Abstract: An electrical resistance heater is provided with an elongate wire heating element having a geometry with at least three turnarounds that change a direction of travel of the wire heating element. The turnarounds are integral sections of the heating element. Each turnaround couples a first section of a heating element to a second section of the heating element with at least portions of the first and second sections having a same parallel geometry which can include curved sections and linear sections. The wire heating element has a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface and provides uniform heating through the elongate wire heating element. First and second ends of the heating element are configured to be coupled to an electrical power source. At least one insulator can be included.