Techwood 1100W Single Burner Portable Electric Coil Hot Plate

Earthy Lisa: I finally cracked this out after buying it almost a year ago. I wanted to start using a cast iron skillet and I have a glass top oven which does not work together.

Like others said, I was disappointed in no temperature control. You can sort of control it by turning the dial, but something more precise would be nice.

That being said, I made a top notch bacon wrapped beef filet. Searing each side for two minutes was perfect and i will definately use again as well as try other recipes that require a cast iron skillet. Thank you.

United States on Mar 02, 2022

Gary Sanwald: Did not like the temperature control, could not see where med and low were on the dial. Other then control it worked well for what I was doing. Not sure if I would buy again.

Canada on May 08, 2021

Amazon Customer: This thing heats up super quick. Way faster than I was expecting, and thats a good thing. I bought this to use with a 2000W inverter, solar panel and auxiliary battery setup in my Jeep for camping so the time it took to heat up was a main concern when purchasing. Want to clarify one thing: the coil can not be completely removed from the body of the burner. I thought this was going to be a deal breaker, but it is actually very easy to clean because the coil does lift up about an inch or so to make cleaning the bottom plate easier.

United States on Mar 22, 2021

J. Burns: Looking for a hot plate to use during a remodel I read a lot of reviews about units that could not boil water, this plate does not have that problem. Very hot, as a matter of fact we used a sharpie to mark way below low to mark where rice would simmer. That said, the mark works and you can use this burner for cook whatever you have in mind. The body is plastic but we have not have any problems with using pans larger than the burner. We do unplug it when not in use because it gets so hot.

John

United States on Aug 09, 2020

H.E.: I've used this hot plate twice so far and both times, I've been impressed. It gets to the temperatures set pretty fast.
It is small enough that I was able to put it into my 25" luggage without taking up much space or putting on much weight. I kept it in the box to keep it from getting banged up and making it easy to transport.
I used it to warm up my food in my hotel room while using a camp pot with it. It only took five minutes to warm up a bunch of hot wing leftovers I had from the previous day. After finishing, it was easy to turn off the hot plate and unplug it. There was no burning metal or plastic smell that sometimes gets reported with these types of hot plates.
I am going to use the hot plate a few more times during this trip so I will update if things change.

United States on Aug 01, 2020

Vorobyevite-Blue: It works very well for some craft projects -BUT- you should know that it releases a strong burning plastic smell and a fumes, the first time I lit it up. (Obviously, I removed the plastic wrapping it comes with in the box). Had I known that would happen, I wouldn't have fired it up on my bedroom desk.... the room stunk for like an hour maybe. Might not happen for you, but try turning it on a higher temperature (to burn it off faster), somewhere that’s well ventilated, -away from your bedroom and from food! Plastic can be toxic, so obviously a plastic fume is not a good thing. Other than that, it works great! Just thought some people should know this, so I gave it 3 stars so that more people would read this, as this is something they should be made aware of when they get it. Other than that, it should be 4-5 stars! Works well for me!

United States on May 26, 2020