4 British Things That Changed My Life in America!
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
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The smoke alarm is the best invention in my house it tells me when dinner's ready
I left my 24yr old son home looking after the cats while I went for a week away ... he took the battery out of the smoke alarm after "overcooking" fish fingers one night lol
@@katiperry8533 😂😂
Our smoke alarm tells me my daughter has bacon in the air fryer...or bread in the toaster!!
@@brigidsingleton1596 I wouldn't trust my son with anything fried ... he uses the (electric) oven🤣
I value my house too much
@@katiperry8533I've took a few smoke alarm batteries out and disconnected completely in the past. Overcooked fish makes me laugh though.Over the years I've cremated countless pizza's and a chicken But the worst one was putting a soup on to boil, going through to the living room and forgetting to come back to simmer it. 4 hours later all that was left was lots of veg cremated to the pot like tar. Adhd and memory of a goldfish 😂
Boiling water on the stove is so 1950s! Can't believe the kettle is not a staple in the US. 100% of UK homes have a kettle, and it is NEVER put away, it's on the counter 24/7.
I was born in 1955 (UK), and we used to have a whistling kettle on our stove.
@@supergran1000 we had one of those too for when the electricity went out. It got used a lot in the 70's and 80's
@@supergran1000 - And as a child you could run around with the whistle, when it was cold.
Don't forget the US has half the power that the UK has, so even with our lowest wattage travel kettles they will probably beat JT's big one.
@ That's true! All those power cuts!
British people would not have to plug in their kettle - it is always plugged in ready :)
The modern ones just sit on a bsse that stays pluged in when it boiles & switches off just lift it off the base & use it but bever put the ketyle in the sink just hold it under the tap & fill the connection ring on the bottom you don't wsnt to get wet otherwise it's poof when swiched on !!
@@jtrenchard1974 Fact.
I was born and live in England, not all kettles, there are some brands of kettles where the lead is separate, Caterlite makes one.
But if our electric sockets were as dangerous as the US sockets I would only plug in when actually using it.
You mean you can unplug a kettle? 😱🤯
A gasp was heard in households across the UK: ‘A squirt of butter?!’ 😂
My partner shows me this comment and i immediately had to come comment how right this was, “😮 a squirt no no no, the butter was normal”
oh gods thats sounds disgusting
The gasp travelled further than the UK, my friend!
@@monkeyboycom I wonder what it squirts out of? 😂 I can imagine a pump bottle but it could be like a mousse! 😩
@@basstrammel1322 The gasp crossed continents! 😂
Love the videos but I swear I never though I'd hear someone say the kettle is a slept on invention 😂
It's the first thing us brits get for a new home, and they always sit out on counter 24/7👍
I said the same. If we could only have one kitchen appliance, it would be a kettle! 😂
@lizzeena I'd give up the kettle for an American size kitchen , we have kettles coz we only have 4 rings on the hob, and a short tail cat to swing around
and usually on a wedding present list! 🤣🤣
It’s always the first thing you look for when you unpack in to your new home , and normally the last to pack 👍🏼
We also have a spare just in case 😅
HOW OLD FASHIONED to boil water on the hob, like camping!! Good lord call yourself a modern country!! 😂😂😂
Top Tip with the kettle:
When cooking pasta on the stove top, boil the kettle first and then put that into the pan before you start cooking pasta and the process is way quicker.
yes! i do this all the time
I do this too! Time and energy saving!!
Pasta takes 4.5 mins in the microwave.
I do that... But it still sounds like a Viz top tip 😂
😁👍 I do this when boiling eggs, or potatoes or other veg, on the hob, it saves a lot of energy and time.
An electric kettle is an essential kitchen appliance even if you don't drink tea there's plenty of other uses for the kettle.
You can make pour ovwr coffee.
You can make instant noodles.
You can boil a couple kettles worth of water and pop it in the pan before making pasta to cut down on time needed to get the water boiling.
You can pretty much use it for anything that requires boiling water it's soo much more useful than just about any other appliance in my kitchen.
The UK electric power supply is 230 volt . Typical UK electric kettle is rated at 3 kilowatt . To boil water with British kettle takes less time than your kettle.
I watched a different video about kettles and I actually tested how long it took to boil a litre of water in my U.K. kettle. Can’t remember the actual time but it was about twice as fast as the American kettle. 😊
240 to be correct.
