On Oct 6, 6:43*am, Tracy > wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Oct 5, 5:04 pm, Tracy > wrote:
> >> I was looking for a hot plate for my office and saw this one on amazon:
>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/ya3u4q6
>
> >> or
>
> >>http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-AHP-303-...late/dp/B0018V....
>
> >> Check out the product features.....
>
> > I'm not sure I'm interested in a hotplate with "Comfortable over-the-
> > head design".
>
> >> Seriously, can anyone suggest a good hotplate? I don't want coils
> >> though.
>
> > Why? *I've got the two-burner hotplate I received in 1975 as a going-
> > away-to-college
> > gift from my mother's best friend, and it's still going strong. *I
> > routinely use it outdoors
> > when cooking something I don't want stinking up the house (for
> > example, onion
> > soup in the winter).
>
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> My office is small. It's for my boss and he is messy and if he drops
> something in the coils it could set off the smoke alarm which would
> call the fire department. *I guess it could happen even with the
> flat top type but at least stuff won't get lost down there, ya know?
>
> I am having a timer switch plate installed as well so that if he
> forgets he has turned it on, it will turn off automatically.
>
> I love the smell of onions cooking. No need to cook them outside!
> ;-) On the other hand, my husband LOVES sardines - the big ones and
> they smell like funk.
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He's your boss! If he's a slob then that's his problem. I don't know
anyone that doesn't know how to operate a hot plate!!