Product Description

The Pasta Plus Water Kettle and Noodle Cooker from Aroma is perfect for the office, dorms or any kitchen. Its noodle function keeps water at a roiling boil while food in the colander cooks¿ great for a quick and hassle-free meal of noodles or pasta. When functioning as a water kettle, water is brought to a boil in just minutes, the unit then automatically shuts off. A 360° swivel base allows for right or left-handed pouring with ease.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31721 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Stainless
• Brand: Aroma
• Model: AWK-160SB
• Dimensions: 10.60" h x 7.80" w x 7.00" l, .0 pounds

Features

• 1 Liter capacity; makes soup, pasta, stew, instant meals, and boiling water
• Water kettle function boils water in minutes and shuts off automatically
• Noodle function keeps water at a rolling boil while food in the colander cooks
• 360° Swivel base for left or right handed grasping
• Fully cordless pouring

Customer Reviews

Just what I've been looking for! - water does not contact any plastic
I use this as a water kettle only currently, and I really like it so far. I've looked for a long time for an electric kettle that allows the water not to contact any plastic, and this kettle has this exact feature -- the interior is completely metal although the lid is plastic, but you don't have to use the lid if you don't want to. I also like the way the heating element is completely sealed and that the kettle detaches from the base (the cordless feature). This kettle's construction appear to be very good quality, and it has a 1-year warranty. Its water kettle function works great -- it boils 1 liter of cold water in about 5 minutes. It being a noodle cooker/ soup warmer is a cool feature that I might use one day. This item also comes with a collander and a cute little metal pasta fork to aid you with cooking noodles. I'm very glad I found this kettle.

Works well for soup, but not for oatmeal
The bottom sticks if you cook oatmeal. You have to stir hard and frequently but it's not suitable to do so in the office. Works well if you boil soup or instant noodle. Cordless is convenient.

LOVE IT!!!
In my quest for a healthier lifestyle, I decided to add green tea to my daily liquid intake. I've never been a coffee or tea drinker so I perused Amazon to find an electric tea kettle for my work office.

I decided to try the Aroma AWK-160SB kettle/cooker for several reasons. First, I like that it's stainless steel and not plastic like so many other electric teapots. Second, the price seemed very reasonable for the item's quality, and third, the pasta option seemed really cool!

I got my kettle and took it to work, only to find that the on/off switch would kick to off immediately when I turned the temp up. So, to boil water I had to hold down the switch manually. Not good. I contacted Amazon about returning the item and was VERY VERY impressed with their return policy on faulty products. They RUSHED me a new one AND paid return postage on the bad one. In this day of awful customer service being the norm for so many companies, I was thrilled about how well Amazon treated me.

When I got the new one, I was happy to find that it worked just fine. It is SO versatile. I've cooked both pasta and oatmeal in it, and also make my daily green tea. It comes to a boil very quickly and it's very easy to turn down the dial and stabilize the water temp at just under a rolling boil for pasta.

My only complaint is that the cord that comes out of the base is really short, but worse is that it's stiff and twisted (from being wrapped around the base) and when you don't have the pot on the base, the cord can and will whip the base around like what happens to a person at the end of the line in 'crack the whip'.

I would think this item would be handy for an office, a dorm room or a single person's kitchen. All in all, I'm quite impressed with its features and its cost/quality value.