To provide an electric kettle with high illumination luminance to the outside of the operation part of a power source lamp and high visibility of lighting and putting-out by closely disposing the power source lamp and an operation button.

A sensor chamber 7 is branched from a steam path 8 for introducing steam 5 from the side of a container body 2 and discharging it, and the steam 5 which flows in the sensor chamber 7 is brought into contact with a steam sensor 6. The steam sensor 6 has a switch part 6a for turning OFF a heater 1 when detecting boiling, a passive member 11 to be displaced in conjunction with the ON and OFF is raised to the rear upper part, and the operation button 12 relating to the movement and operation of the ON and OFF of the switch part 6a is connected 21 to the rising end. The operation button 12 has an operation part 12a from the outside, and a sensor holding wall 7a for holding the steam sensor 7 of the sensor chamber 7 from above is provided with a lamp holder 15 holding, under the operation part 12a, the power source lamp 14 extended under the operation button 12 and lighted and put out according to the ON and OFF of the power source.