CUSIMAX Hot Plate, Single Burner Electric Cooktop, 1500W Electric Burner Hot Plate for Cooking with Adjustable Temperature, Portable Countertop Burner Stainless Steel, Black, New Model

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.

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 think i had too high of an expectation from a electric stove and was looking to replace my range with it. This can not do that. Even at max power this is Not as powerful as a range would be. Having said that now I know better and this is one of the finest electric cooktop out ther. The silver finish looks classy and the burner heats up quick. Takes a minute to cook compated to a real range but this is supposed to do just that so I guess I can't complain

I live in an RV and hate using the gas stove. But tonight I cooked a tritip roast in my toaster oven AND made gravy on this wee cooktop. It was so easy. Just plug in and go. It boiled quickly and the lower temperatures worked well for letting the gravy cook gently and long. Super easy to use. Love this.

I have an old, pilot style gas oven in my apartment and couldn't stand coming home to the smell of that light, burnt gas fume in my kitchen. Plus, that gas bill wasn't too nice either. SO, I started looking at my options. Found this on a good deal and had to get it.Overall, this is a really nice cook top. Being a glass top, it takes a little more time to heat up but, it gets there. Heats evenly and everything I've made on it so far has come out really well!!Cleans up easily and stores perfectly in my cabinet.

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.

I like this product because does what the advertisement said. I love truthful marketing so the customer doesn’t have to go through the process of returning or giving up on what they thought might accomplish.

Very impressed. Works perfectly. I use it to save energy with my stove. It heats well and the heat is uniform. It cleans up easily. Very happy.

Works good

Only have used a handful of times but works really well. Boils water just fine, would have helpful to have identifiers on the knobs to know when it’s on/off as it blends in but very happy so far with this purchase!

Great item, Great price, Fast ship 👍