Home and Kitchen Reviews

I'm replacing all my cookware with Lodge Logic. This little pot seemed like a luxury item, since I expected to use it to melt chocolate and butter or scald milk. But I cook and bake a lot so decided to treat myself to a specialty item.

It was delivered a few minutes ago, and I can immediately see a lot of uses for it, including: reheating gravy, heating a single serving of vegetables or other side dish, warming a 14 oz. serving of soup. And of course, melting chocolate and butter.

It has a pleasing shape, and the handle is a good length. Spouts on either side will make pouring easy and neat. Another winner, Lodge!

This little unit works well. I had a cat "accident" in a very cramped area in my basement that ended up causing a very nasty smell in our basement and part of our house upstairs. We put it near the location of the "accident" and ran it on the "quick clean" mode for a few hours and then in standard mode the rest of that day and the following day. The smell diminished substantially over that time. Operates fairly quietly. Only complaint is cost of filter refills (are they really worth 8 bucks?).

After reading all other reviews I thought that this product would work well and for only $20. I tested it while cooking a Mexican dish and it did better than expected. Clearly it did not get rid of all the garlic, onion and chili oddors, but it did reduced the smells a lot. I liked it a lot. In fact I will buy another one for the bathroom.

I just recently received this odor eliminator. It was much bigger than I expected but very easy to setup and use. The filters are relatively cheap and only need to be purchased every 2 months.

On whisper quiet mode well the unit is just about whisper quiet. If you are trying to get rid of a particularly bad smell you can turn it on high speed which is a moderately noisy fan noise.

Living in a dorm sometimes things can get a bit smelly (if you know what I mean).This device always has your back whether it's your garbage you don't want to take out or your room mate's pile of smelly clothes. In this modern age we don't always have time to take care of these things and most sprays simply mask odors. This great Hamilton Beach product ELIMINATES odors and sends them packing.

This electric skillet has all the features I wanted in a skillet. Non stick surface, even heat, dishwasher safe and can be used to serve. I would have preferred an all glass top as this one only has a partial one which is the reason I gave it a four instead of a five.

i really like the electric skillet, it is the first one, i have bought. it is big enough to fry a chicken cut in half,both halves at once, and deep enough to make a stew. easy to clean just like promised. the only thing i was not so happy about was the handles. they give a lot, they bend, and one of mine is already broken. but that is really the only complain i have and i consider it a minor and would buy the skillet again.

My old electric skillet was finally put to rest this past week. Now I needed a new electric skillet. I wanted one which had a Dupont nonstick coating, would not wiggle or move across the counter when I stirred its contents,and it would be nice to see how the food was progressing without having to remove the cover. I typed electric skillet into the heading on Amazon and Viola! I found the electric skillet of my dreams! The skillet is deep, you can fit a whole chicken in it! Cleanup is a breeze with the Dupont teflon coating. The window in the lid is nice, now I don't have to lift the lid to check on the meal I am preparing. One of the best features is the rubber grip handles/feet, no sliding around on the counter when you are stirring the contents of the skillet.

This product is a poorly designed piece of crap that is destined to fail from the first day you use it.

A friend had purchased this item a few months back and asked me to look at it when it died recently. (I have been repairing electrical and electronic equipment for almost 30yrs). This is a perfect example of a "throw-away" item. If more care had gone into the design and a few more dollars into producing it you might have a product that could last a few years. Neither was done. Look at how many reviews mention the item failing after only a few months... and even the positive reviewers usually have only been using it for a month or so-

Do yourself a favor and buy a commercial grade hot plate from a reputable manufacturer. You will pay more but you will likely still be using it many years from now. (Not too mention that the operation will be better also). How much "VALUE" is in a $20 hot plate when it is headed to the landfill a few months from now? It is a shame that so many people are willing to accept low quality products these days and think it is OK if it lasted a few months (note the reviews...)

Good Luck-

I'm currently having the same problem with the temperature control being stuck/not working. At first, it was just hard to turn, but now it will NOT turn off, and is permanently stuck at "level 4" heat and will not go any lower (if I push hard, it'll go higher, and I can push it back to level 4, but that's it.), so the only way I can turn it off is by unplugging it while it's still hot, which is very scary, and thus I have stopped using it after I saw sparks fly the last time I tried to unplug it :/ (and after reading other reviews about the fuse breaking, I'm especially glad I stopped using it)

Anyhow, I WILL say that it worked perfectly fine for at least a year or two, and I only paid about $30-40 or so for it, so I guess for the price, I got as much as I should have expected.

This is a great hot plate for a bachelor pad or if you live somewhere without a kitchen, like me! The plate size is a little big larger than most hot plates. For a hot plate, it heats up fairly quickly. The only drawback is that the surface has little ridges running from the center to the edge so if something gets spilled on the plate it's hard to clean.