[Fairygdmther]

I'm going to stir the pot a bit further (pun intended). When I was growing up, all the big pots for heating water were called kettles - often porcelain covered, navy blue with white speckles on them or sometimes all white.

I have a tea pot (ceramic - you wouldn't ever put this on a stove)
tea kettle (stainless steel - meant for heating up water on the stove)

Many large kettles, pots, Dutch ovens, whatever you want to call them, all stainless steel, which I use often for making spaghetti sauce or meat broths, and preserving them, so I also use them to sterilize the jars.

I have a Mr Coffee, and somewhere packed away is a Mrs Tea - which sounds like the British version of an electric kettle.

Lynsie