However, I cannot recommend it because for the first 10 minutes there were these obnoxious white fumes emanating from the surface of the hot plate and accompanied by a burnt plastic smell

I'm afraid it will explode, and I smell the burning plastic smell, the power is also often disconnected, cooking is very slow

Expect a nasty smell when you first start using it.

I cant cook my dried fish inside the house for my husband dont like the smell, so after getting this portable stove i can cook outside and not bother my husband

I noticed a really hot smell and checked the bottom of the hot plate

The burning plastic smell that so many others commented about never went away.

Today, after I turned the thing on to heat up to cook lunch, I noticed a funny smell.

The first 2 or 3 times I used the hot plate, there was a faint smell from the hot plate

THE SMELL IS AWFUL.