Kitchen
After three months, the Stagg EKG Pro is the kettle we'd buy again.
Fellow's upgraded pour-over kettle is expensive. It's also the appliance we use more than any other on the counter.
A kettle with a screen sounds, on paper, like the worst kind of single-purpose gadgetry. Three months in, we are happy to be wrong.
The Stagg EKG Pro is Fellow's second-generation electric kettle. The hardware is largely unchanged from the original EKG: the same matte-black powder coat, the same counterbalanced handle, the same calibrated gooseneck spout. What's new is the brew assist screen, the hold modes, and a small handful of changes that turn out to be the difference between a kettle you love and one you tolerate.
We brew pour-over coffee almost every morning and the EKG Pro has, slowly and without fanfare, made the routine better. The 1°F-precision temperature control isn't a gimmick — switching from a 205°F brew for a darker roast to a 195°F brew for a lighter Ethiopian is now a single dial twist away. The hold function, which keeps the water at temperature for an hour, means that the second cup of the morning doesn't require a re-boil.
It also looks good enough that we never put it away.