Can this hotplate bring water to a full boiling point?
598945
Yes, I've cooked pasta, lobster and hardboiled eggs on it many times in a large pot. It takes a little time to boil, but it works fine.
598946
Maybe I had a defective hotplate but it did not bring a gallon of water to a boil in 40 minutes (at highest setting); I had to move the pot to the regular stove to make it boil. I returned the product to Amazon.
598947
I rarely take the time to review my purchases, but my Waring hot plate was so superior to any I'd ever used, knew I had to review it. With that in mind, I took the time to time and test it for Bobby. Factor in my altitude is 3,000 ft., I took 1 qt. cold faucet water in 2 qt. covered (high quality Calphalon) sauce pan, without preheating, turned knob to 5 (highest). Had a full rolling boil in 11 minutes.
598948
Yes it can. I have used it many times with my pressure canner and I have put warm water into the canner and it has been almons boiling when I put the hot jars in. I have always put the lid on befor it comes to a boil but it does come to a boil and has kept it there for as much as 75 minutes. I have had to turn it down becaue it is boiling to fast. If I knew what size pot you are usingm I could check it out and give you some idea how long it would gtake it to come to a boil. You might also want to know that I live in the mountains at about 3000 feet.Elaine
598949
No, it cannot. I put 1.25" of water in a 12" frying pan with an 8 1/2" base and after 20 minutes it did not boil. The unit also cycles off and on to avoid overheating. I wanted to stay away from Induction but induction is very fast to boil water in anything. This is more of a hot plate to keep food warm. It stays hot for a very long time after being shut off.
598950
Yes this is a great burner we fry food cook soup do a lot of cooking on this burner
1665366
This is a terrific hot plate and it will definitely boil the water - much more quickly on the more powerful of the two burners. The big surprise for me, however, was that the "warming" burner is really effective for cooking. I thought it would be much weaker.
1229732
I never intended to test this object to the extreme. I have never planned to use it with water hotter than 85 degrees. I guess it would pop if you did something deliberately extreme like fill it with BOILING HOT water.
127871
I don't think there should be any problem ,it should make all the hot water you can use.
488285
Yes it will boil water. You may use it as skillet but the surface of it is not flat.
784180
I put boiled water in it and it does fine. So anything lower than 100c should be alright. Haven't tried higher (anyone needs to?).
459607
I wouldn't risk boiling water. Warm water yes. I would also check the Camelbak website.
1855748
I don't think so. Heats water about 40 degrees above incoming temp. Warm but not hot.
1497645
A hotplate is an electric burner so when you turn it down it doesn't immediately go from hi to med. It takes times. It really depends what you are doing. The settings on this are hi, med., lo, warm and off. Boil water on high and then turn it down to whatever. It's meant to be simple and that's what it is. If you are boiling water at 100 degrees there's either something wrong with your hotplate or you are at a very high altitude.
468803
Yes, as long as the water remains liquid this unit will produce scalding temperatures depending on flow rate.
1829237
Yes. But you have to watch it to prevent from spill out since the temperature will reach to boiling point (100 degree C).
2167184
Not that I saw,but this unit has too much energy to perform that kind of task. It is made for boiling large amounts of water- I use it to make large pots of brunswick stew for example.
1839302
Yes. Has worked fine so far. Using the heated water in a cooking pot method.
1550186
I don't have experience with doing that, but this machine does have a limit to how hot the water can be that you put in it. How hot are you looking to go? If the water is too hot for you to touch/ work with, it is too hot for this machine. I generally go by the rule of "if I would shower in this temperature, then we are okay, anything hotter is pushing it". Its made out of plastic, and the parts can melt if you go to, say, boiling.
503966
Yes you can it just depends on how many btu's your burner puts out, that will determine how vigorous your boil will be and how long it will take to get to a full boil with this pot
61155
Yes, you can. But remember this is not an extended scale, nor is the instrument built to survive boiling water. So definitely do not buy this instrument if you have to measure water temperatures in the 200+ degree range. They make very good candy thermometers for that use. CAS
46150
I can test boiling water with mine, but it only uses Fahrenheit mode. It doesn't seem to switch. Don't know. They seem to be very good units, but they don't last very long. You cannot get the unit wet (other than the stem). It will kill it