Continental Electric CE23319 Double Burner Range

Although I only use this occasionally, considering how long I've owned it I am amazed at how long this has lasted me. No complaints except the lack of temperature control. Worth the inexpensive price

I've owned two of these that were sold under the Walmart house brand. They don't last long (between 1-2 years) but they were cheap when Walmart sold them (less than $10). After a year's use they look like crap (you can't remove the burner to clean the top. All brands seem to be that way) so I didn't feel too badly about them dying and having to throw them away. Now that Walmart doesn't sell them the price seems to have creeped up to about 2 times as much. I just ordered another and I'm not going to be as OK to have it die in a year, since now it's about twice as much $! Nevertheless, while they work, they work good. I liked the way it heats up very quickly and cools down pretty quickly, too. It gets red hot and will stay hot. It is also able to be set on a very low warming temp. One odd thing I noticed, but I'll bet it's true of all brands of hotplates...if it's in a very cold room (winter in Florida...45*)...even if the hot plate is set to "Off," it will come on! I discovered this when some plastic plates I left sitting on top of it were melted. One morning very early, I saw it turn on, too. So watch out for that little issue with any hot plate.I just bought a Sylvania 1,000 watt hot plate, but I don't like it. It's too slow. It cycles off too much and it's white so it'll get nasty looking quickly. I decided to get another Continental and relegate the Sylvania to an outdoor kitchen area that's less used. I also have an Aroma hot plate that's 800 watts. I don't care for it at all. It takes way too long to get hot and then way to long to get cool. It has the solid steel burner instead of the coil type....too much mass. It's ok for something that you want to cook for 25 minutes or more as it will maintain a pretty even heat. But it's too time consuming for quick cooking--stir-fry and the like, which is mostly what I do.One more note about the Continental... This time when it died I took it apart (easy) to find out why it broke. Where the elec. wire attaches to the burner it's just a cheap little quick connect. It seems to have gradually sizzled itself into oblivion. I think it could be fixed by soldering the wire directly to the burner, but I haven't tried it yet. If that works, I'll keep it as a back-up.Oct. 1, 2011: I've been using the new hotplate for four months and don't like it as well as the one that died. When turned on high, the new one cycles off too much, so it takes a lot longer to boil water. I guess it's "hit or miss" getting one that always cooks good and fast.

When I unpacked the burner there seemed to be some sort of white paper or something stuck to it in a few small places. I was able to get most of it off. I turned it on and let it heat several minutes. It heated very fast and seemed hot enough. Then it cooled down reasonably fast. It seems to be very nice for the price and since I don't use a burner very often I'm sure this will work very well for me. Being able to purchase this on Amazon is very nice as it saves me running from place to place to try to purchase one. Actually I looked on line at Walmart and a very similar burner was over 3.00 more expensive.SEVEN MONTHS LATER: This burner is still working very well. I use it to boil a big pot of water for spaghetti and doesn't take any longer than it would on a regular stove. I don't use it every day but a few times a week and am very pleased. I am going to order another to keep on hand in case this one goes out on me.

This is my initial review of this product.Since I just received it today, I can't speak to the durability of the unit, but can at least offer my initial observations.The unit was shipped to me in the manufacturer's packaging, which really wasn't designed for shipping. It should have been placed inside a larger box prior to shipping.Thankfully, it arrived intact.Things to keep in mind about this unit:It is equivalent in size to your average *small* stove burner, intended for use with small to medium sized pots and pans.Although it is rated for 1100 watts, it is still at least 150 watts lower in wattage than your typical 6" stove burner.Using a 2 quart metal pot, it took about 8 minutes to bring 48 ounces of water to a decent boil. It continued to boil after pasta was added, though it didn't really reach a true "rolling boil".However, it was still adequate for proper cooking.Overall, this unit should be ok for smaller cooking tasks.Look for a 1500-1800 watt unit, if you plan on boiling large amounts of water.Enjoy !

This device will shoot up in temp, I turn it on to the number 1 and it will get hot enough to start to boil. Rather than coming up to a temp and not exceeding it, it seems to go to max heat but turn off quicker when set to a lower number. I tested this theory turning it on to level 1 and waiting for the light to turn off, I then turned the dial slowly up all the way to 5 before the light came back on. I got it for making candy and wax. It absolutely does not work for that. It might be usable in other aspects but anything that is temp sensitive will be ruined on this.

My experience with this range, like that of others, is that it really does take forever to heat up. It takes about 15 minutes to heat up enough water for 1-2 cups of tea! Other than that I like the range. I like the size, it doesn't take up too much space on my tiny counter. Also, although I haven't done any heavy duty cooking on it, it's easy to clean, because the cooking coils lift up some, so that you can wipe underneath with ease.05/31/13 - Update: It's been a couple of weeks since my last review, and I do want to add that although it does take a while to heat up, once it gets going, it cooks comparable to an electric stove. Also, both side are the same size and cook at the same rate. All in all I recommend this heater. Bumping it up to 4 stars!

Had bought a double hot plate for my smoker, would not hold temperature, now this single burner hot plate works great at keeping temperature in the smoke house, will buy again

Il faut tenir le chedron car il glisse et la température ne fonction pas vraiment a par le plus fort ma plaque fonction bcp plus vite il ne faut pas être pressé pour faire cuir.Pas bon

Acheter pour cadeau noel et déjà brisé. Le fond réfléchit trop l'élément et surchauffe le filament chauffant.

It's small. Doesn't stay on more than 15 minutes at a time. Temp is either on or off basically so high or nothing. Listen, If you have any cooking skills you'll be fine... i'm using this temporarily waiting on my oven/stove. It does the job. Don't get if you're planning to make big meals that require long periods of stove top cook time.Things i was able to make with this :Grilled cheesePasta dish for 5 peopleEggsRamenBoil water for tea etcCoffee with italian coffee makerWorth the price for sure. def a deal.

Gets hotter than I expected, good product so far