@@DarrenGregg-j3e 235 nominal. That was an agreed-upon compromise between the old UK 240v and the Euro 220v, though really anything from about 200-250v will do the same job and be within acceptable bounds. The actual measured voltage will vary depending on distance from the substation and time of day.
@@DarrenGregg-j3e Nomiinal 230volt. Allowable tolerance range is typically 216.2 volt to 253 volt.
It's slightly more complicated than that though. Power = voltage x current. UK standard socket is 240x13 so a little over 3kW max. US is 120 x 15 or 20 so either 1.8kW or 2.4kW. I think the most cited reason for this is copper shortages when the UK electrified so we designed a more dangerous system with more safeguards that used less copper.
JT I've not had a chance to watch you for a couple of months, but what strikes me is how happy Bobo is indoors - he's so beautiful😍 All your pets are gorgeous but I'm so *so* happy that Bobo has found some kind, decent people like yourself and Anna and it's a happy ending 😊✌
I remember the times when no one had a toaster or central heating, we had a long toasting fork and a open fire, the best tasting Toast ever, it just can’t be replicated
I remember toasting forks. My Gran had one that was a little toast size cage so it couldn't fall off...happy times. 😊
Crumpets on a toasting fork. Yummy
Love making fire toast on my gas stove top.
one of the first things that we made in metal work classes at my Grammar school was a toasting fork.
Back in the day my first job after collecting my younger siblings from school was making up and lighting the fire. I was 12, latchkey kid.
I can still make a good firelighters from paper 😊
Alexander Graham Bell may be considered a Canadian American inventor in North America but in the UK (and possibly other parts of the world too) he is referred to as Scottish or British. I watched a thing on him a few years back by Scotland History Tours, it showed the parts of Scotland that he’d lived in and spoke about what influences he had on his life that might have sparked his creativity. Interesting watch and it’s a great wee channel if you ever want to expand your knowledge about Scottish history and some of the effects that Scots had in various parts of the world (including Canada, Australia and Japan off the top of my head).
Edinburgh is pronounced Ed-in-bruh or Ed-in-bu-rah but it never starts with Eden and never ends in burrow.
Appalachia has a lot of Scottish, Irish and Northern English heritage
Scottish History Tours is an underrated channel..❤
@@TheOriginalLennie probably not by anyone who’s watched it but it should definitely have a greater following than it does.
Lynne, Alexander Graham bell is Scottish. He was born in Scotland.
@@GlasgowCelticforever1888 I know this and I didn’t state otherwise. You might want to reread my comment but the first sentence is where I proclaim my understanding of that. The rest is just about having watched a video about him on the Scotland History Tours channel on here and how great that channel is.
I'm with you JT, nothing like a freshly brewed cup of tea and some warm buttered toast first thing in the morning. 😋
🤤🤤🤤👌
With marmalade, yummy. ❤
@@nige-g 😋😋😋The best!
In the UK we drink a lot of tea/coffee, when we want it, we want it NOW! You can even get a quick boil!!
Even faster is my one cup kettle. Love it ❤ boils one cup of water in 10sec.👌
Nothing worse than a slow kettle...😂
@@spanking_noobsokay, now I'm jealous 😎
Kettles in the US are considerably slower over there too because their voltage is half what ours is
I want one of those boiling water taps. Literally can get coffee on tap
The kettle is not a slept on invention . Just Americans take a long time to realise what's good
The modern cyclone vacuum, also British. Invented by Dyson.
Noticed that lots of American stoves have their dials at the back so you have to reach over potential hot pots. UK dials are mostly at the front.
The metal detector didn't do its job with the President, as they didnt take in account the metal bed frame
US kitchen design is stalled in the 1970’s. So many great contemporary kitchen appliances and designs available but they seem reluctant to change.
@@sirrichardpumpaloaf8154Just like their trucks. 😂
I'm 48 and Scottish....and I'm embarrsed to say that I never knew Alexander Graham Bell invented the metal detector! 😅 every days a schoolday lol.
Jt, you should check out the list of Scottish inventions, I'm pretty sure it's more than any other country.....and there's a saying 'Scotland built the modern world'....I swear you'll be mind blown at the variety and amount!
