Unless you have some sort of thunder-wok burner the 110V kettle is still way faster than the stove.
Source: have a 110V kettle and a gas cooktop with very large burners, still use the aforementioned trick.
Source: have a 110V kettle and a gas cooktop with very large burners, still use the aforementioned trick.
In the other hand the US kettle beat the crap out of our old gas range, and even the good range is not nearly as fast as a crappy electric kettle in germany, which clocks in at 4 min.