Why we’re totally chilled to be boiling

When you stop to think how much we need boiling water, it’s not surprising that every home once had a kettle.  The earliest electric kettle was manufactured by Crompton & Co. in 1891, using the electrical heat radiator concept devised earlier by Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton.  The kettle as we know it, with an immersed heating resistor, was devised in 1922 by Arthur Large of the Swan Company.   Unfortunately, that’s where the innovation stopped for several decades – until we took up the challenge. 

The kettle had some serious drawbacks – like the energy it consumed, the safety hazard it represented and the time it took to boil.  The inventors of the Quooker believed that true innovation was needed.  The challenge they set themselves, and the breakthrough that they achieved, was to produce the world’s only true 100ºC boiling water tap so that no-one would ever have to wait for a kettle to boil again.  They invented it to save time, energy, water and money while providing boiling water – safely – straight from the tap.  By doing so Quooker became the experts in boiling water. 

There are a host of benefits to having boiling water on tap, the most obvious being the ability to make tea and coffee straight from a Quooker tap – but there are plenty of others too.  Cooking pasta, rice and vegetables always involves boiling water, but in the past you either had to wait for a kettle to boil (several times for a large pan) or to heat cold water in the pan; both of which were time consuming.  Rinsing knives, whisks, beaters and pans clean now only takes moments with a boiling water tap, as does filling a hot water bottle, saving even more time.

In addition to the benefits of having boiling water on tap, there are unique advantages to having boiling water delivered from a Quooker tap.  The Quooker tap delivers boiling water in the most practical way possible, the patented design of the tap allows end users to rotate the tap spout 360 degrees and also allows vertical movement.  This means that when using the tap for whatever purpose the tap spout can be directed exactly where you wish the water to be delivered.  Furthermore, the aerated delivery of the 100 degree water is yet another safety aspect, helping to reduce accidents in any given household.

Occasionally, we are asked why we don’t provide a cold filtered facility on our boiling water taps.  The answer is twofold.

Firstly, we’re true to our speciality.  Other makers of hot taps can’t actually offer truly boiling water, so some do offer a combined hot and cold tap in order to compensate for the lack of 100ºC.  There’s often a dilution of expertise when you attempt to be all things to all people and we don’t compromise on excellence.

Secondly, there’s no real need.  Most of the UK has perfectly good drinkable tap water, which doesn’t need filtering, so a filtered cold tap is simply unnecessary – there’s no benefit in adding this as a feature. 

With a Quooker in a busy kitchen, if you’re using the boiling tap to help you with cooking, you can still fill a jug or glass of water for drinking from your standard cold tap.  When you’re entertaining and preparing a meal against the clock it’s a big help to have a separate cold tap and not have to ‘wait your turn’ to use a filtered tap. 

Some inventions make a profound impact on the society which they serve – fast forward a few years and we believe that the 100ºC boiling water tap will prove to be one of them. 

That’s why we’re totally chilled about being boiling. 

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