OCTAVO 1800 Watt Portable Infrared Burner, electric burner with 4 Hours Timer, Electric Hot Plate Touch Control Panel Adjustable Heating Power, Glass Cooktop for Cooking

Absolutely stellar burner. I've had it over a year and works awesome! It has a grounded plug, which makes it much safer than the typical two pronged plugs that overheat and melt. It also has a built in cooling fan that runs after it's shut off, until the unit is cool. This protects the internal electronics from melting. I highly recommend it.

Updated reivew on the replacement one: It works great. The legs sit flat. Everything works as expected. The timer goes up to 4 hours. It shuts off at the preset time. It heats up fast. It will keep running to cool itself off once it shuts off, so you know the plate is still hot. I still wouldn't advise touching the plate until it is completely back to room temperature just in case. There is a fast setting and a fryer setting that seem to both go to the maximum temperature so I don't know if they are actually duplicates as mentioned in other posts or if the fast setting actually does heat up faster than the fryer setting. Either way, you can use the dial to turn it up or down. I really like the look of this. The cord is 48 inches (4 feet) and is 3 prong for the United States outlets and is heavy duty. This arrived with the legs not sitting flat so it wobbles back and forth. I returned this one for a replacement. I will redo the review if the new one comes without this defect. It was shipped in the box that the manufacture put it in and so when it arrived the box was bent in and smashed so this could have happened in shipping. Hopefully the new one comes in a box and not just the manufactures box with no protection. It seemed to turn on and heat up fine but without sitting flat its not really usable.

Stable, easy to use, solid quality for a 115V outlet — but the power is nowhere near 1800W. I bought this for my patio cooking table since my induction cooktop doesn’t work with some pans. We cook smoky or splattery foods outside to keep the new kitchen clean. As a retired EE, I had to check the 1800W claim. At 110V that would mean 16.4 amps, which is over the 15A limit for most outlets. Even at 120V, it would max out the circuit. My power meters show that when the unit displays “1800,” it’s really pulling about 1140W (114V at 10A). Funny enough, the model number is “OC-1050,” which is much closer to reality than the marketing label. That said, it works. Steaks, burgers, and my wife’s 6 quarts of stew cook just as well as on our kitchen IR range. Fan noise? Not a problem outdoors. It’s quieter than a hair dryer, more like a computer fan on high. The smooth top with the knob on the front makes cleanup easy.

We have no oven or stove, so we got an air fryer and this baby. The only reason why I didn't give this 5 stars is because the fan... After a few months, it got loud. It still works--way better than other tabletop stoves. It heats pretty quickly! Such a difference. Though the fan's obnoxious, this sucker's pretty durable. The appearance is nice and it's super easy to clean. Definitely solid value for the price (when I bought it. Don't know if it costs differently now). We use this every day, 2-3 times a day. Did I mention it's easy to use? Because it is. I'll sit on the couch with my kids and watch anime together while making tempura. It's kind of a thing we do once a week. This electric burner makes life so much easier.

This draws 1850W which is exactly 15 Amps, so it's as powerful as they can get in 110V applications. I use it outdoors with a 12Ga extension cord (be careful not to use thin cheap extension cords with this). One should use a heavy-duty 15 Amp rated cord. It has a fan to keep the base cool. The top on the heating element is separate from the rest of the unit. I thought from the images that the top was a single piece of plastic but no, the element is separate. It does light up red when it's very hot. The commands are easy to use, and works as follows: Press the On button, and then select one of the presets. Once it's on, then, and only then, can use the knob to adjust the setting. There is also a timer that's optional to use. The display shows how many Watts are being consumed, not the temperature.

8-7-23 updates: after I returned it and got the refund, the OCTAVO support team reached out to me and apologized for the inconvenience. As a gesture of goodwill, they offered me another one for FREE. The second one was delivered last Wednesday. I have tried it with 5 different cookware with different bottom and they all worked fine with the burner. 1800 Watt is pretty powerful for everything I need to cook. The built-in cooling fan is a bit noisy but works well. after cooking for one hour, the edges, sides and bottom were not hot. The side handles/eyes are very handy. Make it very easy and safe to move/carry around. Original review: After took it out of the box, I tried it with 5 different fry pans, got the E5 error message every single time. The one page user manual pointed me to Solution Center. Wasted 1 hour online, still could not find the online solution center, not even a home page of the manufacturer. Had no more time to waste on it and just returned it .

Very good quality

This is the first and only product like this that I have purchased since college 50 years ago. So I can’t compare it to anything else. Nonetheless, I give it a thumbs up. We bought this to use during a kitchen remodel. The only down side is the fan which runs constantly while the appliance is on. But we got used it and chalked it up to a safety feature. It took a little time to get used to defining the heat settings by watts. But once I understood what meant high, medium, and low, I was fine. I was delighted how easily it cleaned. I never had burned spots to scour, unlike my stove. And the heat adjustments responded quickly— again, unlike my stove. I’m glad we have this, and I’ll keep it to use in other situations.

Its hot. Works great. Best one Ive ever purchased

Works very well, love it

Heats up fast. Works great! Wish burner was a little bigger as I use for water bath canning.

Safe and powerful!

Not enough heat as only half coil heats up not the full coil as shown in pics. Else everything is good but heat is not enough to cook.