I always have hot coffee mugs, plates of hot food, etc., on the counters and no issues whatsoever. I really only use a trivet with a pot or something just out of the oven. Funny thing is, my contractor used the leftover quartz to make me a few trivets, and the trivets never seem to burn or scorch LOL.

Not an expert, but think your only worry is if it is used as a backsplash. Always use a trivet though for out of the oven or off the cooktop items.

Engineered stone makes an awful trivet. It's too heavy, not heat resistant, and as soon as the feet fall off, which they inevitably will, you've got raw quartz against finished, a sure recipe for scratching.

It‘s as heat resistant as laminate. If you wouldn’t do it on laminate, don’t do it to quartz. But there’s the added complication of build up heat under a crockpot or air fryer etc. Always put a cutting board under them to use them.

Thank you! We have laminate now and I am goad to hear it won’t be more difficult. Would a silpat be a sufficient barrier for using an instant pot? If so I might by a few and just store them inside each countertop appliance.

I use cheap plastic cutting boards under crockpots, rice steamers and slow cookers.

"Never use Silpat® on direct heat, stovetops or hot plates. Never use Silpat® on the bottom of an oven, on a grill or with a broiler."

Have had quartz for at last 15 years, wouldn’t put a hot pot on it, but have never had an issue with a crock pot, hot plates, etc.

Silpat! Isn’t that what I use to line a cookie sheet for making cookies? I’ve never heard of any other use for it.

I have Silestone engineered quartz and use 2 doubled up Silpats ( item to line a cookie sheet) under my crockpot for added heat protection. Love my crockpot❣️❣️

Trivets are your friend. Always error on the side of caution.