My dear departed mother was never much of a drinker but every Christmas morning the two of us would have some form of champagne cocktail. Often a Mimosa, which went down a treat. BUT the year we tried a champagne and strawberry liqueur mix was a disaster. Well not for mum and I, we giggled through until mid afternoon when crashed for a nap. When we woke we realised the peas went unserved, some people had the wrong presents and there was something very charred in the oven. The family still talks about the year we were too tipsy to cook lunch. This year it'll be straight champagne (and after 8 years I still miss her dreadfully).

Yours do look very nice but don't forget there are 1000s of homes with laminate bench tops with cook tops sitting directly on them. Don't think that the sides of a BBQ get hotter than a wok burner. I do like your first pic, the more compact one. What would be the approx cost sans BBQ?

not recommend this brand at all !! we had bencthop in Cimento just for 2 month and already stain everywhere and hard to clean. call their rep come out and they try to clean for an hour and does not help. request a discount or refund and they been very rude to us and told us just go to VCAT they don't care!!!! Very disappoint why my stonemason are recommended this brand to us. we should just choose caesarstone even pay a bit more money but you can have service & quality.

Thanks dreamer...yes I have made a mistake in my title!  Meant to be engineered stone vs natural stone. And thanks for all comments. Was hoping someone who actually had experience with natural stone in these areas and had a negative experience would comment.