Courant Electric Burner, Single Buffet Countertop Hotplate, 1000W Portable Cooktop, Black

Your money is worth it on this stove

I wanted to use this single burner with my Jackery 1000 for camping and wanted to see if it would run with it and if so how much battery power it would use. After receiving it, I turned it to power #5 as instructed in the manual. The burner smoked for about 30 secs as expected, then the smoke subsided. The surrounding metal and the knob did not reach more than 99 degrees so it was safe to touch.I plugged it into my wattage meter connected to the wall outlet, and it measured around 970-980w when on and 0w when off. Then I plugged it into the Jackery 1000 and it measured 820w while on. This was at the highest setting #5. Switching to setting #2 did not change the wattage, but the burner thermostat took over, and it cycled at 18 secs on and 13 secs off, repeatedly. At #3, it turned on for 48 secs and turned off for 13 secs. Back at #5, it stayed on quite a bit longer and I didn't wait for it to cycle off.I wanted to measure how long a cup of water took to boil, so at #5 setting (already pre-heated), it took 5 minutes. During that time, the Jackery went down from 98% to 89%, so roughly 9%.As far as temperature, I was using my surface thermometer -- the touchless scanner type you use to measure your forehead or any surface. I have a suspicion that the thermometer is off since water boiled at 200 degrees instead of 212, so take the following measurements with a grain of salt.At the #2 setting, the burner measured 200 degrees. At #3, the burner went up to about 205 degrees. I didn't try #4, but #5, it didn't go higher than 206 degrees. Again, I think my thermometer is off by maybe 12 degrees so the actual temperature was probably that much higher.For most cooking, I will assume that #2 setting is probably good enough, so I think it'll likely use roughly 1% per minute of use on the Jackery 1000, which I think is reasonable. So far so good, but I'll update this review if anything unexpected happens.

So I purchased this Courant burner because I need wanted this to use on my Kitchen Table to use for stir frying (cooking and serving right at the table)...When this single burner arrived, I quickly discovered that I could use it for several types of cooking with several types of pans!PROS:1. This burner heats up to the highest temperature in about 3 minutes.***When I made my Veggie and Chicken Stirfry for two, I preheated this burner for 3 minutes on my Kitchen timer, then it reached the full 1,000 watts and the RED BURNER APPEARED (as shown in the below picture) .*** I preheated my Lodge Mini Cast Iron Wok (without Olive Oil for 2 minutes, then I added my 3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil).This made my pan perfect and ready for stir frying for myself and my honey bunny! The result was an outstanding and delicious stir fry!!!!2. The 1,000 watt (highest temperature) does not burn my food and it evenly cooks my food when I fry or stir fry.3. Making Scrambled Eggs...So I preheated my burner on medium-high for just 2 minutes (I used a 9 inch non stick skillet). Then I added 1.5 tablespoon of butter and 4 large eggs. I gently stirred the eggs while cooking this, which cooked the eggs gently and evenly and they were very moist and delicious!4. I boiled 3 eggs in my mini wok for 20 minutes and this hard boiled the eggs perfectly. Tip: Place a wooden spoon over the top of the pan when boiling to prevent boilovers... this works wonderfully!5. I am glad that I bought this 1,000 watt coil model because it does not burn food and it is easier on my pans.6. PLENTY OF HEAT! This burner is ideal for frying, cooking veggies in a saucepan, or heating up soups, stews etc.7. Size: Compact, flat and lightweight, perfect for traveling. And better quality than I expected.I highly recommend this product.

Just got this today and put about a 1/2 gallon of water (just enough to make a 1/2 pound of spaghetti) into a pot. Turned it up as high as it would go and it took about 35 minutes to get to a boil. I would think that half that much water in a smaller pot would boil a lot faster. This isn't a real big issue to me because if I have power to run this hot plate then I also have power to run my microwave so I could heat the water to a boil in my microwave in about 10 minutes and then dump it into the pot and it should maintain it long enough to cook spaghetti, macaroni or noodles. I think it will do just fine for cooking anything else or just heating up something that doesn't need to get to a boil. I read some reviews that the numbers wipe off easily. So just don't grab the knob by the numbers! Overall it is a nice hotplate for the money. If you need to boil a lot of water and can do it in a ventilated area like a porch, garage or just outside on a picnic table, the Coleman portable bottle top stove for $20 on Amazon will boil this same amount of water in about 12 minutes, but you need to buy those small propane bottles for that.

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The reason I bought this little burner over others was the automatic shutoff. It turns out I made a good choice. I bought it to use with my pour over coffee pot. I set it on medium and the water boils in under 4 minutes on medium (Same amount of time it takes my english muffins and eggs to cook). Before buying, I read some reviews about the numbers wearing off, but when you turn it off and on with the outer ring you are not touching the numbers. I was prepared to put add nail polish if needed, but so far everything is fine. The price was right and now I can use my coffee stand again instead of my stove. I used to use a Keurig coffee maker, but the Coronavirus has made it impossible for me to get distilled water delivered to my home. I have not left the house since March 26th except to deposit my stimulus check. Thanks to Amazon, Aldi's and CVS delivery services. You won't be sorry if you purchase this, especially if its still on sale.

It completely died, less than one year after purchase, having only been subjected to casual use in the kitchen during that time.

Doesn't heat evenly but gets hot most of the burner. Disappointing.