I know everyone loves Pampered Chef. I evidentally am not one of them. This round baking stone is too heavy. I know they are "supposed" to stay dirty looking but that just isn't too appetizing when getting ready to cook food. It cannot be put in the dishwasher to clean so then the heavy, ugly stone goes into the sink. f I don't notice much of a difference when cooking anything on it. It is a waste of time getting it out and putting your food on it. In fact, I put my stone in a garage sale.