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The Kelly Kettle
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How it Works.
A Kelly Kettle will boil water in 3 to 5 minutes depending on the fuel you're using. Made from aluminium it is essentially a double-walled chimney with the water contained in the chimney wall. Once the kettle is filled with water, simply start a very small fire in the base, set the kettle on the base and drop additional fuel (twigs, leaves, grass, paper, etc.) down the chimney.
The large internal surface area of the chimney heats the water very quickly. When the water boils, hold the Handle at an angle of 90° to the Kettle - then lift the Kettle clear of the base. To pour, lift it by the handle and tilt it using the cork chain. |
History.
Patrick & Seamus Kelly, the current Directors of the company are very proud to be the fourth generation of the family to be associated with the famous Kettle. The brothers have been lucky enough to grow up on the shores of Lough Conn in the West of Ireland where they carry on a family tradition of providing a ghillie service to visiting anglers. They, like the other Ghillies (Angling guides) in the West of Ireland have made the Kettle the popular camping accessory that it is today. |
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| Pictured above(Image 2), the late Jim Kelly (grandfather of Patrick and Seamus,) seated centre enjoys lunch on Lough Conn with a party of Welsh angler in 1964. |
The tradition of using the kettle as a method of boiling water at lunchtime goes back over a hundred years and the design has changed little since it was first introduced. The shores of the lake provided ample fuel for use in the kettle, where washed up twigs, sticks and dried grass were easily available. Visiting anglers are as amazed today as they were some hundred years ago with the speed at which the water could be boiled and through word of mouth, these anglers have spread word about the kettles worldwide. |
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All kettles come with full operating instructions and their own drawstring bag
Here at The Country Bumpkin we love our Kelly Kettle, its light, will boil rapidly with nearly anything used as fuel, it even looks great! We wouldnt be without one whether its for a picnic, fishing, camping or a day trip.
We are running a special introductory offer over the next few months, with the 2.5 pint kettle at £34 (RRP £42) and the 1 pint at £29 (RRP £37). |
Images 1,2,3, the 'How it works' & 'History' text are reproduced by the kind permission of Patrick & Seamus Kelly. |
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