Vogelzang TK-02 Tea Kettle, 3-Quart Review

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I've heard a lot of people complain about rusting with these. You have to care for them properly to avoid that. Properly seasoned cast iron is very nearly indestructible if maintained. When you get it, wast it out, let it dry completely, then wet a cloth in vegetable oil, and wipe on a thin coat inside and out. Bake it at 400 degrees for half an hour. IGNORE THE SMOKE. IT'S FINE! it will smoke a LOT though. Open a window for ventilation. After the half hour bake time, let it cool, then repeat the oiling and baking two more times. When you are done, it's properly seasoned. Redo it two or three times a year. We use ours over the open fire when we are camping. It's awesome to have hot water for tea, cocoa, and even dish washing.

BTW, that seasoning method keeps your cast iron skillets in prime shape too. If any cast iron cookware gets crusty and you cant scrub it clean, put them in an electric oven, and turn on the self-clean feature. When it cools down, wire brush the crud off, and follow the seasoning instructions above, :-)

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This is a good heavy tea kettle. I got it to sit on the woodburning stove to evaporate water into the air. My old one finally rusted through after many years, and this seems like it will be a good replacement for it.

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I actually intended to use the pot to heat water for tea and once I got it the box says not for consumable water, for humidifying only. I BOUGHT TWO OF THEM! I really looked at details to get a real tea kettle.

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I bought this steamer because it seemed to be the best price/capacity ratio in the category. However, 3 QT volume is not true. The kettle is much smaller and doesn't hold 3QTs even when filled to the brim. Moreover, when full it actually leaks the water from under the lid when the water starts boiling. Thus, to be usable you have to fill it with no more than 2 QTs. It is a shame because I specifically needed a larger capacity steamer to avoid filling it up many times during the day (I keep my woodstove running most of the time). This is also not an error in the on-line product description, but the misrepresentation directly from manufacturer (it says 3 Qts on the box). Otherwise, the kettle is pretty basic and has greyish/greenish hue (another minor disappointment my wood stove appears comparatively darker). I, guess, after all twenty-something bucks just doesn't buy enough iron to make a true 3 Qt kettle...

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This product was shipped with the lid broken off and an actual break in one side of the kettle where the base meets the upper part. That might be excusable,.... except that it seems pretty clear that the seller knew it was damaged! The kettle itself was thrown upside down in its' box, which had clearly been previously torn open and was held together with a lot (a lot!) of shipping tape. Note the upside down part because the broken-off lid was sitting loose on top of the upturned base. Can't think of any way that that could have occurred during shipping. I was going to try to use it anyway, figured that it would probably work okay with the lid just sitting on it so I put water in it and put it on my wood stove where it promptly leaked a whole lot of water!! Pretty stinking shoddy! The kind of seller that would ship an item in this condition should not be on amazon.