Received this as a wedding gift and I love the soap stone.  We eat a lot of salmon and this allows us to cook the salmon with ease without worry of it falling apart on the normal grill grates.  The soap stone retains heat extremely well and allows the development of a beautiful crust on my fish. I have yet to cook steak on it but I've heard that it also creates incredible steak.  This will be one of my next cooks.