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Title: Safety Hazard!
Review: Although it says in the specs there is no warming plate, that is WRONG! The plate is heated! I put a burn mark on my table when I took the carafe off the base and set it at our table upon my first use. It takes the carafe bottom about 5 minutes after you remove it from the base to cool enough to touch and place on unprotected surfaces.The manual (which also covers the glass version of the unit) also states no hot plate. My guess is someone in China got the wrong base units mixed up with the stainless carafe model.My guess is we will hear of a product recall soon on these.UPDATE: It's not an actual heated warming plate (w/ heat element). I took the bottom off and found that the coil that heats the water is directly under the carafe. The heat this gives off is what is getting things HOT!They should put stand off feet on the bottom of the carafe or insulate this area better. My other brand thermal carafe I have does not get hot like this one does.
