OVENTE Electric Warming Tray with Adjustable Temperature Control Perfect for Buffets, Restaurants, House Parties, Events & Dinners, Compact Food Warmer & Server with Cool Touch Handles, Silver FW170S

Nice

Kept food hot for few hours needed, adjustable temp

Very light in weight. Heats up quickly. The box has a handle, which is helpful. The removable trays are very small. To help you understand how small..Each tray could hold an 8 oz can of vegetables.

I bought this "Used - Like New" from Amazon Warehouse, and it was indeed like new, although the box it came in - not a cardboard shipping box but a thin flimsy cardboard retail packaging box like you'd see it on a store shelf - was so badly damaged with tears and missing pieces I thought there'd be no way it would be useable and not damaged.But it was OK inside. I tested it out with two medium plates, that's all that will fit comfortably, first turning the temperature control all the way up. I measured with an infrared laser thermometer which has always been quite accurate.It started heating up right away and within a minute or two the metal surface was too hot to touch comfortably, so it heats up fast. The plate on the right was just under boiling after 10 minutes, around 205-210 degrees F. The plate on the left was right around 180 degrees F, so the heating while not perfectly even seems OK to me. Note that at these temperatures the plates can be too hot to handle easily so you may need potholders if you are going to remove them!Then I turned the temperature control to halfway, let it stabilize for 10 minutes, and measured the right plate at 140 F and the left plate at 130 F. I did note that as the heating element cycled on and off (the light goes on when heating), the plates would get maybe 20 F cooler for a short while, the temperatures can vary a bit. The plates and the metal surface are hot to touch at these temperatures but won't burn you. Then I tried heating it back up, this time to 3/4 of the way. After 10 minutes I measured the right plate at 170 F, the left plate at 160 F. Both plates could be handled OK but the metal surface was too hot to touch comfortably.Then I turned it to minimum and unplugged it. In 5 minutes it had cooled off. I don't think I'd ever use the minimum setting - probably you need halfway or more to get decent heating based on my temperature measurements.I would buy this again. Mine has a good temperature range, it works well, it does what it's supposed to without any unnecessary frills or controls, the build quality seems good, the appearance is good. I like it!

Ignore the bad reviews. Everyone saying it’s so small. It is perfect for parties and hors d'oeuvres. I used one tray for Spinach Artichoke Dip, one tray for Queso, and one tray for Meatballs and I also made a Charcuterie Board and it was perfect for a party of 15. It would be perfect for an average sized family of 4-6 for Taco Bar…one tray filled with shredded chicken, one tray filled with black beans, and one tray filled with steak or refried beans. You could use it for 3 different kinds of soup for a soup night dinner and serve it with bread bowls or breadsticks. You could use it for a pasta night dinner and put marinara in one tray, Alfredo in another tray and meat sauce or butternut squash sauce in the 3rd tray. You can also remove the metal trays and use it as a warmer for other things too. You could use it to warm up rolls on a cookie sheet or to keep breadsticks or garlic bread warm even tortillas or pre made quesadillas. I turned it up all the way and my queso and Artichoke dip was starting to bubble so I had to turn it down. It gets hot.

It didn’t really keep the food that hot. Would not purchase it again.

Amazon beat my package to heck after 3 days on the truck but fortunately the product was unharmed. It worked great for what I needed. Super light and easy to clean.

I ordered two of this product. I received them, attempted to try them out and both items are defective. They do not work. They will come on for only a minute, get slightly warm, and then turn themselves off again. It would do the same thing every so often, like fifteen or twenty minutes, never staying on nearly long enough to warm anything. Both units had the same issue, although in the two hours I attempted to get them to work one of them would cycle on a little more frequently. After this one trial, I determined I couldn’t use them for my upcoming event and promptly packaged them back in the original box and returned them. Within a week of the return, I received an email from Amazon that the seller has accused me of returning an older model item and are not refunding my payment. Now, not only do I not have the defective items, it seems I have to pay for them anyway. This is an absolute scam! Avoid at all costs!