Kitchen pictures thread - Show us your kitchens!

I always wonder: what do you need boiling water from the tap for (except for tea?) okay, pasta water is ready faster, but otherwise?

You make a valid point: you don’t need that at all, because boiling water is no magic even without the device. I enjoy it and drink tea much more often than before, preheat espresso cups, quickly cook instant broth, take out pasta water, rinse off crusted-on residue better, heat bowls to melt chocolate in them... all unimportant.

We have the Quooker – and I don’t want to do without it anymore. Since then, we cook eggs in a pot again because it’s much faster: the boiling water into a really small pot (10cm diameter, which makes sense on induction), eggs in, and cook. The egg cooker has been banished to the basement. It annoyed me anyway because the subsequent cleaning was actually more work, but it was just faster than boiling water first etc.
I’m a tea lover and drink a lot of tea – with the Quooker it’s brilliant.
My husband loves his coffee from the French press – same story.
Pasta water boils within 1 minute when you take boiling water from the Quooker into the pot.
Last time I simply poured boiling water over baby spinach – ready blanched!
As hampshire already said: when I need broth to boil I just put a spoonful of instant powder in a jug, water over it, done.

Of course, you can live without it – but it’s nicer with it

I could do without the teppanaki field – but definitely not without the Quooker!

hampshire - yes, you are right: a second stovepipe is really nice. That alone justifies the DG. But I always have the feeling that I don't really use it properly and that it can do much more.

We also have a warming drawer - also a very nice thing!

You make a valid point: you don't need it at all, because boiling water is no rocket science even without the device. I enjoy it and drink tea much more often than before, warm espresso cups, quickly make instant broth to boil, take pasta water, rinse off crusted-on residue better, heat bowls to melt chocolate in them... all unimportant.

For 90% of things, hot water from the regular tap is enough. On induction, the water boils in 30 seconds. In my opinion, Quooker is just a marketing gimmick, like an electric can opener.

The blind man is writing about colors...

Sorry, but I find it considerably more convenient when I don’t have to put a kettle on for a cup of tea, but simply take the water from the tap. Necessary? No. Controlled residential ventilation isn’t either, you can manage without it. I still wouldn’t want to do without it. You can also shower in the bathtub, so why have a separate shower? And then a walk-in. You get clean in the shower in the bathtub as well. Normal terrace doors are fine too – why such big sliding doors?

Whywhywhy??? Because it makes life more pleasant and comfortable. And I enjoy it. Most things we have aren’t truly essential – but very pleasant. And since I’m in the extraordinarily lucky position to be relatively free to decide which comfort I indulge in and what isn’t so important to me, we have the quooker.

By the way, my can opener is not electric.