Proctor Silex Portable Electric Stove, Stainless Steel Single Burner Cooktop, Compact, Adjustable Temperature Hot Plate, 1200 Watts, White (34106)

I needed something to cook on while my kitchen was getting a makeover so I bought this single electric stove burner and it worked great. It definitely gets hot and I had no issues with cooking on it. I always made sure to unplug it after I was done using it and I made sure there was nothing that was flammable near it.

I've had this just shy of 2 months and it no longer works!? I had started to notice it wasnt very good at keeping a steady temp but then today when I went to turn it on it wouldn't heat up! Very disappointed I feel like this should be lasting longer than a month and change. Of course the return window is closed. I'll order a different brand and toss this one. Buyer beware

I purchased this to try boiling about 20 gallons of maple sap into syrup in a purely hobbyist endeavor. (This boiling had to be done outside. You can't boil that much water in your house without drywall slumping off your walls or ceiling!) This was probably not what the manufacturer had in mind... still, I wanted to give it a try after spending a ridiculous amount of money on propane to do the same thing last year. I really appreciated the metal construction. It held up well under a pot filled with 1.5 gallons of sap (about 13 pounds including the pot). I'm sure it could have held more weight than that without a problem. It heated up very quickly and stayed hot during an average 4 hour boiling session. 1200 watts is enough to boil a pot of sap (which starts out 98% water) but not boil it away very quickly. I can get a 1500 watt space heater, and my wife owns a 1875 watt hair dryer. Why can't I find a hot plate with more power than 1200 watts? It eventually took about 30 hours to turn 19 gallons of sap into steam. I thought I might very well kill this thing before I was done, but it still works (and looks!) like new.

For years I had wanted to need one of those way cool induction cook tops. Now finally, there was a need, but when I read the 1s and 2s reviews, this was the no-brainer choice for me. The complaints were that the induction cook tops only have @ 3.5" heating surface, and I needed to be able to cook my 2 eggs over easy just right. This has over 5" of heat coil, tried and true technology, and does the job nicely. Plus, the price is incredible, and it heats and cools quickly. The thing they conveniently forget to tell you about the induction cook top is that as the pot heats on it, the pot heats the glass surface as well, so it becomes very hot. My experience is that glass holds its heat. When is someone likely to be accidentally burned? Before putting on the pot or after taking it off? One need only remember to turn on the heat after putting on the pot in order to be adequately safe. The knob turns easily, so one must get into the habit of checking it is off before plugging the unit in.

This burner has a thermostat timer that doesn't work well. The coil heats quickly and will get hot. Unfortunately it won't remain on. The unit has a thermostat or timer that turns the burner completely off. It remains off for too long. Which means if you are using this for anything more than heating a single 15 ounce can of some kind of food, you will be disappointed. Don't use this for cooking. Use it for heating something that only takes five or so minutes. I use this burner with a 2 liter pressure cooker for cooking rice. It also has been used to cook spaghetti. I also use it with a smaller 1.5 liter pot to heat canned foods. While cooking spaghetti for one person, it will boil the water. A minute or so after the spaghetti is put into the pot, it will turn off for a minute. Just as the water boil is ending it will come on again. If this were a big pot it would never keep enough constant heat going to cook anything over a long period. It works for rice because I use a pressure cooker. It will boil two cups of water and cause the pressure rocker to move at full pressure. Once that pressure is reached, the burner is turned off and the pot only needs to sit for half an hour to finish cooking the rice. Without a pressure cooker, I don't know if the temperature would be kept hot enough for a longer period of time to cook the rice properly. This works for heating things that are small. Don't buy this if you intend to cook anything that takes more than five minutes of constant heat.

you could heat a room with this bad boy.

Overheated, started smoking, and almost caught fire. Melted the knob off of the front, as seen in picture. Used it twice a day for 18 months in the same spot on our counter to boil a pot of water. There is absolutely no excuse for this kind of failure in this day and age.

They suggested that it was used...I could see that it was repackaged and returned, but saw no evidence that it was actually used. It was in perfect condition. Working good so far.

Didn’t get chance to use the burner because the 110/220v transformer that came with it did not work properly. Had to return everything.

Great camping backup

Very useful as a side burner when you need to cook a lot of stuff at the same time.

If you are looking for a sub-1000W burner, this is not what you are looking for. It runs a solid 1100-1200W constantly, regardless of temperature knob. It does work with my 1000W inverter but it does not go below 1000, so battery backup friends, just know it won't work with, say, an 850W inverter probably.

After we received our Proctor Silex Electric Single Burner Cooktop from UPS, my wife took one look at it and then put it back into the box. It was not what she envisioned at all. For starters, she thought she would be getting something a little bigger; something with more coil. Then, there was the price. In her mind, it was way too pricey for what she was paying for. This led her to shop around for something more ideal and eventually she found it, at Canadian Tire.