The Green Head - Latest Comments About Mario Batali Granite Piastra - Italian Grilling Stone

Comment by: Guest

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:59:44 -0500

I've had the same experience with my stone although it lasted about a year. The crack appeared 6 months ago and it took the next 6 months for it to fail completely. I have used it on both a gas grill and a charcoal grill.

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Comment by: c haynes

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:57:07 -0500

Are you saying that any unfinished granite of the thickness you specified will take the place of a grill stone. We purchased the original Grill"nStone and had the same results, cracking after a few uses. I'm game and guess I should try one. Lots of granite places around this part of Florida. The grill stone does offer advantages to cooking.Thank you for your suggestion.

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Comment by: Guest

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:45:59 -0500

I went through 3 of these. I had the same problem. I went to my local marble/ granite guy and had a custom one cut from 1 1/4" unfinished granite. It is very big and heavy but has not cracked after many uses. The Batali one is junk. The marble guy charged me $50.

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Comment by: Guest

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:40:44 -0500

I received one of these stones for Fathers day. I was very excited to try it out. I picked up some filet mignon and lobster tails. What better way to initiate the "stone". Both were done to perfection. Very memorable father's day. Then a few days later, I was going to cook some prawns on it. As I was cleaning it off, I noticed a small crack in the stone. I had prepped it as the instructions said so I was pretty sure it wasn't due to mis-handling. I cooked the prawns and they came out perfect. After the stone had cooled over night, I decided to give it a good cleaning. I removed it from the bbq and was going to wash it when it just broke in half where the crack was. I cleaned it up and returned it to the store where my wife had purchased it. I was given another stone and again prepared it per instructions. I cooked on it three times before it cracked again.I really like the way food tastes cooked on it, however there seems to be an inherant flaw in the stone. I am going to return the stone again and try to find a different manufacturer.

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