Hot Plate, CUSIMAX Electric Burner 1500W Single Burner for Cooking, Silver

This electric burner has been really handy to have around. It heats up quickly and works great for cooking an extra dish when my stove is full or for using in an RV or on the patio. The temperature control is simple to use, and it’s sturdy and easy to wipe clean. It’s a great little burner that does exactly what it’s supposed to do.

So far really like this unit. 1 - Heats up fast - got to 300 degrees in less than 30 seconds. (it does get hotter just used this as a baseline) 2 - 2 knob control which is a good feature as you can leave the heat setting where you want and turn it off with the other knob. (like when you're straining something and will be going back to finish cooking etc. 3 - Good weight - It's not so light that when you're vigorously shaking a pan for stir fry or flipping items it stays in place. 4 - The unit does get hot, this is from radiant heat so don't grab it to move it. The knobs get very slightly warm but not hot. I have this on a wooden cooking cart I use for streaming and it does not get hot under the unit. There is no scorching to the countertop. There are vents under the unit so do not put this on a towel or anything that may block the vents. 5 - Size is great! I also love that the sides of the unit don't come up so high and allow me to put a larger pot/pan on it with ease.

Pros: small, portable, can be used outside, heats well Cons: On/off markings on dial disappear; takes a long time to cool off With COVID, recent rise in restaurant prices, and diminished restaurant service, I started grilling burgers myself on a regulator basis - but it really smelled-up the kitchen. So I bought the CUSIMAX to fry hamburgers outside on our deck. It was the most powerful single burner I could find that worked on 120v. I've been using it about 3-4X a week for a month and the CUSIMAX works great. Takes a little longer to get to full heat than our electric oven's stove top burner. But it gets more than hot enough to fry burgers and steaks. For burgers I use 4 min warm-up time + 4 min cooking time = 2 perfect burgers every time! (On our regular stove, I only used a 2 min warm-up time.) Takes a very long time to for burner surface to cool down - so be careful! I only use it a medium or high so I don't know how sensitive the temperature control is. My only minor complaint, as others have mentioned, is that the on/off markings began to immediately wear off due to grease from frying burgers. They obviously didn't test this or didn't care. They could have solved this by simply etching (rather than printing) the markings on to the dial. Otherwise, this is very good item for the cost. I am very satisfied with it.

I received my hotplate about two weeks ago and have used it multiple times, happy with all of them. Heats up nicely and cooks evenly. I want to address some of the complaints in other reviews. First, with every product there are going to be a few that just don't work. Return them and get one that does. If you do the registration process (email them a picture and your order #) described in the product instructions, they have a good warrant in case of problems. Second, it does heat up slowly but that is true of all electric burners, hotplates or stovetops. It takes a learning curve to figure out what settings you want but that's life. It got plenty hot to fry things, lower temps are perfect for simmering. Most stoves just say "high, medium, low" but this one has numbers. Easy to figure that out. Also, once hot it does stay hot and even after you turn it off. That's a function of it being heat-retaining cast iron instead of some cheaper metal. When I make eggs or pancakes, for example, I turn the burner off halfway through the first side and then flip them and let the retained heat finish side two. One thing to keep in mind is that the pan will be HOT so set it on a heat-resistant surface until it's cooled down. That's in the instructions. I find you get better results if you read them and pay heed. The unit itself is nice and stable, sturdy and heavier than most hotplates because it's cast iron. I also love that there's no gap around the burner for food or liquid to spill into and ruin everything. It takes a full-size skillet, it's not tiny, but it doesn't take up a huge amount of counterspace either. Yes, the off and on rub off the control knob pretty quickly but I put a little + and - on there with black tape and problem solved. Also, the big orange light when you turn it on is a pretty good clue. Read and follow the instructions and hopefully you'll be as happy with yours as I am with mine.

I have used Cusimax electric burner several times, I love it. Being able to control the on and off is great also being able to control the temperature control is wonderful. It heats up and cooks perfect. The size of the burner works great with large and small cookware. Also being portable and very well made is great

I did not want to commit to a whole induction cook top so I bought this single model to see how I like it. It works fantastic. I can’t believe how fast I can make dinner. I keep it by the radiant glass cook top stove, so when I am done with my first item, I then move it over to the cook stove to stay warm while I quickly make the second item on the menu. I already owned some pots and pans that had magnetic bottoms so all That it cost to get started was the price of this induction cooker. Also I really appreciate that cooking with this induction stove doesn’t get me heated or add more heat to the room. It’s very easy to use. I used the power settings. A little power goes a long way. The second lowest power setting is good for sautéing and bring a thick sauce to a boil and the next highest one is good for stir fry. No reason to use the highest setting except to quickly bring water to a boil. People worry about the safety of the magnetic energy, so I keep it a foot away from me. I know naturalist doctors say walking on the dirt barefoot is good for your health because you are absorbing the Earths magnetic energy so I am not sure what is the difference. We plan on taking this induction plate with us camping.

