Fellow Stagg EKG Review: Steel in the Boil, Plastic on the Handle

Last updated: October 2026

Quick verdict. Buy the Fellow Stagg EKG if you pour coffee and you can live with plastic that never touches the water. Do not buy it if you want a kettle with no plastic in the build. Fellow says, in their own materials note, that EKG kettles are not plastic-free.

The pot is 304 stainless steel. A silicone ring sits around the temperature probe. The underside of the lid is stainless, so steam meets steel. The lid also uses polypropylene. So do the handle and the base. That is the water path, and that is the catch.

I compared Fellow’s materials page, the current product spec, and the manual. I have not boiled water in one.

Product details

This review is the standard Stagg EKG, not the EKG Pro and not the Pro Studio. Same gooseneck idea. Different warranty, and a different handle story.

Fellow Stagg EKG electric gooseneck kettle in matte black

0.9 liter to the max fill line. About 30 ounces.
1200 watts, 120 volts. Fellow lists the body at about 11.5 by 6.75 by 8 inches.
Temperature from 104F to 212F. A hold mode. Amazon’s listing for this model says the hold runs up to 60 minutes. I have not timed it.
Gooseneck spout and a counterbalanced handle, so a slow pour is the point.
Brew stopwatch on the display.
Designed in San Francisco, made in China. The standard EKG carries a 1-year warranty. Pro kettles are 2 years. Do not mix those up at checkout.
Fellow’s site lists the Stagg EKG at $179.95. The matte black Amazon page for this model was unavailable when I checked. Other colors, and the Pro, are a different buy.

What touches the water

304 stainless on the interior. A compression-molded silicone ring around the temperature probe. Stainless on the underside of the lid. Fellow’s materials page, updated October 2026, says the lid is also made with BPA-free polypropylene and a silicone gasket. The handle on the standard EKG has plastic components. The base is polypropylene.

So the boil is steel plus that silicone ring. The plastic is what you hold, what it sits on, and part of the lid that is not the underside. “BPA-free” does not make polypropylene into steel.

On PFAS, Fellow says parts that contact water are PFAS-free. The PFAS they disclose is in the control board inside the base, not in the pot. Source: Fellow, “Do Fellow Kettles Contain PFAS?”

Drawbacks

It is not a plastic-free kettle. Fellow says so. A matte black photo will not change the handle.
0.9 liter. Fine for a pour-over. Small if you are filling a teapot for four.
1200 watts. A 1500-watt kettle is the faster boil.
You are paying for the spout. Fellow’s price is $179.95. The Secura SWK-1701 is the steel-lid kettle at about $35 to $40, and it does not have this pour.
The Amazon page for the matte black EKG (ASIN B077JBQZPX) was out of stock when this was published. If you use it, confirm the size says EKG, not EKG Pro.

Which one to buy

Pour-over, and plastic off the water is acceptable: Stagg EKG. You set 205F, start the stopwatch, and pour a slow circle onto the grounds. The spout is why this kettle exists.

No plastic on the water, and you do not need a gooseneck: Secura SWK-1701. Steel pot, steel lid, steel spout, steel rim. That is the best overall pick in the electric kettle roundup.

The EKG Pro and Pro Studio are not a plastic-free upgrade. Fellow’s materials page groups them with the standard EKG: steel interior, silicone ring at the probe, polypropylene base. The Pro puts metal where the plastic handle meets the body. Buy a Pro if you want the Pro features. Do not buy it to get the plastic out.

If the kettle is only there to feed a brewer, the plastic in a drip machine is the next problem. Coffee makers with no plastic is the other list.

View the Stagg EKG at Fellow

View the Stagg EKG on Amazon

Who should skip it

You want the plastic out of the kettle, not just out of the boil. Get the Secura.
You only need a fast full boil for pasta or a big teapot. This spout is slow on purpose, and 0.9 liter runs out.
The Amazon title says stainless steel and you stopped reading. The base is plastic. The handle is plastic.

The Bottom Line

The Stagg EKG is a pour-over kettle with steel in the boil and polypropylene on the handle, the base, and part of the lid. Fair trade if the spout is the reason you are shopping. Bad trade if you came here for the kettle that keeps plastic off the water entirely. That is still the Secura.

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