Jt you've got to watch a uk comedy series called Detectorists. I think you'll love it
@@Frazzlepops Yes. Good call.
A brilliant series.
I loved that show. I almost cried when it finished. I honestly didn't think I would enjoy a show about men standing in fields but it was so funny, I loved it.
I did laugh when JT said he'd been detecting for bottle caps.
@hellsbells8689 Brilliant cast. I miss it too.
plz dont put the kettile on the sink unless its bone dry youll break your kettle if you keep getting the underneath wet
I remember the first time I heard that most American homes don’t have electric kettles - it blew my mind. We use the kettle all the time, even if doing pasta or something like that I still boil the kettle and put the water in the pan because it’s quicker
Not having a kettle is so strange to me lol
I live in Canada for a few years and the one thing that hit me most was the lack of kettles. Stove top,whistling ones were about all there were....and coffee machines 😂
Not having an electric kettle is like not having a TV or indoor toilet.
Nice seeing your original content. Electric kettle is one that impresses me most. It took a while, but good to see the US using a very simple but effective bit of kit. Thanks for uploading, JT.
I do not understand the US's lack of electric kettles. We always had one, even when I was growing up some 40-odd years ago
If only your electricity mains supply was at 240v*, then your kettle would boil twice as fast! It’s common to have 3kw kettles here in the U.K. Some can boil a litre of water in less than a minute! Induction cooking hobs are also great for boiling up things pretty rapidly too…Nice vids by the way! 👌
* Your range cooker most-likely is running on 240v, mind
Even with my induction hob I still boil the kettle to fill pans to cook pasta etc in because it’s quicker
Before roasting your potatoes ,you should boil them with a bit of salt
And then shove them in the oven to finish off for the perfect roasties
Hi JT,
Whilst I agree about the kettle.
The pan you used on the cooker/hob: It was the wrong size for the hob you used, the base of the pan should be the same size or slightly larger than the ring on the hob, otherwise most of the heat produced just heats up the kitchen rather than the pan, a lid on the pan will also make it boil faster too.
At least you did use a red pan, which is good, we all know red goes faster and is hotter.
The toaster, I believe the numbers on the dial are basically a timer, how long the toaster will remain on, I don't think there is any standard for what the numbers mean.
There was a US toaster which measured how brown the toast got, which was really nice, but would not work for bagels (due to the whole), it was made in the 1950's I think and called the Sunbeam.
Hi Kentucky from Sheffield UK 🇬🇧 we like our cups of tea so much that while everyone uses and electric kettle I insisted on a gas stove! If we got a power cut I switch to my stove top kettle. We even make quick boil gas kettle with special elements under it ❤
I remember this funny interaction I had with my best friend as a child in the 1970’s in England, U.K. (where I still live).
I was across the road at his and I’d been for my tea there (evening meal). He asked me if I wanted a coffee and proceeded to get a pan and fill it with water before putting it on the stove. I looked at him puzzled and said don’t you own a kettle ? (Because every other home I had visited up to that point had one (and all the homes I’ve visited since) and he said ‘Why use a kettle when you can boil water up on a stove ?” to which I said “Why have a dishwasher when you can wash your stuff up in a sink ?” !
This friend was the ONLY person I knew whose parents owned a dishwasher back then - they were a luxury item and cost hundreds of £££ !
I mean, my dad was a policeman and earned a lot of money and our family didn’t own one ! And there were 7 people in our household (I’m the youngest of 7 children but by the time I was born, my two eldest siblings had moved out as they were 19 & 17 respectively. In my friend’s house there was him, his older brother and both his parents.
He makes the most expensive coffe water right there. Uses a pan, but also put it on the wrong ring on the stove so he gets an ineffective boil. Theres a reason the rings have diffrent size. 😅
Also, no lid on the saucepan!
Love your cat! From a UK cat lover!
OMG JT Full A + for this video! As small UK content creators, we appreciate all the hard work that went into creating and editing this video. We laughed out loud several times. Well done and keep them coming!! Chris and Dione 🙏✌️🫶❤️
HI JT
DEBRA HERE FROM SOUTH WALES UK
When we move house here in the UK, no matter how far we are going, where it be a couple of streets away or miles away we sit in our cars with the kettle and coffee/tea equipment on our laps ready to switch on and make that first copper in our new homes as soon as we get there, it's quite literally the first thing we do before we do the unpacking.