I used the induction cooktop once to boil some water and was impressed with how fast the water boiled. The second use took much longer to boil water and about the time water started to boil smoke started coming out of the induction cooktop. I couldn't see it at first but you could smell it and the breaker tripped before I figured out it was the cooktop. This makes me question the safety of the cooktop because this is the only device plugged in to a 20A circuit breaker and it tripped under the load before anything internal like a fuse which is what I would expect. I have written the company 3 times over the last month trying to get a warranty replacement and have heard nothing back. So zero stars for the warranty support and now I question the safety of plugging another device in even if it was replaced. -Update 3 month after purchase: I still have not heard from Cusimax customer support and Amazon offered a return and refund so I went ahead and took them up on it. Amazon offered a return/refund at only 80% of the purchase value and I took it after not hearing anything from customer support and Amazon was unable to reach Cusimax as well. -Update 5 months after purchase - Cusimax contacted me and asked about the outlet voltage. The outlet voltage is exactly 125V which is in the acceptable range according to the NEC. Cusimax stated that is the cause of the device smoking and giving the E03 error. I tried to explain that the voltage here is allowed to be 114 to 126 Volts at the outlet. The induction cooktop is designed for 115V AC current and anything above that will damage the device. I am assuming they are not replacing it under any warranty. -Update 6 months after purchase - Cusimax wrote me again and finally agreed 125V is within the US standard according to the NEC and will look in to doing some kind of warranty claim. - Update 8 months after purchase - Cusimax contacted me once again and asked for my address and Amazon order number so the can issue a replacement. I gave them the requested information and they could see a refund was issued so the warranty was denied. Amazon only refunded 80% since it was past the return period. I asked if they would make upbthe difference and have not heard anything back yet.

Technically, this burner is okay. It creates fast and powerful, though small radius heat in a steel vessel. It seems to be very well made and sports a sleek design to look at. However, in everyday kitchen use it has terrible manners. It beeps every time you touch it! PLEASE! manufacturers, provide an option to turn off the beep. It's super annoying to so many people, yet most of these gadgets beep if you look at them. Not necessary. Another, even bigger UI mistake is touch control buttons. Makes me wonder if anyone actually tested this thing in the kitchen. I brush against the "MAX" button inadvertently and my eggs are burned! There is a lock function, but locking and unlocking the UI every time you need to adjust heat is silly and not going to happen. Another really bad sin of this device is at max power it produces a fairly unpleasant odor of burnt electronics. I am not sure if that's temporary and will wear off as the unit is used more, but there is no place for that smell in my kitchen when I am cooking delicious things! I have so far tested a few of these devices from different manufacturers and they all seem to have a similar set of no-nos: 1. Bad user interface (buttons that are not useful or that trigger dangerous actions when cooking) 2. Small heating surface. Many advertise 6.5" and 8" surfaces, but if you look at your ring of boiling water in the pan, you'll see it's about 5" and the outside of that is not that hot. 3. Noxious smell at full power. Major no-no! This is a food prep device not a soldering iron. I am still in search of a good usable induction cook top as I do believe induction cooking is awesome. This one has too many failings for me. Though the price and construction are pretty great. I have tested a unit at twice the price with exactly the same failings.

Cons: 1. Fan Noise - I read other reviews about how loud this fan can get. I even found a YouTube short video demonstrating the fan noise of this cooktop. I kinda knew this would be loud. Just didn't imagine this could be this loud in person. Not quite as loud as a vacuum nor a blowdryer... However, a cooktop shouldn't remind me of the vacuum sound/noise lol 2. Cookware Compatibility - One of my large pot doesn't work on this cooktop getting an EO error code. All induction technology cooktop has the same issue. It's not this product's fault. Pros: 1. Temperature Control - The temperature control is surprisingly accurate way beyond my expectations. I have read other reviews saying this temperature control is not accurate and it's better to manually control the power. I bought this cooktop to hotpot. (Btw, this is my first time ever using an induction cooktop. I just did a hotpot as soon as I unboxed this.) I first used the highest power setting 1800w to boil the hotpot. It boiled the pot pretty fast. Then I started to play with the temperature control settings. 212F actually keeps the pot at constant gentle boiling point. The pot immediately stop boiling as soon as I turn it down to the next lower temperature setting 176F. Then I got curious how accurate can I test this thing when I don't have a thermometer. So I set the temperature to 140F and knowing this temperature should keep the beef at medium rare without overcooking it. Sure enough my thin slice of beef actually stay medium rare in the pot for awhile. Although I didn't let my beef to stay in the pot for an hour to prove if this temperature control is at laser sharp accurate. It is good enough for me to enjoy my medium rare beef with ease to boil. In fact, sous vide steak is my next experiment with this cooktop lol... 2. Oversize Pot - I was under the impression this cooktop will read EO if the cookware is too big or too small. However, I have pot is larger than 10" and it seems to work. 3. Cleaning - So easy to clean because the dirt on the surface will not get burn. 4. Portability - fairly light to carry it around.

It didn't work even once.

My kitchen is under renovation and I haven't had a working stove for a month. I bought this to use in my laundry room/temporary kitchen. It's perfect for the job - it's very stable on the counter and the controls are very clear with a separate on/off and temperature knob; it gets extremely hot for stir frying/or a steak etc if desired or boiling water for pasta; and on a low setting it's suitable for soups or a slow-cooking stew. I placed it on a large baking sheet covered in tin foil to help make any splattering easier to clean up.

This is possibly the most useful kitchen appliance i own. It uses induction heating (not all pot materials will work) so it is safer than fire or heating coils. The controls are simple to use and the whole thing is easy to clean with a damp cloth or mild disinfectant cleaner. There is a built in exhaust fan underneath that blows out the back (away from the controls).Keep that in mind if you are thinking about a spot to put it in your home/apartment/cabin/van or whatever living arrangement you may plan on using it. The usefulness of this is far greater than the cost associated with it. I highly recommend this to anyone who may need an extra burner or currently have none and may be looking to save having to do a big install/rennovation. TLDR: Great as an additional cooking surface or as a primary/sole burner. Must be induction compatible pots.

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.