Well, all the pro-salters are out of luck. In fact, adding salt does the very opposite of making water boil faster. Instead, it makes it take longer for the water to boil!

Cooking can be fun, but some of the mundane tasks take a while. They say a watched pot never boils, but does adding salt actually make water boil faster?

Omolo says, "Adding salt to water doesn’t make it boil faster. At the concentrations typically used in food, it increases the boiling point." ...

It's an age-old question. In the debate over when to salt a pot of water, who's right? Place your bets, and brace yourself for what you may not want to hear.

Omolo says, "Adding salt to water doesn’t make it boil faster. At the concentrations typically used in food, it increases the boiling point." ...

Have you ever wondered how hot your water has to be before it boils? Or if adding salt really helps it boil faster? Here's what you need to know.

Learn how much salt you should add to pasta water, why it’s an important step, and what salt does to pasta during cooking.