I was watching a chemistry video on YouTube and saw where the chemist used small polomer enclosed self-adhesive strips which can be temperature controlled, by an enclosed digital controller unit and, in this case, used with a magnetic stirrer.
I have a non-heated stirrer, that I built some years back, modeled on a common beer makers stirrer, which I may just use these on, for mixing chemicals.
I have an Anchor four quart measurement cup, that I'd like to apply these to, but washing up would preclude, but these 5w and higher, heaters can fit on a tile, glass or metal plate easily.
The heater strips have various max heat settings, with about 150°c, to work with.
Go search for polomer heat self-adhesive on Amazon.com and the results should include a few controllers.
Cheers.