Techwood Hot Plate, Electric Stove for Cooking,1500 Watts Electric Hot Plate, Power Indicator Lights, Easy to Clean, Temperature Controls(Silver)

This hot plate heats up quickly. However, not quite as quickly as a full stove, but it does an excellent job when compared with other hot plates I have used. It boils water hot enough to make my kettle whistle loudly. I was concerned that the rails on the hot plate would interfere with larger sized pans, but the plate handled them with no issues. The diameter of the heating plate is right at or a little over 7 1/4 inches. This hot plate's heat is easy to regulate. Its feet set securely and evenly on the counter. (I don't know if this is possible, but some little rubbery caps on the feet bottoms would be a plus.) I needed this hot plate for the upcoming holiday cooking, and I am very happy with this purchase, so far. This plate is replacing a convection plate that just could not meet my needs -- it couldn't bring water to a boil and took forever to heat up. Not so with this Techwood plate. The box was crushed on one side, but the contents were in perfect condition.

At this point in time I have used the hot plate for about a week. I found that it is a good product it Heats quickly it's easy to clean and you don't have the pesky Easy Touch buttons that turn the thing off when you're moving your pans around. It is a little smaller than I thought but it hasn't been an issue even with a 5 quart pot. I would recommend this product I have another one of their products that is an infrared heat cooktop, and that's what pushed me to buy this one they're both very good products and I've had no problems with it.

Works really well. It takes a bit to get to maximum heat but otherwise as described.

I bought this after reading several reviews. I recently moved into an older home from the 1920s, and the range that was in here just had to go. I am still renovating and needing something simple to help do some light cooking. After giving it a go, I am so impressed!!Positives* Love the look, I would love a black stainless but the stainless steel is a nice look overall.* Boiled water VERY fast for me, I read some reviews where it was iffy for them but I had no issues at all. Just a medium-sized regular pot for me and it did the job very quickly.* Also was able to scramble some eggs quite quickly as well. Over all, tends to heat thoroughly for me.Negatives* I wish it had a different temperature knob on it, so you knew from "Low - High" etc. You can pretty much figure it out with ease though.* Only other negative I had was, just because I sometimes run about doing other things, I wish it had an alarm that could be set to remind that its turned on. Yes, it has a light so you can just utilize that, but I tend to set myself alarms on my phone anytime I utilize kitchen items just to make sure I remember to turn them off. Would just be a nice quality of life addition, nothing really horrible by not having one.Outside of that, I am so excited and happy to get to use this little burner. If you're looking for something at a good price point, and need a burner for anything, I would totally recommend grabbing this!

The handles are are a nice safety feature, the unit warms up fast. The first setting worked fine for me.