Wow, I can't believe how big Tally got already!! Don't worry about the blankets over the doors and windows, I have a slanket covering the door to my stairs to stop the draughts, there's sleeves dangling down 😂😂😂
what is the difference between an area rug and a rug, I have never heard that expression before.
Just think how much quicker our kettles boil with twice as much power in our sockets.
All they need is a higher resistance element, I'm sure many US kettles do, Then it would be just as quick if not quicker than UK ones
another youtuber tested boil times
in the US a induction hob is equal to boiling speeds of standard UK kettle
but a US kettle is faster than other forms of hobs
Bobo is so beautiful 😻
You’re a good pet parent. 😊
I was watching JT hoovering his “area rug” - him whizzing up and down - but my eyes were drawn to the cleaner’s plug and the socket! Now I have seen the USA electric plug sockets before *shakes head from side to side* but all I kept on thinking was if JT did one sharp tug that silly little two pin jobbie will be pulled out, fall on the floor and JT’s housekeeping would come to an abrupt “halt” 😳🤭
For a country that prides itself on the marvel of sending peeps in big rockets up in the sky and beyond to see if the man in the moon is real, why do they continue to use a similar electrical “arrangement” that I used to recharge my electric toothbrush??!! 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Apparently our kettles in the UK boil water a lot quicker because we use 240 volts whereas you use 110 volts over there.
Fun fact. Although the electric toaster was invented by a brit, toast was known and used by the Romans a couple of thousand years' earlier. They had little to keep wine cool |(though they did use an early form of cooling called evaporative (as did the Egyptians)) and after a few days it went a bit iffy. Dipping burned bread into it made it more palatable.
Personally I prefer to dip my toast into soup rather than wine. Or, being a Brit, have it with butter and baked beans as breakfast.
An American invented sliced bread after the toaster was invented. Chicken before the egg 😂
Hi JT we have a 4 slice toaster as hubby & I like different toast preferences, makes life a lil easier. Best wishes from South Australia🦘🐨🇦🇺💐
Area rug.... 😂 made me chuckle. Love the additional american detail
If you put a lid on pan, it will boil quicker
The first law of Thermodynamics. 😊
Putting boiling water from the kettle into a pan for cooking also cuts the time considerably.
Not quick enough. UK. 😊
JT has a thing about pronouncing the letter 'e' like 'ee' as he did today with "Eedinburgh", and did recently with Shetland - as "Sheetland"!
Still, at least he tries, not every American Reactor does. :)
That's his accent lol
That’s just the accent where he lives.
When the kettle was plugged in for a moment, I thought it was usb socket -🤣🤣🤣🤣
Straying from the point a bit, I feel certain that you would enjoy watching a Morecambe and Wise breakfast skit incorporating a toaster, it's done to the tune of the stripper. I cannot recall the title but you should be able to find it.
I was astonished to learn that the majority of Americans don't have an electric kettle. Think every household in the UK has one and blows my mind that they not that common in America.
everytime I see something talking about not having a kettle I still cant quite believe it, its one of the most natural kitchen appliances around, handy to jump start your hot dogs too if you're a little impimpation
And pot noodles . !
Eww, here in the US, we don’t boil hotdogs, we put them in a heated pan and heat them up until they are heated through
@@marydavis5234 trust me boiling hot dogs is not a common thing here in there uk thats disgusting i agree.
When I moved across the Atlantic and discovered the electric kettle, I knew I would never go back. I use it to fill the steamer to clean the floor. I use it to boil water to cook pasta in (pour it into the waiting pot). I have no idea how I ever lived without it.
In the UK our 240 volts electric kettles boil in 90 seconds
For a full kettle. Mine takes 30 secs for enough for a mug of tea.
Come over to the UK just yesterday I found, Elizabeth 1silver hammered penny and another as yet unidentified much earlier hammered), A couple of Martini bullets (Zulu war vintage) and a bunch (33) of what you would call Colonial!
Try Marmite with butter on your toast. I like a thin scrape but my kids slather it on thick.
