Blog Posts for Soapstone Products

Care for Your Surfaces Better in the New Year

As we enter a new year, make sure you know how to refresh and revitalize the natural surfaces in your home. Wood, soapstone, and slate add warmth, beauty, and character to any space, and with a little maintenance, they’ll always look their best. Regular care and attention not only extend the life of these natural materials but also enhance their beauty over time. Here’s how you can keep them in prime condition all year long.

Caring for Wood Surfaces

Natural wood surfaces—whether your kitchen counters, cutting boards, or dining table—make your home warm and inviting. However, you want to avoid drying out, scratching, and staining the wood due to improper maintenance. Here’s how to keep your wood surfaces looking beautiful and well-protected:

Building the Perfect Gift Set Starting with Natural Materials

Finding the right gift can be challenging, but building off pieces made of high-quality, natural materials like soapstone, slate, and teak wood ensures you’ll pull together a beautiful and functional gift. Each product in our collection – from soapstone pizza stones to teak wood cutting boards – offers unique beauty, functionality, and craftsmanship. With the holidays right around the corner, here’s how you can build an unforgettable gift set using gifts from Soapstone Products.

Soapstone Pizza Stone – The Perfect Base

No gift set for a culinary enthusiast is complete without our Soapstone Pizza Stone. Soapstone is known for retaining and distributing heat evenly, making it perfect for achieving a golden, crispy pizza crust. This pizza stone can be used in ovens or grills, offering versatility for pizza lovers who want to experiment with different cooking techniques.

Combine it with pizza dough ingredients, a cookbook, or your favorite recipe to give a thoughtful, personalized, but elegant gift.

Slate Cheese Board – For the Host

Caring for and Maintaining Wood Countertops

Wood countertops bring warmth and beauty to any kitchen. Unlike other countertop materials such as marble or quartz, wood has a rich, organic texture that only gets better with age if you take care of it properly. While wood countertops do require some maintenance, the effort is well worth it for the character and charm they add to your space.

If you're considering wood countertops or already have them in your home, understanding how to care for and maintain them will ensure they stay beautiful for years to come. In this guide, we’ll cover all the best practices to keep your countertops looking stunning and functional.

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Upgrade Your Dining Experience with a Custom Teak Flower Petal Table

When it comes to selecting the perfect dining table, you’re looking for a blend of aesthetics, durability, and sustainability. Our Teak Wood Petal Dining Table checks all these boxes and more. This beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece is meticulously crafted from sustainably sourced Teak Wood, providing a beautiful, sustainable choice for your home.

Long grazing boards  and cheese boards have become the centerpiece of entertaining, offering an elegant yet practical way to serve a variety of foods. When crafted from beautiful woods like teak or mango, these boards not only provide durability but also add natural beauty to your dining experience. Here’s how to make the most of these versatile boards for both special occasions and everyday use.

Received our order yesterday, thank you.

Very well packaged and even better looking Soapstone!

Really nice end product and couldn’t ask for a better fit or function

It really does cook the pizzas faster and better: crust comes out nice  & brown now before the top is burnt which was close to impossible with the original Ooni pizza stones.

Minimal temperature drop between pizzas as well.

We use wood & charcoal in our Ooni oven and the temperatures used to swing wildly (over 1,000 deg. at times) throughout the preheat / cooking time and very hard to maintain any kind of even temperature, whereas with your Soapstones in the oven instead  of the Ooni pizza stones, the oven came up to temperature very slowly and steady and seemed to stop rising at roughly 800 deg., which is absolutely perfect, couldn’t ask for better results!.

Could you use a pizza peel?

Achieving the perfect pizza at home can be a challenge without the right tools. If you’ve been making pizzas (even frozen directly on your oven rack) without a pizza peel, you’re missing out. Here’s when you should be using a pizza peel and how a pizza stone can make every custom pizza creation better.

When to Use a Pizza Peel:

A pizza peel, also known as a pizza paddle, is a large, flat tool with a long handle to transfer pizzas in and out of the oven. While it may seem like a simple tool, using a pizza peel can significantly improve your pizza-making experience.

Why you should use coasters… even for outdoor furniture

You chose your outdoor furniture to withstand the elements, but you don’t want to ruin it with your own daily usage. While we often associate coasters with indoor settings, their importance extends to outdoor furniture as well. You can still use coasters on your outdoor furniture, and we recommend soapstone or slate coasters to leave outside all year round.

Prevent Water Damage: Outdoor furniture is constantly exposed to the elements, including rain, dew, and moisture from beverages. Placing coasters underneath glasses and cups ensures your own beverages don’t add to the damage and prevent warping, staining, and rotting.

End grain construction involves standing the wood pieces on end so you see shorter pieces on the surface instead of the length of the wood. This intricate method requires careful wood selection and precision in cutting and gluing. While you’re familiar with standard wooden cutting boards, the end grain chopping block has more benefits and stands out in the kitchen of any home chef.

Durability:

The end grain orientation inherently provides superior durability to cutting boards. Unlike traditional flat-grain construction, where the knife cuts directly into the wood fibers, end grain construction allows the knife to slide between the fibers, minimizing wear and tear. This results in a cutting surface that not only withstands the test of time but also maintains its integrity, resisting scratches and deep cuts with resilience.

Gentle on Your Knives:

Why Teak is Great for Food Products

Teak wood, celebrated for its durability in outdoor furniture, has become a favorite in food preparation and service products. As a surface for food products, teak brings various visual and functional benefits to make it your next choice for a platter or cutting board.

Natural Oils:

Teak wood has natural oils that set it apart from other hardwoods, allowing it natural resistance to moisture, fungi, and bacterial.

Hygiene is paramount in the kitchen, and teak's natural resistance to bacteria is a game-changer. The oils in teak contain antimicrobial properties that inhibit the growth of bacteria, ensuring that the surfaces of teak food products remain clean and safe for food preparation.

Durability:

Why You’ll Love Our Slate Cheeseboards

Charcuterie boards are everyone’s favorite appetizer (and we’ve made them the whole meal, if we’re honest). If you’re looking for a new presentation option, or you need a housewarming gift that your friends will love, slate cheeseboards should be on your list for a variety of reasons.

Versatile Presentation & Neutral Flavor:

Maintaining Soapstone, Slate, or Wood Countertops with Wax and Oil

Soapstone, slate, and wood countertops offer beautiful and sustainable options for your kitchen. While they can age beautifully, if you want to keep them looking brand new, you simply need to apply wax or oil.