Double Burner, CUSIMAX 1800W Ceramic Electric Hot Plate for Cooking, Dual Control Infrared Cooktop, Portable Countertop Burner, Glass Plate Electric Cooktop, Silver, Stainless Steel-Upgraded Version

The burner plates heat up much quicker than I thought they would. The burner plates react the same way any electric burner does, once heated, they take forever to come down to a lower cooking temperature for a particular food -- especially in heavy cookware. I am very glad I got this! To keep foods warm: Starting from a cold burner -- the temperature dial 'clicks' and lights up at setting #1. I find that setting acceptable. The plate will warm up even w/ the temp set below #1, the light will not be on, but the plate could be hot. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes from a cold start to warm a plate. If you want to keep foods warm on the same burner you used to cook the food: take the pan off the burner, turn the temp down to 1 or 2 depending upon how warm you want it, and let the burner cool down until the light comes on - a pan w/ ice cubes helps the cool-down. (On the unit I have, setting #3 cooks food at a very healthy simmer. And #2 is pretty hot too - so close to #1 works best on the one I have.) When boiling water is required, as in steaming veggies or poaching eggs, I start it at setting 7, and turn it down to 3/4/5 once a simmer or boil has been reached. Quick steaming veggies, such as asparagus, need to be turned down much faster, unlike steaming or boiling spuds still cold from refrigeration. I left pasta to slow boil at 5/6-ish til done without turning it down much. Setting 7 will get you a very hot rolling boil for pasta if that's your preference. A turn down to setting 3 is good for a simmer once all the food has heated through. For omelets and saute, it worked best when the pan was heated to the desired temp, starting on a lower setting before adding any grease or foods -- this type of cooking was the hardest to get right. Setting 3/4. I dislike browned omelets. Caramelized onions, done right, take a while. Browning and quick stir fry -- I heat up to setting 6 or 7 before adding grease & food. Setting 7 will burn food, so frying until done on this setting was iffy. I do a lot of browning for dishes that need to be simmered in sauce/wine/stock w/ veggies. So, reducing the temp after turning all the pieces to brown the other side worked best for me (I browned a bit of onion too, at the same time :). Stir fry -- it's quick! I do not use a setting 7 to fully cook food - it's my heat up the pan and bring to a boil temp - to cook I turn it down to where I want it and adjust the temp as needed. At 7 the temp dials get a tad hot but I don't need a hot pad to adjust temp, however, the top of the housing gets hot and could burn. Above a 7 both the dial and the metal housing gets very hot, and you'd need a hot pad to turn the dial. I use very heavy bottomed cookware that heats up slower than lighter cookeware -- but being heavy, they retain heat longer. All electric stoves/cooktops are different, and this two-burner hot plate is no exception. It took me a month to find the right measures of heat for my cooking needs.

Earlier, I had purchased a portable dual side-by-side burner style for my basement kitchen which does not have a stove (note the original unit was a recognizable quality brand name). We wanted two full functioning burners, however we found that unit had only one side which had enough heat to cook food and bring water to a boil (however it was a bit underpowered and slow to cook and boil water compared to our main level stove), the other burner was just a warmer only and could not cook food or boil water at all which was not advertised accurately so I had Amazon pick it up. Before buying anything else, I finally did some real research rather than simply depending on brand name and review quantity and rating alone and found these units which are very powerful (high wattage rating) and cook food quickly and can bring water to a boil quick and easy. I also found that having 2 completely separate burners is a major advantage. It allows you to use any size pan by just physically moving them further apart (which was a huge problem with the dual side by side design). A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. Glad I learned what I did from the original purchase so I was armed with everything I needed to know to buy the perfect burner setup. These units work very well (similar in perform to our stove), appear to be well made and are perfect for us :). Keep in mind, these are very new to us and have only been used a few times at the time of this writing, so I can not speak to the durability or longevity of these units yet but everything looks good so far.

I have purchased two in the past five years. We use them every day for all meals. It is very nice looking and does its job well. However they last for about two years with daily use. I am considering buying a third one because the one I have just. The regulators seam to wear out and the burner will go to max heat unless you disconnect it entirely. But for the price two years of good service may be ok.

Double burner served as good replacement for single person household until I could replace my stove. Its price compared very favorably with prices of other models.

OK, I've been toying with the idea of owning a hot plate to use with my iron cookware and this hot plate is absolutely perfect for my use. It's compact for easy storage and very easy to clean. I was almost put of by comments regard "slow to heat" but I decided to try it for myself and I'm glad I did. The hot plate heated to over 500° in less than a minute - PERFECT. No muss, no fuss, just plug it in, set the dial and cook. I do not prefer cooking on my range because of the mess it can create and I'm a bit of a neat freak so this hot plate works perfectly on my kitchen counter for easy cleanup. I highly recommend checking this one out - the price is right.

I thought it might’ve been a little more solid, but just feels and looks flimsy

Heat up, high quality. I’m satisfied with this product.

I placed 4 cups of water in an open pot and turned the hotplates temperature to the maximum setting while monitoring the unit's power consumption with a watt meter (see photo). From a cold start it took approximately 11.5 minutes for the 4 cups of water to reach a rolling boil and the watt meter never went above 1390W (for comparison, it took 7.5 minutes to boil the same water on our gas stove). These numbers were within my expectations when I purchased this hot plate. However, what I didn't expect was that within the time it took to boil the water the entire body of the hot plate became extremely hot. The entire unit is made of metal and it rapidly conducts the heat of the cast iron top. I couldn't touch the body of the unit at all without getting burned and I couldn't touch the temperature dial for more than a second at a time before it became too painful, and after only 12 minutes of being turned on! It also has no internal fan so the internal wiring harness is also getting cooked inside it's oven-like shell at the same time, which I have no doubt will inevitably lead to a major fire hazard with enough use. This hot plate is such an insane safety hazard I'm shocked that there aren't hundreds of reviews of people, or their children, with 3rd degree burns after accidently touching the hot plate after use or photos of scorched countertops/cabinets when the internal wire harness melted. I really wanted to like this product since cast iron hotplates are so cheap and robust in design but this is unacceptable. I ended up purchasing an portable infrared cooktop instead and even though it only runs at 1190W it managed to boil the 4 cups of water in about the same amount of time from a cold start and the body of the unit remained cool to the touch throughout the test. This Cuisimax hot plate should be removed from Amazon for consumer protection.

Reviewed by wife. The hot plate arrived today. I used it to steam some vegetables for the freezer. It heated quickly and maintained full steam through many batches. I used it to cook dinner and it worked well. I read that it takes time to cool down so I turned it off before it was fully cooked and the left over heat cooked dinner fully and was hot when served . It is a very good looking unit , well designed. Well done Cusimax.

I love it, it works great.

Se ve en muy buen estado y de buena calidad todavia no la he usado

Product not working ....... i need to replace that any how other wise i will do case on amazon.

Antes que nada agradezco al vendedor que es una persona super atenta y amable , que mi producto llegó antes de lo planeado... Es una parrilla super práctica, muy eficiente en cuanto a sus especificaciones, calienta en muy poco Tiempo y la cocción de los alimentos los hace en poco Tiempo y adecuadamente, tienen niveles muy específicos de temperatura para que tú puedas cocinar tus diferentes tipos de alimentos, así como hervir, freír, calentar, asar.. Me encantó .