avergowven wrote:Why do they keep putting Woot Killers up?

It's a diversion tactic...

Soapstone is amazing stuff. It takes it a while to get truly hot because it has an amazing capacity for storing heat energy. The upside is that it will stay hot for a very, very long time. This would be amazing for outdoor cooking and camping. Think of it as a cast iron griddle that will stay hot for a couple hours after the fire goes out. The Romans used to make the army's portable bread ovens out of soapstone (the best modern wood-fired ovens are still made of it) because you could heat it up with one small bonfire and it would stay hot for eight hours. My dream is to find an old school that is being gutted and steal the old soapstone science lab counters from their garbage. It is then that I will build my ultra-mega pizza oven in my back yard.

That in mind, I'm still not sure I'd buy this right now because I never thought about needing just one for this purpose. Would probably make sweet burgers though.

zuiquan wrote:1200 degrees? That's impressive. I guess it'd be better at making pizzas than a pizza stone if you had some method of getting it that hot.

next to the sun?

Demo on Youtube-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSy-cHYmls

Griddle? Unless it's completely flat on the other side, it looks like what some would call a "grill" pan.

That's what they're alluding to in the description, but seriously, griddle?

sarahkavitski wrote:Can I use my woot grilling planks on this griddle?

You can plank on this griddle, but can you Tebow on it?

natehowell21 wrote:FDA approved GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe)
Generally speaking.

Unless you drop it on your toe...

Can ya shower w/it? Does it come with a rope?

Looks a little heavy if ya drop it on your foot..

Is it just a coincidence that shirt.woot right now has a shirt with "carrots" on it...hmmmmmm, me thinks not!!

Looks like something you'd wash your clothes with, and then maybe cook 'em.

not too bad considering..

http://store.sparqusa.com/Soapstone-Griddle_p_8.html

"Fast cook at extremely high temperatures or slow cook on low heat."


They Lie!
Where are the controls? This is a 1-speed griddle. For this price I want an infinite adjustment dial

seahokedrama wrote:Why not- I spent thousands on a rock before getting married.

It wasn't even this big and I couldn't cook with it.

Nice - ditto - and I didn't get it back at divorce time...

Now I can cook my bacon and eggs on the barbeque grill without them sliding through the grates!

Soapstone, eh?

Can I put this in my freezer, then in my whiskey glass?

I think the 'recycled from factory excess" thing is a failed attempt to go with their ultra-environmental marketing tack. I wonder if the whiskey stones they make are also from recycled soapstone? http://www.sparqusa.com/ice/

Better not say it's a Tablet, Apple will sue you for Patent Violation.

According to their lawyers, they own anything that's roughly rectangular....

Wikipedia says soapstone is pretty soft and great for carving into... any idea how long one of these would last then? I wouldn't want to keep having to buy hunks of rock, just sounds silly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapstone

Is this dishwasher safe?

In for one. Those who cook a lot know what a good surface this is, and a great deal at 40% off. I'd buy three, but the spousal unit would kill me.

letshunt wrote:See whiskey stones I bought. They make sense. I like whiskey on the rocks, but I hate it getting watered down.

This thing...Son I don't even. Aside from maybe being easier to clean, I don't see the relative usefulness.

There is just no way this has the life span of a metal version.

Giant whiskey stone?

But you could have had a waffle maker for $2.94 on Black Friday. Except for the pepper spray and the trampling.


^^X^^

since we grill almost everything, this is intriguing enough to try. I am only sad I won't be keeping the sun out of my eyes, with a Santana cap as I cook

Use this on the home.woot outdoor grill and you got yourself a fancy tailgating tool.

Very funny comment.

What is woot doing selling a girdle???? do they just got garage shopping and pick up anything they get.

C'mon woot, you have a semi tech savy crowd here and so try to stay with tech/handy stuff. There are a lot of competing sites selling girdles and other very important domestic items.....

cleaner00 wrote:Recycled soapstone from factory excess...

But "recycled" from what? Perhaps excess Oracle SuperCluster inventories? I'd buy one if I could figure out how to ssh into it.

Every feature is an advertisement for the concept of "heat"

Want

ramrajwoot wrote:Very funny comment.

What is woot doing selling a girdle???? do they just got garage shopping and pick up anything they get.

C'mon woot, you have a semi tech savy crowd here and so try to stay with tech/handy stuff. There are a lot of competing sites selling girdles and other very important domestic items.....

Girdles?? does this post make my butt look fat?

Shocked - selling like hotcakes

seahokedrama wrote:Why not- I spent thousands on a rock before getting married.

It wasn't even this big and I couldn't cook with it.

Hopefully it cooked for you?

I use one of the iron griddles on my stove, and it's amazing. I would totally upgrade to soapstone (for more even temperatures) if I didn't JUST PURCHASE the current one. *le sigh*

chardonay wrote:

Correction -

I was referring to the funny comment by "b2pi"

saying "Will these tablets work with my mac?

" in my original post.

Batman4oz wrote:But you could have had a waffle maker for $2.94 on Black Friday. Except for the pepper spray and the trampling.


^^X^^

Don't forget the tasers...nothing says Christmas like a good tasering.

Couple of things:

1) Soapstone is really, really soft (which is why you can carve it easily) - it is softer than a steel knife, so you will scratch right into it if you use it as a cutting board. Not an issue if you use it for grilling.

2) I had a similar griddle and the extremely high heat that it trapped underneath permanently discolored the enamel on my stove. These solid-surface griddles are best used on outdoor grills, not on the stove top.

3) It's called soapstone because the minerals are so soft and like tiny tiny flakes, so it actually feels soapy to the touch (and rubs off onto your hands a bit). Doesn't bother me, but some people find that really yucky.

Imagine how many whiskey stones this would make

I wonder if this will go with my Amish made soapstone fireplace...

gah. I kinda want one. darn you, wootoff before payday!

Is it smooth on the other side?

It would be pretty hard to make pancakes on this, as groovy as it appears...

Do you have to use eco-friendly soap to clean this like it says in the details? I'd hate to use plain ol' eco-unfriendly soap and damage it.