Artilife 500W Small Hot Plate Mini Hot Plate,Artilife 500w Small Electric Hot Plate,Mini Stove Portable Stove Kitchen Cooktop Electric Heater,Perfect Size for Moka Pot 110V

There's nothing bad that I can say about this unit actually the thing works like it's advertised and the heat distribution is contained to the unit and barely is above room temperature 4 inches away from the cook plate or surfaces and you can totally use this on your office desk to boil water cook food thing is great I cannot brag enough about this unit great job excellent unit just saying guys and I'm not just trying to promote a product here what I'm trying to tell you if you're going to pick up what I'm putting down here this is the best electric burner I have ever had! Follow the directions and safety protocols but the cord doesn't get hot like this is the perfect unit for me and when I'm in the man cave I can just have this sitting here on my desk and I can boil water make coffee tea macaroni and cheese cook steaks anything right on this burner and I'm not worried about it causing fire or anything like that but just keep the cord unplugged when you're not using it cuz that's in the safety instructions. But the way they designed this unit and whatever they did to make this thing work the way it does it's great and I'm going to order several more of these just to have his back up So eventually when this one quits I'll still have a continuous Supply well into my '80s. Get your hands on this device

This hot plate works great for making coffee in a 3 cup moka pot. It heats up fast and brews coffee in a couple of minutes. The first time I turned it to 5 to make moka pot coffee. That was too high. I think turning the control to 3-4 will brew moka pot coffee the best.When I first got the hot plate it smelled like mothballs when I opened the box. I did like the instructions said and took it outside, plugged it in, and turned it up to 5 for 15 minutes. It burned off the smell. Now it works fine with no odor.

It's SMALL but MIGHTY. Heats up pretty fast but it will surge above 700 watts at first then it'll drop to a little above 550. It never dropped to 500. It smells really bad when you use it the first time but that's normal. Just let it run on high for 15 minutes outside and it'll go away. I got a full rolling boil with 12oz of water in about 4 minutes on high.

It was overheating my small generator due to the surge, but I tried using a power strip between the generator and the cooktop and it works great! I think it will be perfect for small pots or my 6 inch cast iron skillet if there was an emergency

Works great. Hears fast.

After almost a year, this hot plate still smells toxic even when it is not on. It must be stored outside in the shed because of the fumes. I plugged the unit in when I received it and tried to burn off the smell during 2 different half hour sessions. It still smelled chloro-toxic. Still wanting to give it a chance to perform, I heated water on it in a stainless steel cup. To my surprise that water smelled/tasted chloro-toxic also!By this time, the return window had expired. My recommendation would be not to buy if you are sensitive to CFCs and definitely don't use it for food or in an enclosed area.

I am a coffee pour over guy and I like my coffee hot. So whether I'm using a carafe like Chemex or directly in to a cup, I need something to keep the cup or carafe warm during the brewing process. I had the welltop Coffee Mug Warmer that did a good job, but it was made of plastic and fell apart after couple of years.I tried other mug warmers but despite the claims of 170 or 197 degree heat, they do not keep the coffee warm enough for me. By the time I finish brew,, the coffee is luke warm.The Artilife is awesome. It is well made gets the job done.. It has heat selections from 1 to 5. All I need less than 1. I heat water in a cup until it reaches about 160 degrees, then I pour out the water and start my pour over brew. I add water that has reached about 205 degrees over the coffee grinds and when I'm done, the coffee is at about 175 to 180 degrees. By the time I add cream and sugar, the coffee temperature drops about 15 or 20 degrees and is hot enough for me.I realize that some people may think that a cup of coffee that is 160 degrees is too hot, but that's how I like it.

This portable hotplate is a powerhouse! According to a thermometer, it can get up to 900+ degrees Fahrenheit. I can finally cook things again and sit down while doing it! It's a lifesaver for cooking a small meal when you have POTS! I've used it to make crepes with a mini pan, and it worked perfectly! I highly recommend getting it for its portability, power, and the fact that it is so efficient and well built that you could literally stick a finger directly under the running hot plate in between it and the table/counter and not get burned due to the heat dispersion. I bought mine used and it was definitely an amazing and worthwhile purchase. Well worth every single penny. I can't recommend this product enough.