Cusimax Hot Plate Electric Burner Single Burner Cast Iron hot plates for cooking Portable Burner 1500W with Adjustable Temperature Control Stainless Steel Non-Slip Rubber Feet, Upgraded Version

I needed to replace my stovetop and found this electric stovetop, which has been a great addition to my kitchen. It heats up quickly and maintains a constant temperature, ideal for cooking everything from simple things like coffee or soups to more elaborate dishes. It's perfect if you need an extra solution or if you have a small space like an office, studio, or camping. The size is compact, easy to store, and the surface is very easy to clean. Plus, the temperature controls are intuitive and responsive. In short: functional, practical, and well-priced. It delivers on everything it promises!

I am very impressed with the CUSIMAX Hot Plate Electric Double Burner. Unlike many other hot plates that only seem to warm food, this one actually gets hot enough to bring food to a full boil. It regulates heat effectively and provides consistent cooking temperatures, which makes it much more functional than other burners I have tried. If you’re looking for a reliable hot plate that truly cooks rather than just heats, this is a great option. 🔥🍳

First the good. The price of course. Well built, self contained, and simple to clean. Works OK. Hopefully durable. We'll see. I'm 2 months in so far. Fits almost anywhere, and is very portable. Doesn't blow fuses. Okay. The bad. You have to realllly scrub it and you can't use brillo/steel wool so, plastic scrubbers only and the area just around the burners gets dirty with each use. Combined with the ineffectiveness of plastic scrubbers it's tough to keep spotless. I guess I could try a chemical cleaner, but I don't like using those. Within 2 weeks all of the logos and temperature/dial information was cleaned off. The plates either don't get hot enough or get too hot. You can't make pan popcorn for instance because it's not hot enough, and cooking anything even at what appears to be medium heat overdoes it (like eggs-in addition to taking until lunch to get breakfast cooked). The plates take a Very Long Time to heat up. I ditched my tea kettle and started using the microwave per cup because it took over 20 minutes for the water to boil. Everyone dreads making pasta because boiling a pan of water takes forever. As a disclaimer, I am coming from lifelong use of a gas stove to this, so I do realize it's probably not an entirely fair comparison. But had I known these things about it from the start, I feel certain I may have opted for a different system. It's a good little burner system, and gets the job done eventually, but you need to have lots of extra time for cooking and not mind that it takes twice as long to do everything, that you won't have a guide for the temperature, that your stove top won't always be spotlessly clean, or that some of your favorite foods can't be properly cooked on it. Fortunately, we use other appliances (microwave, instant/one pot, electric griddle, and 12 function convection oven) to offset this appliance's limitations. I definitely would not suggest it as your sole cooking appliance.

Works great. Great seller

I don’t often write reviews but I have to this time. This thing gets really hot fast. Very easy to use. Simple controls. In fact if I had anything negative to say it would be hypothetically it might overheat even though I’ve never seen evidence of that. Why I say that is I believe it has 7 heat levels and I use setting 2 to boil large pots of soup. When I first got it I set it to seven and it boiled crazy fast but the burner was so hot so fast it can cause things to stick which eventually would burn. Level 2 heats it a bit slower but you still need to stir a few times before it comes to a boil because stuff still sticks a little bit. I wonder how consistent this is across this line. I have considered mine is tuned too hot but now that I never go past level 2 it’s not a problem. I bought this after returning a different brand that took forever to boil and actually would sometimes never boil at all. This is the exact opposite. So if you want a very powerful burner knowing it may be too powerful on its highest setting, and manage it, this is for you. If you want something that doesn’t even get hot enough to burn anything buy something else.

Update 3/27/2022: Now it's dangerous. The thermostat knob occasionally doesn't work, and it fails CLOSED (meaning, it stays on 100% even when you set the knob to 2 out of 8). I thought my pancake burned prematurely, and when I took the pan (Teflon, which is dangerous when overheated above 400°F) off the burner, the cook plate was RED HOT. Why can't someone just make a good quality product anymore? Update 11/15/2019: The more I use this, the more concerned I get. First, it got so hot it melted the clear plastic button covering the little power bulb. I thought I'd just glue it back. But I noticed the entire casing gets REALLY HOT every time you use it. I measured 306° F (152° C) on the front face, and even 288° (142° C) on the silver knob you need to adjust the temperature! This is poor design. There should be some form of insulation between the heating element and the frame and knob of the hot plate. You can still adjust the temperature, you just don't want to grab and hold the knob. We've been very happy with this so far (as of 9/22/2019, we've had it about a month now). We use this at least 5 times a week instead of our gas stove so we can use our solar electricity instead of fossil fuel to steam eggs, make grilled cheese, saute or pan fry some dinner, etc. It's been very reliable so far. But there are a few things that we wish were improved (Manufacturer take note!). 1) There is an on/off knob on the left, and a temperature setting with an "off" position on the right. Why 2 "off" settings? Redundant. No need for left knob and it only causes confusion. 2) The "off" positions on EITHER knob don't even "click" into position, you just roll them to the end, and if your hand strikes the knob a little, it'll come back a bit from the off position. Make it CLICK off please!! 3) The left knob has an arrow on the top and if you rotate the knob so OFF is at the TOP, that knob is in the off position. The right knob has an arrow on the front of the burner to the left of the knob and if you roll that knob so the "off" position is on the LEFT side, that knob is off. If you have to have 2 knobs, BE CONSISTENT!! 4) The right knob has print on the face of the knob and the arrow to the left of the knob as described above. When you're standing over your pot, you have to kneel down so your eyes are at knob-level to read what setting you have. MAKE THE TEMPERATURE SCALE SO YOU CAN READ IT FROM STANDING POSITION! But even with these annoyances, which my wife and I both find minor, we love this burner and are only dinging it 1 star.

The hot plates arrived in good condition and very fast delivery service, I bought it as a gift to my nephew because his stove broke down, and he told me that he loves it, it heats up very quick and it looks great in his kitchen, I highly recommend this product and is very easy to use

I’ve had this unit for a few years now. The unit does most of what a small hot plate should do. The problem with this unit is that when you have a larger pot on it, the unit overheats and then cycles between on and off every several minutes. It simply cannot maintain output with a larger pot on it. The design error is that it can deliver 1500W but its internal thermostat; the base needs to be redesigned. I recommend it only for small pots or pans.