I'm kind of surprised by this. An induction stove turns the entire kettle into a resistive element so water boils super quickly.

At least with EU induction stoves, so 230V.

Ours is a Smeg model. The two large rings are 2.3kW, with a outer booster ring to 3kW. The problem is if I'm just boiling water for my tea with a saucepan, only the inner ring is triggered. I can put a large pan on there and get 3kW to match the 3kW kettle, but then I've got to warm a large metal pan too, whereas the kettle has very little thermal mass and is lightweight and easy to fill too.

A properly sized tea kettle would solve that but since you already have the electric kettle there’s no sense in buying a new stovetop vessel until the electric kettle burns itself up.

> At least with EU induction stoves, so 230V.

US induction cooktops/stoves are almost always 240V, unless you get a little countertop burner.

> I'm kind of surprised by this.

As am I. The first time I put a small pot of water on my induction cooktop and turned it on maximum power, I laughed out loud. If I'm only doing enough for a cup of coffee or tea, it starts boiling so fast you don't want to step away.

One small thing I'd like to add, I actually forgot about this.

> US induction cooktops/stoves are almost always 240V, unless you get a little countertop burner.

EU induction cooktops/stoves are actually 380/400V.

It doesn't change much, because the amperage might be lower, I don't know.

I just wanted to add that bit of trivia :-)

US induction stoves are 230V as well.