DuronicHot Plate HP2 BK, Table Top Cooking, 2500W Black Steel Electric Double Hob with Handles, 2 Cast Iron Portable Hob Burner Rings (1500W & 1000W) for Home Kitchen, Pots, Camping

I bought this as a temporary item whilst waiting for a new oven, works great and the heating is adequate for cooking most meals, working well so far the handles are good and do not get hot whilst you cook so no chance of burning your hands. The only issue is the plate gets rusty easily if a wet pot is placed on the burner. The cooker is easy to clean especially if done after use, the only difficulty is the hob. Overall been using for almost one month and quite happy with the purchase and my cooked food.

We have now removed our oven and only use a large air fryer and this hot plate.It’s perfect, well made and easy to move around using the large handles.The plates get HOT really quickly and heats the pan/pot fast. It’s easy to control and big enough for two medium sized pots.Bin the oven, move to the dark side!

This is not the first one I’ve brought...I would say, I buy a ‘new’ one anything between: 3-6 months.What, usually, tends to happen is...one of the hobs, all of a sudden, ‘stops’ working...which is, usually, the small hub...as you may imagine it’s very highly inconvenient having to cook using only one hub, alone; and, therefore, having to constantly switch around different pots.Then, eventually, the big hob ‘stops’ working, too. At that point, of course, you have no other choice but to throw the no longer working kitchen appliance out, and, into the bin...which is, quite honestly, all of your money ‘wasted’; but, of course, when everything was working just fine...then, all was perfectly ok.——-The main reason why I like it is...1- The device is both portable/compact. So, if say an electric wall outlet we’re to stop working...; or, you need to cook in another room...; then, moving it from room to room is ever so quick/simple/easy.NOTE: The real reason why I originally decided to buy this device...is my normal ‘full sized’ gas stove cooker had developed a serious fault...leading to ‘leaking gas’; had to throw it out...and, have the gas supply to it sealed up...as the cooker was far too ‘old’..and, no longer fixable, anymore.Given a choice between using this small sized ‘twin hub’ electric cooker...and, using a full sized cooker...with four hubs/oven/toaster...I’d go for the latter every single time...providing, that is, if you can ‘afford’ it.2- It’s relatively ‘cheap’...; if this small thing packs up, at any point, in time...; then, providing you have all of £40.00 saved up, somewhere...it’s possible to order another...with delivery being really quick as the very ‘next day’.NOTE: Unlike a normal ‘full size’ cooker...there is no ‘installation/plumbing/electric wiring/nor safety checks’ to do. Instead, it’s as simple as, immediate, ‘plug in’, and, go.3- Easy to clean...straight after using...and, also, after the apparatus has already finished ‘cooling’ down...just wipe down with a warm wet sponge.NOTE: If you don’t clean it, regularly...; then, it all becomes coated over in ‘a really thick slimy greasy mess’...which is much more difficult to remove once that mess has already built up and up. So, two words of advice...make sure to...’clean, regularly’!4- The two handles on either side...make this device very easily, portable.NOTE: I had brought ‘a different make’ twin hub electric cooker, before...which didn’t have handles; and, frankly, I did not like having to manoeuvre that thing around at all; especially so when the device is still cooking...and, you wish to adjust its position on the table/surface just a little bit.——-Additional notes...NOTE(1): It is not advisable...to keep this machine always running at the highest possible ‘maximum’ setting...then, it will totally conk out altogether really ‘fast’...! So, you don’t just turn it up high...then, walk away for hours...thinking, in that way, everything will cook much ‘quicker’. Instead, I only turn it up to maximum...and, leave it at that gauge for a short time...say, 5/10 minutes -(whilst, constantly, watching the device don’t, suddenly, ‘burn out’)- maybe, when boiling milk. Normally, though, I will only turn it up to reach half of the maximum gauge.NOTE(2]: It gets really ‘red hot’ fast...; after only just a few minutes...; which, quite simply, means you must...- Never ever touch the heated hub...not even when you’ve turned the whole appliance off/or, plugged it out...thinking to yourself it’s, now, gone cold...oh no, it’s not...because, it takes quite a while to totally cool down...anywhere up to 10 minutes or more.- This also means that, once, you’ve turned it on...and, the hub glows ‘red hot’...; you can quite safely -save electricity- turn it off, completely...; and, the food will still remain ‘cooking’...just as if you’d actually went and turned it on. When I’m cooking say, scrambled eggs...I turn it up half way...then, after 5 minutes turn the device off...only to discover the device is still ‘cooking’ the food, anyway; even when it’s been fully switched off.SAFETY MEASURES- Do NOT place the device on anything but a totally ‘flat’ surface- Make sure the bottom of the cooking pot...also, lies flat...to fit on top of the hub- Do NOT place the device on the ‘edge’...in case it might, accidentally, fall off-etc.

We've been using this hob since August 2022 and only recently did one of the hobs stop heating. I can't stress how much we've overused this hot plate - we're renovating a house (very slowly) and had no kitchen when we moved in so we decided to save our money and use this as a temporary solution for cooking. Almost 2 years later we're still using it! We've used it probably 2 - 3 times a day - it's been so resilient. We still won't have a proper kitchen until the summer so we're ordering another one now that this one has given up the ghost! The only thing I've marked it down for is that it gets greasy very easily and doesn't clean up too well. Other than that, highly recommend it as a temporary cooking solution.

Heats hotter than reviews had suggested and better than I expected