Elite Gourmet ESB-300X Single Countertop Coiled Burner, 1000 Watts Electric Hot Plate, Temperature Controls, Power Indicator Lights, Easy to Clean, Black

Love it, works fantastic. We purchased this little burner to take on vacation with us; yes, we're 'ghetto' and like to heat things up in our room not using the microwave if possible. Now, we try not to do anything that would be smelly for neighbors or anything, so we just used it for heating up eggs for breakfast, and reheating some leftovers like fried fish which turn out a million types better pan frying than just tossing in a microwave. This little burner easily paid for itself while we did a 10-day road trip from CA to CO, it worked great. It heats up very quickly, gets very very hot (we never used it on high, even at medium high it got so hot the pam oil spray pushed past its smoke point and turned black), and surprisingly cooled down really quickly as well, within 10 minutes (probably more like 5) the thing was cold to the touch.The only issue with this little burner would be the very short cord (for safety reasons I'm sure, its only like 2 feet), and the burner would sometimes rotate making it somewhat slanted to cook on. At this price-point though, I'm certainly not complaining, it worked like a champ, and certainly was nice to have some healthier meals cooked with veggies on the road rather than always having fast food or even restaurant food where they over-salt everything and vegetables are few and far between.

Quality

I love this hot plate for my assisted living facility with my 2 Revere Ware pans and a Corning ware pan. However, it gave out after 4 mos. of nearly daily use. I reviewed all other hot pots and hot plates and decided to buy it again. Maybe this one will last longer--in any case it is so reasonably priced I don't mind the short life. $3 a month is not bad. Maybe when this one goes I will re-consider a different brand. The box says it has a 1 year warranty but the website listed does not come up and I could get a new one in a day, thankfully. As for use, it has hi med low settings and heats up quickly, At med setting it only take about 12 min to cook my frozen vegs. It heats to red, then cuts off, and then comes back on after a bit. It is easy to wipe pan underneath the coils and 1000w. is perfect. I think somewhere it says 700 w. on site? but it is definitely 1000 w. If you have good 1 qt. pans, this hot plate is a terrific buy--just not certain how long it will last. One person said 2 years.

**This review is for the Black model ESB-300X, which is listed as 750 watts. The white model was not available when I purchased this, and is apparently listed as 1000 watts. This review is NOT for the white one, which was added later.***I bought this to replace another older unit that is practically identical in every way, but is sold by a different company (toastmaster) and has a different knob. This new unit is clearly inferior & doesn't suit my needs at all. Allow me to explain why. I can my own food with a pressure cooker. When canning meats (in this case, homemade beef stew) you need to be extra sure that sterilization temps are being reached. I cook/can mine at 14-15 psi for 50-60 minutes. While my old unit will hold steady at 15 psi on high, this unit will barely make 5 psi & then drop down to no pressure at all, unnecessarily repeating the cycle. Both units are rated at 750 watts. I am assuming that the different knob, which also acts as a voltage/wattage regulator, is preventing the unit from reaching its full potential. This is closer to a 500 watt unit, which means it could take you 30 minutes just to boil water. I am unsatisfied, as this unit is almost worthless to me at these temps. My only consolation is that it didn't cost very much, but I do not recommend anyone purchase this unit unless you are just melting wax or something, but even then it would be worth your time to find a burner that could actually boil water in less than 10 minutes.

UPDATE 7/26/2022: Amazon has since updated the product title to reflect the correct wattage. I have owned this for about a year now and much to my surprise it is still working. It definitely feels flimsy but heats up quickly and I have cooked ground beef using a 1000W portable power station several times and it pulls around 825 watts (less than the advertised wattage). Just be aware it cycles on and off after it has been on for several minutes on high power (I guess to maintain temperature and avoid overheating?). I bought this for emergencies so given it has held up for a cheap appliance, I have changed my rating to 4 stars.ASIN B0006A2ZTS. The Maxi Magic electric single watt burner both on the box and ON the product rate the burner at 1000W contrary to the advertised 750W rating on the Amazon product page. If you were planning on powering this burner say...on a generator (I.e. camping, power outage, emergency preparedness,…), you might want to take this into consideration. FYI, on a 1000W solar generator I own, the output wattage displayed (on average) was ~825 watts; less than 1000W but definitely more than the advertised 750W…So this burner near ‘hi’ will pull over 800W. Overall, is a little rickety and not a quality build but I was able to boil a small amount of water in a stainless steel pan with this (took about 10 minutes). Not sure how long it will last…perhaps 3.5 stars.

Works great for melting wax for candles.