Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Electric Kettle

Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Electric Kettle

By Fellow · Electric Kettles · Kitchen & Cooking

  • 0.9 L capacity
  • 1200 W, 120 V
  • To-the-degree temperature control with LCD
  • Built-in brew stopwatch

Lowest price seen
$179.95
from $179.95 at iconikcoffee.com · Checked Oct 6, 2026

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Problems, parts and running costs

Summary

A 0.9 L, 1200 W gooseneck kettle for one or two people brewing pour-over, with a color screen, a brew stopwatch, an altitude setting and a two-year warranty. Check two things before you buy: the 0.9 L tank fills under two full cups of tea, and Fellow states the app updates firmware but cannot control the kettle.

Strengths

  • TechGearLab’s instrumented test held a 200°F coffee target to about half a degree of average deviation.
  • 500 mL went from 57°F to a boil in 3 min 6 s.
  • The counterbalanced handle and tight gooseneck spout put water where you aim it.
  • The warranty is 2 years, double what the original Stagg EKG carries.
  • Guide Mode, the brew stopwatch and adjustable hold are all built in, with no subscription.

Weaknesses

  • At 0.9 L the tank is under two full cups of tea, and Wirecutter judged the line’s size and price impractical for most users.
  • The app cannot control the kettle, and Google Play reviews report failing to find it over WiFi and updates that finish without applying.
  • TechGearLab measured 181.8°F in the water against a 175°F green-tea setting while the display read 174°F.
  • The chime is too quiet to hear in normal kitchen noise even at its loudest setting, and the unmarked dial and menu buttons cause accidental shut-offs.
  • The stream breaks up after about 8 inches, which is the wrong flow for filling a large French press or teapot.
  • The schedule function was still unreliable in Reviewed’s test after a firmware update meant to fix it.

Verified specifications

Capacity30 oz / 0.9 L.
Power110-120 V, 1000-1200 W, 50-60 Hz, Type-B plug; the tested unit ran at 1200 W.
Temperature range104-212°F (40-100°C), set in 0.5°F steps.
ControlPID-type, reaching set temperature without the overshoot of a simple thermostat.
Holdadjustable to 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes; 30 minutes by default.
Guide Modefive presets on screen, including 180°F for green tea and 205°F for pour-over.
Altitudeyou enter your elevation, Fellow does not detect it.
Pre-boilboils at maximum, then cools down to the set temperature.
Scheduleheat to a target temperature at a set time.
WiFifirmware updates through the EKG Updater app, and nothing else. Fellow states the app does not control the kettle or its settings.
Other settingschime on/off with volume control, Fahrenheit/Celsius, English/French/Spanish, analog or digital clock, display off.
Materials304 18/8 stainless steel in the water path, BPA-free plastic handle and lid pull; walnut or maple handle and lid pull optional.
Cord2.5 ft (76.2 cm).
Water levelan interior max line only, no window.
Dimensions11.10 × 6.77 × 7.7 in (282 × 172 × 196 mm), 1,400 g including the base.
CertificationsETL, FCC, CSA and UL compliance.
Not stovetop safe. Heating anything but fresh water voids the warranty.
Full research notes and sources

Heat and temperature accuracy

TechGearLab’s instrumented test, published April 23, 2025, is the one lab run that covers the Pro. It brought 500 mL from 57°F to a boil in 3 min 6 s and held a 200°F coffee target to about half a degree of average deviation, though the built-in thermometer still read a couple of degrees off. Reviewed, using the Pro for a day of beverage-making, timed roughly three and a half minutes to tea temperature and just under five minutes to 205°F. Different fill volumes and start temperatures, so keep those numbers separate instead of averaging them.

Accuracy depends on where you set the dial. At a 175°F green-tea setting TechGearLab measured 181.8°F in the water while the display read 174°F, and the kettle regularly settles more than 5°F above the 170-180°F band green tea wants. Their read is that this kettle is tuned for coffee and a poor choice for green tea. The number on the screen is the water temperature as the kettle sees it, not what is in the pot. If green tea is your main brew, look for a kettle someone has lab-tested below 190°F.

Pour control and flow

The gooseneck spout and the weighted handle are the reason to buy this kettle. Bon Appétit’s reviewer notes the handle is weighted to offset the water and the spout gives flow control fine enough to land pours where intended, and TechGearLab’s testers scored pour feel and ease of use near the top of their kettle field.

Flow is deliberately slow, and the stream breaks up after about 8 inches. That is fine for a single cup and wrong for filling a large French press or teapot, which is how TechGearLab uses the word impractical. One owner in an r/pourover comparison measured the Pro at 22 g/s maximum and 10-12 g/s in normal pouring, against 15 g/s maximum and 7-8 g/s for the original. That is a single unverified reading, but it lines up with Gear Patrol’s two months with both kettles, where the Pro poured faster while controlling just as precisely.

