Hot Plate

39. A Shabbos hot plate will break if it undergoes libun in a fire. Therefore, it can be kashered by turning it on to its highest setting and then pouring boiling water onto it from a kli rishon [one must take great care that the water doesn’t touch the electrical connection. It is advisable to raise the side of the hot plate with the socket and rest it on something. Then the water will slide down the hot plate]. In any case, it should also be covered with thick aluminum foil.