Nothing beats a carbon steel wok. Stay away from teflon!
Many (or only a few) years from now people will figure out that there is nothing healthy about eating stir fried food out of a non-stick coated Wok. How can it be? Non-Stick was not made for high heat and it is not good for using lots of utensils in.
I tried them all, Stainless (horrible), aluminum (not so bad!), non-stick (cancerous), Cast Iron (wonderful) and Carbon (wonderful). The trick really is in the seasoning. If you have that down and you treat it the way it should be treated (I.e. no soap, no standing liquids, heat dry, rub in oil after use) then this wok will become your cheapest as well as favorite kitchen tool. Almost non-stick without chemicals!
The have several sizes from the Wok Shop (THE BEST!!!) and this one has not disappointed. My most used size. I have mostly single handle (wood) but this larger size is best with the double hancle. I like the all steel as I sometimes reseason under the broiler and that is not so good with wood handles lest you...
Exactly what I was looking for!
I bought this wok as a Christmas gift for my DH. He previously lived in Japan and cooks all the fun and exciting Japanese dishes that I would never think of or even try.
He loves this wok! I got the 16 inch even though there are just two of us in case we decided to have company and make some extra.
He spent the afternoon seasoning it first as the instructions explained and from my understanding this will continue to season itself over time with you.
Then he made my favorite seafood stir fry with noodles and some tempura veggies. I know he would have loved to make something more challenging but made my favorite first :-)
The Wok Shop (who is the company selling this) sent the wok super quickly, I think I had it within a week of ordering and used standard shipping. They were nice enough to include a little "gift pack" that included some utensils to use with it and a little booklet with some receipe ideas.
My husband wanted only a...
Good Quality Wok
The wok arrived today and am very pleased with the quality. As this is my first wok, I researched /shopped local Asian markets in the Austin, TX area but could only find machine made woks in the 16" size. The machine made woks were thinner wall and didn't look to be of a robust assembly. I make those statements after comparison to the wok I purchased in which the higher quality was immediately evident after opening the package. I highly recommend this wok. The vendor also added some basic wok cooking utensils in the package and they were forthcoming with email information on shipment tracking and how to maintain the product, an A+ vendor.
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