The app and WiFi

Fellow’s product page lists WiFi and then says plainly that the EKG Updater app does not support remote control of the kettle or its settings, and that the app is not needed for the kettle to work. Read WiFi on a listing as a firmware channel, not smart-home integration.

The app is the weak link. Gear Patrol needed weeks and repeated reinstalls to finish a first firmware update and called the whole WiFi feature a wasted opportunity. Google Play reviews describe the app failing to find the kettle over WiFi, firmware updates that report completion without applying, and progress bars reading 7%, 21% and 112%. Fellow’s answer is that you never needed the app in the first place. Nothing on the kettle depends on it working.

Repairs and warranty

Warranty is where the Pro clearly beats what it replaced. Fellow lists the Stagg EKG Pro and Stagg EKG Pro Studio Edition at a 2-year standard term, against 1 year for the original Stagg EKG, the Stagg EKG+ and the Corvo EKG. US buyers can add Mulberry coverage within 90 days of purchase, and Fellow is explicit that the 3-year and 5-year options are total coverage rather than 3 or 5 years on top of the 2. Registration for that offer is limited to electric products bought and used in the United States. Refurbished units carry 1 year.

Repairability is the weak point. The best-documented failure across the Stagg line is a blown thermal fuse under the base, which shows up as a kettle that powers on and reads temperature correctly but never heats. The published fix means opening the base, removing tamper-proof screws, crimping a replacement 185°C 250 V 10 A fuse and cutting the screw heads to reassemble. A commenter in that thread states Fellow does not sell replacement parts, and no kettle internals were found in Fellow’s replacement-parts collection. That kettle was an original Stagg EKG, so it is not evidence about the Pro, and nobody has published a Pro failure rate. Treat the risk as a known annoyance rather than a defect. Separately, one commenter in a Reddit pricing thread reports new Pro units arriving with LCD screens that failed within a week. One comment is not a rate.

Upkeep is light. Fellow documents a first-use boil-and-discard cycle for the line, and there are no filters, pods or capsules to buy. Fellow does not publish a descaling interval or agent for the Pro, so follow the help center rather than guessing at one. One long-term owner of the original reports that overfilling past the interior max line pushes a sputtering geyser out of the lid vents.

Is it worth it?

Fellow direct listed the Matte Black Pro at $179.95 and the wood-accent colorways at $199.95 on 2026-10-04, with one $169.95 sale seen on a collection page. Target listed it at $179.99, and Reviewed showed $179.95 from Best Buy at publication. Gear Patrol recorded $156.00 at fellowproducts.com in December 2022. At that tier you are also paying against the Corvo EKG Pro at $179.95 on the same site, and against cheaper goosenecks that Wirecutter and Reviewed both preferred on value.

  • Under $150: defensible for a single-serve pour-over brewer who wants the warranty and the flow control.
  • $150-180: it matches the Corvo EKG Pro on Fellow’s own site, so compare those two directly on money alone.
  • $181-200 and above: the case weakens. You are paying for the screen, the schedule, the chime and the design. Wirecutter picked a much cheaper gooseneck, and Bon Appétit’s only stated complaint was cost.
  • Above $200: nothing in the testing supports the premium, and Fellow’s own Corvo EKG Pro is the same money.

Buy it if you brew one or two cups of pour-over, care about hitting a coffee-range temperature, and want a two-year warranty. Skip it if you serve more than two people, if green tea is the main use, or if you expect the app to do something. The store panel above shows what it sells for today.

Which model this is

The Pro is the second-generation Stagg EKG, launched in October 2022 to replace the original monochrome-screen kettle. On top of the original it adds a full-color high-resolution screen, a push-dial and menu button, Guide Mode, an altitude setting, pre-boil, scheduling, adjustable hold, chime volume and firmware updates over WiFi. Do not confuse it with the Stagg EKG Pro Studio Edition, which has the same feature set in different materials, or with the Stagg EKG+ and Corvo EKG Pro, which are separate models and are not supported by the EKG Updater app.

The Amazon listing for this model is ASIN B0BF7DXLBF. Fellow’s EKG base works with both Stagg and Corvo EKG kettles, so one base can serve two kettles. In-box contents are documented by a third-party review as kettle, lid, power base and a quick-start card with no printed manual; Fellow links a digital safety manual and a get-to-know-you guide from the product page. Fellow publishes 1,400 g including the base and no kettle-only weight, while TechGearLab’s table for the tested unit lists 0.79 kg, which nobody has reconciled.

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