Cuisinart CB-30P1 Cast-Iron Single Burner, Stainless Steel

My range finally gave up and I'm not ready to chose a new one yet, so I researched single burners to get through the summer since everything pretty much gets cooked on the Blackstone anyway. I chose this burner because of how well designed and built it seemed to be. I'm happy to say that it's fabulous. I ordered two, but one was obviously used, so sent it back and Amazon exchanged it at no cost to me. I don't put up with receiving used products when I've paid for new. The second burner was new and perfect and works just as nicely as the first one. If water drips on the burner, don't leave it. You need to wipe it down asap because it's cast iron and will rust. Don't touch when hot though because it gets super hot, super fast. Way faster than the burners on my stove ever did. The burners take also quite a while to cool down again for the same reason, they're cast iron and hold on to the heat, which is nice for keeping things warm. Rust might be a problem in a humid climate and I probably wouldn't use them around little kids who can't be trusted to leave them alone because that's just an accident waiting to happen. Other than those two things, I think these burners are just about perfect. We've cooked several times with them and so far, so good. Love them and would highly recommend them for use in the appropriate circumstances.

Really like this one cooks like a stove looks nice also easy to cleanI only have one thing more I would like for this cooktop - I would like it to cool down faster once I'm done frying or cooking it stays hot for 25 min and completely cools down up to 45 min so I do have to put a note next to it that its hot or put it up somewhereOther than that it is a good value ceramic plate shiny stainless steel easy to clean and looks great also

O.....M.......G! I wish I'd bought this stand alone burner AGES ago. It heats up REALLY fast... even faster than the electric coil stovetop installed in my house. The lack of traditional coils makes any slops & spills easy to clean up because there's no deep crevices for food to fall into & I can pan fry my home-raised duck eggs to perfection at just a titch past setting #1. My stove has to be turned to setting #3! I like the indicator light that alerts you to when the unit is on & the light indicating the burner has achieved the set temp is a really nice feature. I'm truly impressed with this unit & now use it more than my stove!

This hot plate is very heavy, fully sealed and takes a long time to heat up. It's really better if you wait for the "ready" light to light up green before you start cooking on it. I found it doesn't hold the heat/temp for a good amount of time but will take hours for it to cool off enough to put away. For the money spent... I don't feel it's really worth it. The brand name should be enough to want it but... no. This is my stove (I don't have one in my makeshift kitchen.. don't judge!) So I'm not real sure if I would purchase again or not.

Bought this for my work, however, it was accidentally put in our RV so it was used on a recent trip. I was surprise not only by how quickly it reached temperature but how it maintained it as well. I will be taking this one to work and purchasing the two burner option for the RV.

I just got mine, and I expected 1300 watts. Mine heated up to just over 1000 watts, then when it reached heat, a cut-off was activated and turned off the heating element. It takes 15 minutes to boil 1 pint of water. My 800 watt burner can do the same thing! The reason I sought out a higher wattage item was to boil my water in a few minutes and this is just not acceptable. I'm returning it.Also, although the initial run, the unit drew 1100 watts, after a few minutes it dropped down and failed to draw over 1000 watts. This combined with the governor feature (which just shut off the heat entirely) made it extremely tedious to boil just a tiny pint of water, which should only take five minutes in my opinion. Fifteen minutes is just not acceptable.The unit relies on the stored heat of the cast iron plate, which stores the heat and allows the element to "rest." However, it's not powerful enough to boil a pint of water in less than fifteen minutes and that's not what I'm interested in. After the initial run, the unit only consumed between 850-950 watts. The cycling feature really limited the maximum heat. I'm guessing this is a safety feature, but it also made it very tedious to boil only a small amount of water.I used a 'Kill-a-Watt' device to test the power consumption:P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Usage MonitorBy the way, I also purchased the 'cusimax CMIP-B120' at the same time, which is rated at 1200 watts. Although it too, only drew 1050 watts, the element stayed on (at the highest setting). There was no governor to cycle the heat at the high setting and it boiled my pot in only 6:30, which was half the time of the Cuisinart CB-30. Warranty is 18 months (versus three years).Cusimax Portable Electric Stove, 1200W Infrared Single Burner Heat-up In Seconds, 7 Inch Ceramic Glass Single Hot Plate Cooktop for Dorm Office Home Camp, Compatible w/All Cookware - Upgraded VersionThis is a ceramic glass surface which looks very sleek and clean, but it's harder to maintain. For a portable hot plate the ceramic surface is not as practical, if you're going to be dragging it around, since it's so elegant. If I had to purchase again, I'd get the cast iron version which is 1500 watts and with the cast iron is very similar to the Cuisinart CB-30:Cusimax Electric Hot Plate for Cooking Portable Single Burner 1500W Cast Iron hot plates Heat-up in Seconds Adjustable Temperature Control Stainless Steel Non-Slip Rubber Feet Upgraded Version B101Hope this helps. בס״ד

Bought as a gift and recipient requested it. Definitely a wanted item and useful for variety of things.