HotLogic Food Warming Tote

For every work day, I intended to bring marinated/prepped raw food in to the office, put it in this oven in the morning, and by lunch time, have fresh food ready to eat. After testing the unit out at my house, I concluded that I would have to add one more step: sear/brown any meat before putting it in this oven. Otherwise, this unit is fantastic and is worth every penny. Note: The manufacturer offers a 2-year extension to the 1-year warranty if you register your oven. So don’t forget to register it!–The Test–I put in frozen rice and refrigerator-thawed raw chicken in the oven. After three hours, the food reached edible temperatures. The chicken looked pretty awful when it came out… so I seared it a bit on a cast iron pan.–The Data–Temperatures were measured using an infrared thermometer and a meat thermometer. Over three hours, the oven brought up the rice temperature from -5F to 132F and the chicken from 35F to 153F. The countertop temperature under the unit was 129F (+55F). The heating plate gets up to almost 200F; likewise, the bottom of the glass tupperware that was on top of this plate reached 162F. As far as the electricy used, the unit alternates from 0W to just under 50W. Over three hours, only 0.11 kWh was used, which translates to a dollar figure of less than a penny (using my electric prices).

I love this little guy! I actually bought a second one because I loved the first one SO much.My poor husband has been eating sandwiches for lunch for TEN YEARS because the company microwave is filthy and he just CAN’T! LOLI bought one of these and started with tv dinners. He’s not a fan of microwave dinners, so my expectations were low. He started RAVING about his lunches….they were JUST little $1 Michalina’s frozen dinners! He said they taste better coming his “lunchbox” than they do when we microwave them at home. I took the plunge and invested in some glassware that would work with the Hot Logic. (I just went to Big Lots… I bought the same stuff they sell online MUCH CHEAPER there.) Now I can send nutritious, tasty homecooked meals just by freezing our own leftovers! I bought a second one for my car (I drive a Kia Soul…not a big rig) to use with a car adapter. The Hot Logic uses so little wattage — it works like a charm. My son swims and does gymnastics swims competitively, AND he does speech and debate, so we are NEVER within a half-hour of our house because we are always at a practice, a meet, or a tournament SOMEWHERE. I feel so much better giving him hot food from home instead of making an Arby’s or a Taco Bell run. I’m not going to tell you that my son is happy that he is now eating homemade food instead of Chick-fil-a, but I know we are both eating healthier than we have been in years!I am REALLY satisfied with this purchase!

I like this food warmer. I’m a truck driver, so I chose to buy the 12 volt version. That way I don’t have to use a separate power inverter. The only thing I don’t like is that it doesn’t have a led indicator to show that it’s properly plugged in to the lighter socket. Other than that works great.

The sides of the pouch that holds the heating element started to melt and stick together shortly after I started using it.

I’m a truck driver and got tired of cold deli sandwiches and they few restaurants that i can park in. This thing is the greatest thing I’ve ever bought for work. It doesn’t burn food if you forget about it for a while. I use glass container or plastic with no issue. Takes 1 to 2 hours to heat food up. Any driver or someone who doesn’t have access to microwave needs this. I’ve recommended it to guys at work. If it broke today I’d buy another one immediately. Tip- watch the price, it goes up and down from 30 to 40 bucks. Buy it at 30.*update*After 8 months of near daily use, it has stopped working. True to what I said in my original review, I immediately purchased another one. This time though, i bought it from the hotlogic website directly so i could get the one year warrantyUpdate 2: I bought another one and it broke after two months. The others I bought lasted at least a year. Just past the return date. Should have taken my own advice and bought directly from hotlogic website. Deducting a star.

