IMUSA Single Electric Hot Plate, Black

Perfect for my cooking needs...retiree, living alone. This was top rated on a top cooking channel. This won over the butane type burners.This is a hot plate (think of a dorm room)....no more, no less. I fry eggs, boll, reheat, replacing my replacing my commercial grade range. I wish the burner area was larger. A rice cooker completes my stovetop needs.

My stove went out on me and I found this efficient for my needs.

Just got it today. It does heat up fairly slowly in my opinion and it is not cool. Touch at all. I had another hot plate that it was cooled to the touch. This is hot to the touch. I got the single hot plate.

I’ve been using these hot plates for 10 years. I’ve gone few a few of them. Not because they stop working but because I want a new clean one and they’re so inexpensive.

Terrible. Turns off and on. Seems like you can’t use both burners at once.

My use is "off label"I bought it to heat a small pan of blueing salts.At full power the unit got the molten salts hot enough to produce a uniform dark blue.My lab hot plate melted the salts in the pan but did not reach blueing temperature.It has enough power to boil a small pan of water and is very sturdy.The smooth surface heated my blueing evenly.

The box arrived damaged and then when we unpacked it, the burners had dust on it. Other than that, Appliance looked undamaged and well made. It took a long time to heat up my pan to cook the food. Overall, not sure I would buy this again and I may even return it. I will use it one more time to determine.

This is s great little burner! Excellent value. Compared to its "familiar 'trusted' brand competition, the Imusa outperforms by all metrixs: The cast iron covering (welded to base) distributes the heat evenly compared to the old coils; it heats up fast, and the extra wattage (1200) is a significant step up from the old 1000. It boils water in a big pot, and simmered chicken consomme, poached 2 eggs, kept all the food piping hot. No impatient "hangry" chef :) The cast iron on black and compact design looks great on the countertop (had to stow my old burner, it looked like a garage item). Elevated feet protect your countertops. One caveat: the entire unit does get hot, even the casing. Use hot plates to move it, keep one handy.