I'm a Little Tea Pot Short and Cast Iron

[Don Ed]

My wife and I have been looking for a small cast iron tea kettle to place on top of our wood stove. I happened upon this little jewel on ebay and after a little cleaning and a fresh seasoning it looks great. I hope to really make tea and give the room a bit of humidity. Anyone else doing the same thing?

Don Ed

 

[FISHBONZ]

I didn't have a cool kettle like that but we used to boil water and cook tea on our Harmon stove all the time. Great to keep the humidity up with the dry hot air these things put out. A little fly shop in St. Louis cooks Ham n' Beans that are delicious.

 

[Todd]

I only use my tea kettle during Christmas for my Tom and Jerry's, mmm, that sounds yummy!

 

[quads]

That's a neat old tea kettle! We do the same thing, but our kettle isn't interesting like that one.

 

[BrotherBart]

I used to use a cast iron kettle on the top of the stove for humidifying. Until I got tired of the rust spots from it boiling over or condensation dripping from the spout.

And take my work for it. Beef stew sloshed on top of a six hundred degree stove top stinks for hours and hours and hours...

 

[SolarAndWood]

Until I got tired of the rust spots from it boiling over or condensation dripping from the spout.

Sounds like our stove. Except with the constant cooking that goes on, the spots are now where you can still see the original finish. Soups and chili all winter long. I kind of enjoy that stink.

 

[mayhem]

That pot looks tiny...like 1-2 cups of water tiny. Is that an illusion?

If you're going to use that to humididfy, be aware that you're going to be adding water to it every hour or so.

I went through a couple cast iron kettles, didn't really like tham all that much and with all the residue and rust that built up I sure as hell wasn't going to use them to make tea. I switched over to a steamer that holds about a gallon of water and I'm happier with it.

 

[gpcollen1]

That is the same one I have. Only thing that stinks is that those half kettles do not hold enough water.

 

[Don Ed]

The kettle probably holds 3 cups or better and it is not a half kettle. This is a full kettle but it's just little. We were really shopping for a miniature cast iron kettle almost the size from a kids play set but then I happened upon this little one. I'm anxious to see how it works from stove heat!

 

[savageactor7]

With our new stove the wife has declared kettles to be verboten. Mostly because I tended to overfill them on occasion and the water would spill over and stain the stove. I suppose that wouldn't happen if the kettle was on a trivet. Anyway she does have a decorative turtle like pot from a stove shop that sits on a trivet and adds moisture to the house.

 

[meathead]

I do the same - mine looks like it could be that one's big brother. Is it a wagner ware kettle? I don't make tea in mine but I'll throw some cinnamon sticks or orange peels in there to stink the place up real pretty.

Just be sure to give the bottom of the kettle a quick wipe after you fill it and dont get any water on top of your stove

 

[Don Ed]

This tea kettle is not a Wagner as far as I can tell. The only mark I can find anywhere is a "6" stamped under the lid. I did some looking on line to get educated on cast iron identification and saw that Wagner cast iron is very desirable. I would have liked to have found something about this kettle but I think I am at a dead end without someone really in the know about cast iron taking a look.