I love this, been using it for the past few days mainly for warming/reheating meal prep meals. What can I say if you have a lunch that has been in the fridge take it put it in the Mini and in about an hour and a half you have perfect meal. Taste like you just made it or like the day after when the seasonings have a chance to sit in. Have not use the microwave since I got it. Been doing meal prep and this is the completer. My food is not dry, tried a lasagna (frozen) I put it in and let it cook for about 6 hours which turned out perfect. It was my supper with a salad, no hot stove, or a mountain of dishes to clean. Liked it so much getting another one ( arrived today) and will be using it at work. POSITIVE MADE FISH AND IT DID NOT STINK UP MY HOUSE LIKE THE MICROWAVE.

I work from my car seeing patients and I used to drive around trying to sneak into the 7-11 microwaves to heat my home-cooked meals without being noticed. Then while in there I would decide I needed some sort of snack or sugary drink. When I started my Whole 30 round I had to start researching ways to heat meals in my car because I can’t be trusted in a convenience store with sugar. This works great, I used glass lunch containers that I got on amazon and I just place my soup or meal in the pouch in the morning, and then plug it in about 30 mins before I want to eat, If I have to go in to see a pt I use my car starter to keep it heating up (it’s a Prius, so I’m just using the battery usually).Only feedback I’d give is a on off switch would be great, I don’t like the angle of my plug in my car so pulling it in and out makes me a little annoyed. But I’ll get it over it :). Otherwise it’s perfect.It you have long hours on the road, this thing is great!

I work and I’m always where there is no microwave for my food i take lunch around 1pm so I head to my car at about 12 and plug it in with my food and baby when I tell u I come back n that food be steaming hot like it came fresh off that stove ya heard meh!!!! I love this bag it doesn’t get any better as far as warming up my meal prep on the go.. get this bag it’s a great investment

For me this was a great discovery. These should be advertised more at high school and college. As a Vegan I have difficulty finding adequate meals when I have to travel. I used this on a recent business trip and was impressed. Some of what I “cooked” was a test to find out if it worked and I was not disappointed. One morning I quartered some amber potatoes, spiced them, place in a container with a few tablespoons of water and when I came back for dinner four hours later (after work) the potatoes were done exactly as they should have been. i did pasta, vegetables, frozen pizza, frozen desert, and a few other items. They all cooked exactly as they should have. This is so small, easy to pack, doesn’t burn food, and the meal is ready when one returns from work. Sorry it took me so long to find the product.

Got this product the other day so that I could have hot lunches through the winter. My office doesn’t have a microwave and I don’t have the space for one. Previously, I was bringing refrigerated food and just letting it sit out until lunch, which meant that the best I could hope for was room temperature food. Enter this product! I am now able to bring refrigerated or frozen food from my house and have it nice and hot for lunch. It only takes a few hours, but if I plug the unit in when I arrive at my office, then it has plenty of time to heat the food. When I’m done with it for the day I let it cool and then put it back in my drawer for use the next time.Initially I was worried about using plastic meal prep containers in this, but they work just fine. So excited to have found a solution for my cold lunch woes!

What seemed like a minor option I was giving myself when I decided to purchase has turned out to be a lifestyle gamechanger. Now I can bring a chicken breast and veggies or other healthy food instead of my unhealthy and boring “coldcut” (bread and nitrates) sandwiches which had been my default lunch. Also saves me time and my hot food from yucky communal odors from the office microwave. Pays for itself.Update: I forgot to add that mine came with a bonus plastic cooking container with lid. Don’t know if that was a mistake but it was a nice surprise. But after using it with different containers I found that I prefer glass for heating and bought a couple of Pyrex that fit perfectly.

It’s actually really good to have. I don’t have a microwave or way of warming things up at my business, this has been awesome in assisting. It’s good with cooking certain TV dinners (usually takes 1-2 hours depending on the food you’re warming). It’s good for warming up dishes from home that are in a plastic or glass container (usually takes about 30 mins to an hour) & does not overcook or dry the food out. I’ve even left the food in for hours and the food was still delicious. I’ve used this to warm up a bean burrito from Taco Bell, a slice of pizza & red beans and rice from Popeyes.Warming: Spaghetti has to be watched carefully whether home cooked or a TV dinner. If left in too long, it will turn to mush from being too soft.