Americans don't do electric kettles, as a rule. Why? It's an enduring mystery; they just never caught on this side of the Pond. A x kettle heats up as fast as an electric on an induction hob; otherwise the µwave is probably the fastest way to boil water reliably found in American kitchens.

If "Xitter" were Pinyin it would be pronounced "shitter". Coincidence? I think not!