IKEDA Electric Steamboat w/ BBQ Grill

Slightly flimsy and small; would prefer butane stove + pot
I've borrowed this from a friend for hotpot over the weekend. The pot portion of the item is very light and almost feels flimsy. Also, it took a quite a long while for the water to come to boil even after pre-heating the water on the stove first. The temperature control for the hotpot is off-low-high, and the highest temperature doesn't seem all that hot.

The grill on top is for the lack of a better word, cute. It is very small, around 6 1/2 inches in diameter and fits very few meat pieces. The heat switch for the grill is also on-off, so you can't raise or lower the temperature. I found that the pieces of pork belly took quite a while to cook; the thinner slices of chadol (beef brisket) cooked at a reasonable rate for consumption, but again, due to the small size you could fit at max 2 pieces at a time.

Our hotpot group was 3 people, and I wouldn't try to feed any more than 3 people with this pot, especially if grilled meat is a big concern. If you treat the...

Leaky pot
This is not our first hot pot; but our first with the grill on top. Everything was going well when we started using it, including the top grill which we like a lot. All of a sudden, we started hearing a popping sound. It turned out that there's a leak in the pot and the water was hitting the hot heating base which made the popping sound. This is a result of poor design. The pot is made up of 2 parts, welded together. If you don't get the leak at first, I'm sure you will get it sooner or later. I'm now in the process of returning this unit to MV Trading (through Amazon), which I'm sure will not be a problem. Meanwhile, I've placed an order for another hot pot.

Nice Hotpot, just overpriced
It's a nice hotpot that has a center grill. Best serves 4 people. It stains easily and the sink unit that holds the liquid is pretty thin. I think the whole unit is overpriced and shouldn't cost more than $50.

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