Engineered so not a single drop of boiling water touches plastic, the Ascot 1.6-litre retro electric kettle features a seamless interior stamped from food-grade 304 stainless steel.
Driven by a 2200W concealed heating element and a British Strix thermostat, it boils a full pot in under four minutes while displaying exact water temperature on an external analogue dial.
Look inside a standard supermarket electric kettle and you will usually find three sources of hot-water plastic contact: a clear polypropylene water-level window glued into the side wall, a plastic mesh limescale filter sitting in the hot spout, and a plastic steam tube running up the middle. Over hundreds of boiling cycles, those plastics cloud, crack, and impart a stale taste to tea.
Established in 1986, Italian brand Ascot eliminated the plastic sight-window completely. Water levels are stamped directly into the internal steel wall, the spout filter is perforated stainless steel, and the lid inner liner is pure metal.
Because it pairs modern electrical speed with an early twentieth-century silhouette, it bridges both our European kitchen appliances guide and our vintage European kitchen essentials.
Core engineering specifications
- Material hygiene: 100% BPA-free 304 surgical-grade stainless steel interior, spout, and lid liner.
- British Strix thermostat: Rated for over 10,000 boiling cycles (roughly 10 years of family use), featuring automatic steam shut-off and boil-dry thermal fuse protection.
- External bimetallic thermometer: Reads water temperature from 0°C to 100°C without requiring batteries, allowing you to stop the boil at 80°C for green tea or 93°C for filter coffee.
- Dimensions & weight: 24.5 cm (H) × 22.0 cm (W) × 16.5 cm (Base diameter) – Weight: 1.13 kg with 70 cm cord storage wrapped beneath the 360-degree swivel base.
This retro Ascot Stainless Steel Electric Kettle is also on Amazon.
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