Steak stones - anyone any experience?

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I was just googling ideas for husbands and this came up. You put them in oven at 280c. It is a piece of stone. Which you then transfer to the table and can cook your steak on it without any oil or anything. They are quite expensive. I did a search in here and couldn’t find any threads discussing them. If they cook steak really nicely could be good?

280C? Don't think many ovens go that high?

Hot stone steak is one of life's little pleasures. Only place I've had it is Portugal and i believe you need a specific type of stone floor it to get and retain heat.

Not sure it's a thing I'd do at home tbh.

I've had one a few times when eating out but wouldn't buy one for home use. On one occasion the heat from it set off the smoke alarm in the pub.

Thanks for replies. Good for the reality check - I will give it a miss !

Yeah my oven goes to 270 so not quite enough

I've looked - its °F not °C

The ones I am looking at are Celsius. On Amazon

I live in Portugal and love a good stone steak. They are great fun, and you can cook your steak exactly how you like it (or any other meat). I would go for it.

They were quite popular back in the 90's I think. We had a restaurant local to us and then I remember BHS and places like that selling them. My parents had one (I might have bought it for them.....) It was only used a handful of times.....the novelty goes quite quickly.....

Cast iron skillet and a pizza oven or barbecue will give you the same result without being a one trick pony.