Thanks JT, will definitely stick around 😊💜☮
You new? Oh you've got loads of videos to choose from 🤗😅
Enjoyed this,cheers JT. Good luck with the bottle caps 🍻
I love your accent. The way you say ‘rug’ is so cute! 😊
See through kettles are pretty cool,watchin' the water as it boils makes me relax
You can also 'cook' meals in a kettle. Anything that's boil in the bag can be dumped in, as anyone in the UK military knows. Stick your meals from the 24hr rat pack in it and the water afterwards can be poured into a mug to make a brew....
Put a fried egg between the toast slices it's lovely.
*After he's toasted it. (Remember who you're talking to! 😉😁)
@EthanKristopherHartley 😹
I think the best invention is that which wakes up my granpa, makes him a cup of tea; no nota teasmaid It's My Granma!
I laughed when JT said he goes detecting for bottle caps. If you haven't watched the TV show Detectorists you should. It is fabulous.
I live in the UK, my niece as well as a neighbour of ours have both mothballed their kettles because they get boiling hot water for hot drinks from an additional tap (faucet to everyone on the other side of the pond) over the sink. We could have one, but me and my wife have used a kettle for a hot drink for longer than we can both remember, i just can't get my head around the idea of putting a mug under the tap for a hot drink. Its just not 'right'!!!
The water out of the tap isn't boiling and it isn't filtered, so I would stick to the electric kettle.
@aussiejohn5835 It's not the regular hot tap, as there's the regular hot and cold taps plus this 3rd tap which the water is properly filtered before coming out of the tap. And I can definitely assure you it's bloody hot, more than hot enough for tea or coffee.
@michaeledwards427 Thanks for explaining that. I have never seen or heard of such a tap.
I know what you mean about not having seen it before as I've only seen it in the 2 houses I mentioned. Plus the system will no doubt need maintenance and cleaning meaning needless extra cost. For me it's wierd, give me a kettle any day. Just to prove the point, it's time to go and use it!!!
@michaeledwards427 enjoy your cuppa.
I just took our new kitten home for the first time, yesterday, and he has almost exactly the same colouring and markings as your cat. Hopefully he grows up to look as handsome as yours.
Another game changer is the bread maker, Panasonic has one with multiple settings to do cakes as well, but a basic setting makes a fresh loaf in 2 hours. It costs around one third of the price of store bought and takes less than three minutes to fill, with the only additives being things like seeds, bacon, or cheese
Beau is such a handsome cat, you were so lucky when he chose you to be his hoomans.
Great video 👍 The only thing to make the toaster top dog is a bread maker proper bread and toasted 😊
I grew up in Latvia and we didn’t have electric kettle until the late 90’s probably. We had the whistling stove top kettle or just a small pot like yours. I can’t count how many times I’ve burnt that pot. Always forgot that I put it on- so long it took. Nowadays almost every home has one electric kettle. So much easier.
Great video as always 👍👍But Eden bru..? 😂
For Edinburgh, It’s Edd-in-bu-ra.
Keep up the great content
I have a Husky-Alsatian cross, and on his own, he could put all your pets to shame when it comes to shedding. I could build a new dog every week with the amount of hair he drops! 🤣
JT try looking for lined curtains to keep out the cold and they can be closed at night blocking out the light and keep in the warmth .
Boiling water not in a kettle, strangest thing ever. I have seen other American RUclipsr microwave water to boil it. Yes microwave can you believe it? Great video JT, I am going over to watch you metal detect now. 👍👍👍
Only done it a couple of times , there had been a power cut and I needed a hot drink .
Could I just mention, when you boil in a pan put a lid on it. As a sealed unit the heat will remain and aid in circulating the heat...experiment...boil your kettle with the lid open/ off, and your pot with a lid on/ or closed....you'll see the difference...
Kettles are also awesome for preparing ramen and soups.
The worst decision we made in our house was to fit wooden flooring. Ever since, dust is everywhere because there’s no carpet to trap it!
I agree, would never have wooden floors. Dusty and cold and I don't like how sounds echoes with hard floors.
Yes saucpans are old hats but if that is all you have when a kettle breaks, well it's a life saver BUT please do put them on a burner that is the same size that way all the heat is used when cooking or boiling instead of vanishing into thin air.
Going to have to start a new channel JT house work 😂🤣😂
Check out the "Teasmade" - an early morning alarm clock that also boils water to make the perfect cup of tea. Although invented in the 1930's, these became popular in the UK in the 1970's so you could wake up to a cup of tea in bed!
