Russell Hobbs Double Hot Plate Electric Stainless Steel Hob, 2 Cast iron plates, Large 1500W, Small 750W, Portable, Table top, Variable & Individual temp control, Easy to clean, 15199

I needed something to supplement the microwave while I while I'm renovating the kitchen, so happily I settled for the Russell Hobbs hob. Although the dimensions are given in the description, I was impressed with the size when I took it out of the box. It felt - and looked - well made.In use I've found the heat very controllable; I can put some pasta on the small ring on 'Min' and it will cook without boiling over in the time it takes me to have a shower. The larger ring is equally controllable.The photo gives an idea of the sizes of pan that I've used together; the larger one is 28cm in diameter and the smaller pan is 16.5cm.Obviously, after cooking there will be residual heat, so best to keep small fingers (and your own!) well away until it cools down.

Heats up well. I've cooked whatever I needed from a pot of soup to frying meat. Heats up fast and high. Love it as additional burners while cooking large meals for my family.Update: I bought this Jan 2024, and as of Jan 3 2025, the large Burner has stopped heating. However we used this daily for the past year to cook large and small pots. Really glad it waited til after NYE as I used it then to cook a large pot of codfish and potatoes for 30 people. Which worked perfectly on the night. For the price, and a year of consistent use, I'd say it's worth it. Would recommend

Redoing our kitchen and we're without a hob for a few months. This was a really useful temporary solution, very compact (so couldn't fit large pans on, but there's only the two of us so it was fine) Did take a while to heat up, but you just allow time for that. Also had no definitive off switch, so we just made sure it was unplugged when not in use.Did the job for us, and keeping it now kitchen is finished, just in case of emergency!

Brought this whilst our kitchen was being renovated and it was the perfect way to still cook meals without a kitchen. Highly recommend!

This hob has come in really handy lately as we've just moved house and are undergoing extreme kitchen renovations (no oven/hob). This hob easily plugs into the mains, is nice and compact, has 2 hot plates (1 bigger and the other slightly smaller) and is super easy to use. You can control the heat output of each individual hob independently which is a nice touch. Heats a regular sized saucepan easily and efficiently. The unit is easy to clean as it's just stainless steel. I'd absolutely recommend this product if you're lacking an oven hob. It's also reasonably priced too, in my opinion.

Very good if you are stuck for space.

It heats up your pots and pans pretty well.After less than a year one of the plates has ceased functioning though.Now I only have this little plate to cook on. Not great.

This has been a great hob and we have been using it for a few months now, we don’t have an oven so this is our only hob.Great to store away to save space when not in use.There isn’t an on/off switch on the appliance. You can only really turn it off at the wall. I was aware of this when buying but it really does cause problems sometimes! Even when you ‘think’ you have turned the knob down far enough…sometimes you probably didn’t! It has been left on a few times because of this. I appreciate that this can be down to user error but it would be great if it just had an on/off somewhere :)