - which I am not, and they are so heavy I can't manage them in my left hand.  My sister isn't lefthanded either, which has always been a bit of a mystery...  ::)
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: egglady on December 15, 2011, 07:47:02 pm
i'm left handed sally, sned them up to me ;)
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: princesspiggy on December 15, 2011, 08:18:16 pm
here are 4 i have for sale.
i have PMed you,
thanx  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: northfifeduckling on December 19, 2011, 07:54:50 am
ebay, if all fails  ;D
the copper ones look lovely!  :&>
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: Sylvia on December 19, 2011, 08:17:15 am
My childhood punishment for badness was to polish all the brass in the house. I never told my mother that I loved doing it.(Perhaps she knew though ;))
Title: Re: Cast iron kettle.
Post by: princesspiggy on December 19, 2011, 11:38:18 pm
My childhood punishment for badness was to polish all the brass in the house. I never told my mother that I loved doing it.(Perhaps she knew though ;))

same here, we had loads of it too.