UMAID Himalayan Salt Block Cooking Plate 8x8x1.5 for Cooking, Grilling, Cutting and Serving, Food Grade Rock Salt Stone On Steel Tray with Recipe Pamphlet Unique Gifts for Men, Women, Dads & Cooks

Smaller than expected

Followed the instructions given with this product and was taking hours to slowly heat this in our oven. Then it exploded all over our stove!!! Thankfully it didn’t break the oven window!

Heated it up as per instructions….to 500degrees. Put on mushrooms and onions and they cooked and left heavy coating if stains. Let cool and stains had to be scraped, wouldn’t come off. Left a coating of burnt stains on the block. I threw it away…..waste of time and money!

Bought this as a gift and the original block did not fit into the tray they provided. I contacted them and they sent me a new one in a week. Really appreciate that quick response!The new tray fits the block

First it takes quite a while to get it properly heated up, but I did follow the instructions and took the hour and different heat intervals to warm it up a few times. Each time it did cook the food well but it was way too salty and you couldn't possibly eat it. I was not able to return the item due to Amazon policy that I missed or I may not have bought in the first place. So I worked with the manufacturer with my issues, they did respond promptly in the beginning and shared a 16 page guide that basically walked me through all of the same steps, which did not satisfy my issues. I asked about a refund/return and shared my order number and then everything went silent and now I am stuck with this product, which I will be donating to a local thrift store. My advice is to do your homework on this item, compare with others and check return policies. I hate to waste things, so this was a waste of food, time and money in using so much heat to get it up to cooking temp.Update to my review 09.18.2023: the manufacturer did refund my purchase and I thought it was important to note, thank you.