Toastmaster Single Burner with Coil Top & Chrome Knob - Single Tabletop Burner with Drip Shield & Non-Skid Feet - Electric Countertop Burner with Variable Heat Control

Although I have a oven with a stove top I wanted a small burner as an additional Heating product, and this definitely does the job at 1200 watts! It heats up very quickly, maintains the Heat so much so I had to turn it down to low! With my other one I had to keep it on high all the time to get some semblance of heat. I like this product because it is just simply not a round element with very little support around it, it has at least a 2 inch circumference around the element itself which helps with balancing of big pots and big frying pans. All in all I would recommend this, not only from the Heat point of view but the price point of view and it is worth all the +-$30 I paid for it. If you want a small burner that sits stable on 4 feet, heats up quickly and does the job of an external burner, I recommend this highly.

Smooth and sleek looking. Smaller footprint than my other hot plate. 1500 W is the way to go! Powerful hot plate. No need to turn it up to the highest setting when boiling. It will heat water very quickly at medium. It's worth a few dollars more to buy higher wattage. More efficient for anyone who hates waiting for a low wattage hotplate to warm up. UPDATE: Another great feature is that it heats up and cools down very quickly. Convenient if you boil water for pasta and then need to lower the heat and wait for the coils to cool down before you add sauce, so you won't burn the pasta. My old hot plate was 1200 W and I had to wait until the hot plate was cooler before I could return my pot to it. The old one took 25 minutes for water to boil. This one takes about 10. I've had hot plates for 20 years, so I've seen a lot of hot plates. This is the one! You won't be disappointed

Heats quickly. A bit big but it’s good. I use mine to heat coals for my hookah. It works very well for this. Some have elements that are too far apart or not enough coils. This one is good all around.

It gets too hot!

If you like cooking your food half-way, feel free to get this… the burner gets really hot at the bottom (not the coil part), and it shuts off on its own in about 5 minutes. It looks like it needs to cool itself down before you can turn it back on. It will then shut itself down in another 2 minutes. I made sure there is enough venting space underneath the burner, but it still shut off on its own. I gave up using it. Guess you get what you pay for.

I like it !

I've taken up the hobby of jam making and with it comes jarring. My old two burner electric hotplate seems to be losing steam, and for jam making and jarring you need HEAT. This single hotplate does that job very well and raises a jarring pot to a rolling boil in just a matter of minutes and keeps it there. The one downside is it seems to have a pretty significant temperature dropoff from Max to just a little below max.

I bought this single burner hotplate because the stove burners in my new apartment would not work with my little 4 cup vintage PYREX percolator. They would bring it up to a perk but then turn off and not come back on; so the perk would stop. I think it has something to do with the button in the middle of the burner not being depressed down because of the heat diffuser I have to use between the glass and the coils. Anyway, this little burner works great with my PYREX. It has taken me several uses to dial in the exact location on the dial that is the "sweet spot" so to speak. I had to really search for a single burner that was 1500w as most come in at 1000-1100 watts unless you jump into the commercial appliances which are very expensive. This little burner will have a permanant home next to my stove on the counter. Did I mention I hate my apartment stove? You can't go wrong with this little TOASTMASTER.