Griddles are a must-have if you intend to grill breakfast or make smashburgers, but that they come in halves make them impractical unless you buy two. There's not enough surface area on just one half. I understand coming in halves allows for flexibility in the event you want a grated side and griddle side, but cooking like that is impractical. Food from the griddle side can inadvertently get pushed over to the grated side and get lost in the coals, so needing two halves becomes apparent after one use. After you buy your second griddle, you soon find that cooking on two griddles pushed together is a pain, and you'll wish it was just one solid surface. Look for something like that. It would be much better. I really wanted to rate this three stars because of this, but because that wouldn't be fair to those looking to use a griddle differently, gave it four stars because of quality. Can't give it five stars due to cost compared to value.

Nice half moon griddle can also be used as a deflector. Puts a nice sear on whatever you want so far haven't had any issues with it.

Keeps the smaller item from falling though the grill, works well

I'm just learning how to use the soap stone for the grill, but the few times that I have used it have been very encouraging. The best were steaks (2 filets and 1 NY strip) which I seasoned the night before. They all had beautiful crusts and were cooked about right. As I mentioned, I'm still learning how to use both the grill and the soapstone cooking surface, but right now I think I like this better than the stainless steel and cast iron grills because to me it seems like I have a little better control. Also, of course, you don't have the problem of food falling into the fire. I can't really give rave reviews about ease of cleaning. I thought all you had to do was wash it off and rinse. It was a little more involved but no worse than any other pan or grill. I do think more detailed care and use information would be nice.

Makes grilling fish or vegetables a lot easier