Real cooking, no kitchen
Boil pasta, simmer soup, steam dumplings, or fry eggs from a single outlet. Seven hundred watts brings 2.5 liters to a boil fast enough that dinner in a dorm stops meaning a microwave.
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A plug-in pot that boils, steams, and fries a real meal anywhere there is an outlet.
Ships to the lower 48 states with tracking.
Why buy from CurbGo
At a Glance
The Brentwood HP-3250BK turns any outlet into a working burner. Fill the 2.5 liter ceramic-lined pot, choose the slow or fast setting, and boil noodles, steam dumplings, braise chicken, or fry an egg on a desk. The cord detaches so the pot carries straight to the table on its cool-touch handles.
Key Features
What's Included
In the box: one HP-3250BK 2.5 liter electric hot pot cooker in black, a vented tempered glass lid, a removable power cord, and the instruction manual.
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Boil pasta, simmer soup, steam dumplings, or fry eggs from a single outlet. Seven hundred watts brings 2.5 liters to a boil fast enough that dinner in a dorm stops meaning a microwave.
The ceramic nonstick lining releases stuck rice and noodle starch with warm water and a soft sponge, so the pot is clean in a minute even when the nearest sink is a bathroom basin.
Overheat and boil-dry protection cut the power if the pot runs dry, the handles stay cool to the touch, and the cord unplugs at the pot so the whole thing travels flat in a bag.
Compact enough for a desk, hot enough for a boil.
A hot plate needs its own pot and leaves an exposed hot surface. This is the pot and the burner in one piece, with an enclosed element and auto shut-off, which is what most dorm policies allow.
A kettle boils water and stops there. This pot boils, then keeps going: noodles cook in it, eggs fry in it, and a braise simmers in it on the slow setting.
A smaller pot handles one bowl of ramen. At 2.5 liters this one takes a full box of pasta or two servings of hot pot broth, and still fits in a backpack.
A low, wide pot. Here is the footprint before it lands on a desk or in a bag.
Every detail, measured and listed
| Model | HP-3250BK |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 2.5 liters / 2.6 quarts |
| Power | 700 watts |
| Heat settings | 2, slow and fast |
| Functions | Steam, boil, braise, fry, saute |
| Interior | Ceramic nonstick coating |
| Lid | Vented tempered glass |
| Cord | Removable |
| Handles | Cool-touch |
| Safety | Overheat and boil-dry auto shut-off, power indicator light |
| Dimensions | 9.5 in W x 11.5 in D x 6.9 in H |
| Weight | About 2.5 lb |
| Safety listing | cETLus |
| Care | Hand wash, do not immerse base or cord |
Common questions that customers ask
No. Brentwood's included components are the pot, the vented glass lid, and the removable cord. The steam function works by placing food above a shallow layer of water under the lid.
No. The heating element is built into the base, so wipe the ceramic interior with a soft sponge and never immerse the base or the cord.
It is one of the classic dorm appliances, with an enclosed element and overheat and boil-dry shut-off. Check your campus policy on countertop cookers first, since rules vary.
2.5 liters, about 2.6 quarts. That is two servings of ramen, a full box of pasta, or a small hot pot for two.
It shuts itself off if it overheats or runs dry, but like any cooking appliance it should not be run unattended.
We ship to the 48 contiguous states and process within 2 business days, with tracking sent the moment it leaves.
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Brentwood Appliances has made practical, affordable kitchen gear since 1988, and it backs each model with a spec sheet, a manual, and a safety listing published on its own site. The HP-3250BK is Brentwood at its most useful: a small, honest appliance that does the job of a stove for people who do not have one.
700 watts, 2.5 liters, and a pot that wipes clean.