CUSIMAX 1800W Double Hot Plate, Stainless Steel Silver Countertop Burner Portable Electric Double Burners Electric Cast Iron Hot Plates Cooktop, Easy to Clean, Upgraded Version C180N

It's wonderful, cooks faster and better than a microwave or a regular stove. Plus easier to clean and mine is so attractive, it's ready show time on a cooking channel.

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.

Excellent product. Works super well. Light but sturdy and heavy enough for cooking. Does get hot; so if you're inexperienced, opt for the version with handles. I needed something sleek and clean lines. Not sure tho, if burner just changes temperature with know rotation or actually changes the amount of coil that heats up. Haven't found a way to reduce the surface area that heats. The common know for whole stove off/on is really a nice addition. Word of caution: use the back know regularly... prevents accidentally rotation of front knows whole cleaning around, or if you forget to rotate the know fully

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 the burn off as recommended and then put a pot of water (maybe three cups) on it and it was just under four minutes to a rolling boil. It was already hot and on high so it might take a minute or so more from cold but it had no issues getting it going. This was at sea level (our house elevation is about 60 feet) so higher elevations will be different but it gets hot and is big enough to do the job. My wife was worried that the on/off knob might be in the way of a big pan or pot but it really isn't at all. Works great and we use it for our camper so we can cook outside on the griddle and this and not smell or heat up the camper. Great buy!! I didn't get any smell when doing the burnoff but there was just a little smoke but I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I wasn't especially looking for it. I see no issues with this lasting a long time.

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.

Reviewed by wife. The hot plate arrived today. I used it to steam some vegetables for the freezer. It heated quickly and maintained full steam through many batches. I used it to cook dinner and it worked well. I read that it takes time to cool down so I turned it off before it was fully cooked and the left over heat cooked dinner fully and was hot when served . It is a very good looking unit , well designed. Well done Cusimax.

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.

Product not working ....... i need to replace that any how other wise i will do case on amazon.

Antes que nada agradezco al vendedor que es una persona super atenta y amable , que mi producto llegó antes de lo planeado... Es una parrilla super práctica, muy eficiente en cuanto a sus especificaciones, calienta en muy poco Tiempo y la cocción de los alimentos los hace en poco Tiempo y adecuadamente, tienen niveles muy específicos de temperatura para que tú puedas cocinar tus diferentes tipos de alimentos, así como hervir, freír, calentar, asar.. Me encantó .

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.