@Diane106 I did that myself at my daughter's home. I've never had an electric kettle in my life, so it's just one of those things I do without any conscious thought. I had already been staying there for a week and managed to put the kettle on its base every morning when making coffee, but one morning I was carrying on a conversation with my granddaughter, was distracted, filled the kettle and just automaticlly put it on the stovetop burner. I caught it within a few seconds, but it was too late- melted plastic all over the stovetop, toxic fumes, what a mess. And as my daughter only likes nice, quality stuff, of course it was a Cuisinart and cost $100 to replace 😞
I can understand the attraction of an electric kettle if one is a tea drinker, but as a coffee drinker, they make little sense to me, and just something else taking up space on the counter. By the time I've ground my coffee and washed the dregs of yesterday's coffee out of the coffee pot, the water in the kettle on the gas stove is already boiling.