I’ve been cooking some slow recipies that need a lot of heat (a lot of boiling water and slow stewing) under the kitchen fan, and the smell has greatly dissipated, it looks like the smoke was not a really big problem.

I’ve already used this hot plate regularly for about 2-3 months already. If this is burning off some other residue, how can I get the smell to go away faster?

The orange tape bit on the top is actually connected to a light that turns on when the heating coil is on. One of the elements is a power switch, the other is a temperature regulator.

Looking into the wires, I couldn’t find a third wire, so it probably doesn’t have a ground, even though it does have a 3 prong NA design.

Looks the same on the other side, the pattern on the unburnt metal looks like galvanized steel, did the zinc burn off?