I contacted the Marble Institute of America (I think--it's been awhile), about oiling honed black marble to enhance the color, rather than using a color enhancer or an impregnator (sealer). Someone emailed me that either would work, but to use mineral oil--not vegetable oil--to avoid the rancidity issues. I experimented on pieces of marble, but the oil seemed to evaporate very quickly, so I eventually used the impregnator on the black marble, and I am happy with the darker color. I use a marble polish containing silicone/dimethicone on the black marble when I want it to look especially smooth, silky, and pretty for company. My carrara marble is honed, hand-polished, and not sealed. I often roll pie crust, biscuit dough, puff pastry, etc. on one end, and have not noticed that it looks saturated. I've even kneaded bread dough by oiling the counter first. My carrara has a lot of gray in it, but the white area on that end is just as white as the rest of the top.

Did you end up trying Lapitec for your BBQ island? If so, how has it held up? We are also considering Lapitec for our countertops and concerned about chipping and cracking. This test by Consumer Reports (see video) produced edge-to-edge cracking in Dekton, another sintered stone product with a different formulation: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/06/dekton-countertop-cracks-in-consumer-reports-tests/index.htm

@millworkman thanks for the feedback. I agree Pella does not have a good reputation, the wood interior does look nice tho! Andersen would be 400 series and their leadtime right now is only 4 weeks. My husband is a contractor so we are GC-ing the build he has typically only used Andersen but our quote from last year of about $30K has gone up dramatically so just checking if there are any other good less name brands out there.

Saw it during initial Covid. Loved it. Great actors and humor. The show depicts a culture and region I've never been exposed to on TV or in real life. Think Breaking Bad (white, middle class drugs/New Mexico), Sons of Anarchy (motorcycle gangs/small town California). Just totally different.