When I was first married we got one as a wedding gift, I loved it but my wife always complained that I set it too early at 08.00 on Saturdays and Sundays, she liked to lay in as long as possible!
@@andrewsteele4952 Ha ha - that would be a lie in for me - I've always arisen at 5 a.m. throughout my entire life, lol!
All short, flat coat dogs and cats shed and in the U.K. the commonly used name for a vacuum cleaner is a hoover.
Boiling water on the stovetop would be more efficient if the pan/pot had a lid but still not as fast as the electric kettle.
Try watching the BBC TV series "Detectorists". It is a lovely gentle comedy set in the glorious British countryside and has a very strong following from those who like 'subtle' comedy. 🙂
My husband likes this one too not for me but as JT enjoys.metal detecting he probably will like it too
To go from a pan on the stove to an electric kettle is on a par with swapping a bicycle for a Ferrari!
American and British inventions are really interesting as well discoveries like Penicillin. ❤
You should watch the UK TV comedy, The Detectorists, made for you!
The knob at the side is a time……ie 1 = light …..so adjust to your preference..and 1 is also 1 minute
Jt look online you can get like insulated blinds for cold weather it keeps the house warmer .hope this helps 🏴
The USA does have 240v capability by connecting 2 120v lines together - they have two phase supply just like we have 3 phase.
I use a water boiler , just press a button and it immediately boils the water and fills your cup .the toaster dial is for minutes the toaster is on ,so in a way it's for toastiness as the longer the bread is in the browner it gets.
The vacuum cleaner is called a Hoover in the UK, named after the Hoover company's vacuum cleaner. The UK works on a 240V household circuit and the US on a 110v circuit. Which means the kettle you are using is under-powered, so if you had a 240 circuit your kettle would boil even faster. I'm led to believe that some US houses will have a 240 circuit for 1 socket in the kitchen. And a bonus, the colour of your cat's fur is ginger, and people you would call redheaded are called ginger over here. Although some people like Prince Harry would be called a Ginger Tosser.
Squirty butter? Dear God.......
BTW JT, Happy New Year to you and Anna . Cool video, thankyou♥♥♥♥♥
Flushing toilet, tungsten light bulb, modern refrigerator, commercial gas stove/oven, television, telephone all British inventions to name a few
The dial on the toaster, is to adjust the colour (sorry) of the toast you want. Pale or dark browning. It's a timer.
I’ve got a metal detector that I picked up in a charity shop years ago and I’ve never used it ! I think it’s in the back of a cupboard somewhere in my flat or possibly in the back of my storage unit !
Hi JT, this was a fun vlog. I can't live without my toaster and my kettle ! xx
Hey JD. The dial on the toaster controls time. the heat is a constant. I love toast too. another great vid bud.
If you move house then the electric kettle is the last thing to be taken out of the old house and the first thing to be put in the new house. I do a lot of traveling and stay in motels where I use my own electric kettle not the one supplied by the motel because people boil their underwear in motel kettles so I take my own. I even have a whistling kettle at home for in the summertime when there's an electrical storm and the mains power goes out I use the whistling kettle on the gas stove. Can't do without a proper cuppa at anytime.
loved this video. I've followed you for several years now and always look forward to watching your videos. you've probably already done a video like this, my memory is like a sieve, but you could do a video comparing what American do compared to the British. like the usual way for boiling water you did in the video.
There’s probably been a passing cow that has seen that cover and thought ‘Oh Maude ! what have they made you into ?!’ 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Most people call a vacuum cleaner a Hoover as Hover was the biggest manufacture in the past.
My older brother ( RIP) came home trollyed after a pub session one night, filled the kettle, put it on the lit gas hob and waited for it to boil. It was an electric kettle.
You should try buttered toast dipped in a sweetish strong tea...Absolutely lush.
makes me wonder what that cake-bread is like as toast.?
RUclips search - Toast, by Streetband (1978)
To illustrate how ubiquitous kettles and toasters are to a British household, did you know they are sold in "sets" in most stores? Matching appliances are a thing! I've even seen matching kettle, toaster, microwave, air-frier, and slow-cooker sets! (Dunelm - £136!)