Hot Plate heater for 5 gal boiler pot

[Turbo6ta]

I have a 5 gallon boiler pot I plan on using. The cheapest and easiest way to heat the wash would be on my glass-top style electric range in my kitchen. I am actually willing to use the kitchen electric stove, but I keep reading that distilling spirits in the house is dangerous, so my other alternative is buying a 1,500 watt portable hot-plate and distilling in my garage.

I was looking at the hot plate in the link below ($27) until I read that it has a weight capacity of 11 Lb ... Jeese, 4.5 Gal of wash + the weight of the still's column weighs a hell of a lot more than that.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Countertop-E ... om=/search

I don't want to use an internal type heating element, so it's either a hot plate that can handle the weight of the still + a full 5 Gal pot of liquid and not be damaged, or in the kitchen on the electric stove.

Any ideas that don't cost an arm and a leg ?