“The so-called Kuru-Kuru Nabe, or ‘Round and Round Pot’, puts basic thermodynamics to work so you don’t have to. The secret is the sculpted sides of the pot, something Watanabe came up with while experimenting with dental plaster at his office. As water in the pot begins to warm up, it rises, but the spirally angled sides of the pot direct the flow into a circular direction. Check out this video to see the Kuru-Kuru Nabe in action… wow, those beads look tasty! As you can see, the inertia of the moving water results in more efficient heating of the pot’s contents so the water’s boiling point is reached in a shorter time, thus saving energy.” w/ photos + video
