Refrigerator appliance with hot water dispenser

A method of dispensing hot water from a dispenser positioned on a door of an appliance, comprising the steps of:

• first, actuating a hot water activation switch to selectively operate a hot water heater, wherein the hot water activation switch permits but does not require dispensing of hot water;
• next, energizing an on-demand water heating element to heat water supplied from the appliance, after the hot water activation switch is actuated;
• subsequently actuating a hot water dispensing switch to selectively dispense hot water by energizing an electrically-operated water valve to permit water flow through the water heating element;
• moving a dispenser nozzle, that is configured to dispense hot water therefrom, from a first, non-dispensing position to a second, dispensing position;
• actuating, in response to movement of the dispenser nozzle, an electrically operated nozzle switch, whereby the movement of the dispenser nozzle directly causes the actuation of the nozzle switch via an element carried with the dispenser nozzle;
• and
• dispensing hot water supplied from the water heater via a dispenser nozzle and into a receiver vessel, after the hot water dispensing switch is actuated,
• wherein initiating dispensing of the hot water from the dispenser nozzle is inhibited unless all of the hot water activation switch, the hot water dispensing switch, and the nozzle switch are actuated.