This company makes an amazing hot pot. Super easy to use and heated up instantly or cooled down instantly depending upon what you were doing. The hot pot arrived earlier than expected so the shipping was really fast and the packaging was perfect. Thank you.

The hot pot was listed under a name of "Maruki" in January when I ordered it. I thought it was a different product from what I saw in some super markets. So I placed an order. It's was a big surprise to me when I received the item that has a brand name of "Ikeda". I called the seller and they said that they did not have time to edit the description. If I had known this is an Ideda product I would have bought it from 99 Ranch Market. They are now on sale for $34.99 (the original price was $39.99). However, the hot pot is excellent and the shipping was fast.

The product itself was good, we are happy with it. But make sure you don't buy it from MV Trading company. I ordered one from from MV trading co, but never got it. We contacted the seller but the simply replied that mistake happened. It's great we have this Amazon A-Z satisfaction guarantee so we were able to cancel the order after a week of the scheduled delivery window. We re-ordered it from SuperCo and we got our order very fact. We used it once we got it and it's easy to use and fairly easy to clean as well. It heats nicely, I will recommend the products.

Some new restaurant opened up near where we live and we made the "mistake" of taking our two little kids to eat there one day. The whole self-serve of plates of food to put into the pot made them go nuts and we ended up spending over 60 bucks to eat there. And then we went back again because it tasted so good. And then we had to take the inlaws and that made it even more expensive. In the end, it felt like we were going broke, but it was still such a yummy experience!

I began looking for a hot pot with a divider just like the one they used at the restaurant, which is ideal because then my husband and I could have our own broth on one side and the kids could have their miso soup broth on the other side. I couldn't find one that was just a pot because I was going to buy it with a tabletop induction burner, but I ended up going with this one since it came with a heating element and pot all in one.

The first time we used it I simply used miso soup and chicken broth like someone else in another review posted. It was so simple and delicious and just as good as the restaurant! I ended up spending 40 bucks on the food because I had no real idea of how much I should buy. This ended up being way too much and I've since then learned precisely how much food I need to buy to serve the four of us and now have it down to about 20 bucks per dinner, which is only slightly higher than a typical dinner anyway. Plus, I always have a delicious leftover soup to eat the next day, which saves me the cost of an $8 lunch.

We use a variety of dipping sauces including somen salad dressing, ponzu sauce, a pineapple chili sauce, and soy sauce. I'm sure there are lots of other options you can make at home as well.

The biggest downside by far is the short cord. Unless you have a table next to a wall outlet, you'll find it hard to plug in on a traditional dining table. It's long enough to keep it at the edge of our dining table, but it's still dangerous and I have to make sure everyone stays away from it so they don't trip on it and spill everything.

Still, the cord isn't enough for me to take off a full star. I still love this thing and have used it four times so far, with the kids loving it just as much as the restaurant's food. And who can complain about saving 50% on a meal when you cook it yourself at the restaurant anyway!

I love doing shabu shabu/ chines hot pot at my ski cabin with family and friends. Had been using an electric fondue, but I wanted the real thing.
They are not easy to find, and this was the best I could do. I like the duel chambers because I could make one side extreme spice on one side and a more mild, or use miso for a change. It is just hot enough on high, but barely. It would be good if it could put out a few more BTU's.

Over all, the best I could find, and it is good. I would just prefer a level higher quality and sturdiness. Williams Sonoma should offer a higher quality one.