WOK 101

[AR15L]

Can anyone recommend a good WOK?
We seem to keep buying the shit ones.
I'd like to get a good keeper, if I could find one.
Need suggestions.

[usrifle]

I let my fingers do a Google WOK. The buyers guide should be helpful.


https://thewoksoflife.com/best-wok-to-b ... 0model.%20

https://buyersguide.org/wok/t/best?mscl ... d=10212667

[AR15L]

I let my fingers do a Google WOK. The buyers guide should be helpful.


https://thewoksoflife.com/best-wok-to-b ... 0model.%20

https://buyersguide.org/wok/t/best?mscl ... d=10212667

Thanks.
That's funny because I found "thewoksoflife" just after I posted.

Now that buyers guide...
I think I'm in love: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG2JG5N?tag=highlightreviews-28326-20

[usrifle]

I let my fingers do a Google WOK. The buyers guide should be helpful.


https://thewoksoflife.com/best-wok-to-b ... 0model.%20

https://buyersguide.org/wok/t/best?mscl ... d=10212667

Thanks.
That's funny because I found "thewoksoflife" just after I posted.

Now that buyers guide...
I think I'm in love: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG2JG5N?tag=highlightreviews-28326-20

Did you see what they said a about coated WOK's?

Don't go there.

Carbon Steel Rick, that's what you want.

[AR15L]

I let my fingers do a Google WOK. The buyers guide should be helpful.


https://thewoksoflife.com/best-wok-to-b ... 0model.%20

https://buyersguide.org/wok/t/best?mscl ... d=10212667

Thanks.
That's funny because I found "thewoksoflife" just after I posted.

Now that buyers guide...
I think I'm in love: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG2JG5N?tag=highlightreviews-28326-20

Did you see what they said a about coated WOK's?

Don't go there.

Carbon Steel Rick, that's what you want.

YES! That one I picked at Amazon isn't coated. It's got everything but the food.

[usrifle]

It has a Nitride coating....

"Nitriding Process
360° whole body nitriding process to form a dense oxidized surface layer. avoid rusting and No chemical coating."

Have you ever seen a Chinese restaurant use a WOK that was anything but bare Carbon Steel?

[AR15L]

It has a Nitride coating....

"Nitriding Process
360° whole body nitriding process to form a dense oxidized surface layer. avoid rusting and No chemical coating."

Have you ever seen a Chinese restaurant use a WOK that was anything but bare Carbon Steel?

crap - must of missed that. I thought it was a little too dark.

[usrifle]

You want a flat bottom, right?

Babish 14" Carbon steel on Amazon.

[AR15L]

You want a flat bottom, right?

Babish 14" Carbon steel on Amazon.

A little undecided on getting the flat bottom. We have gas here and having a round bottom with the holder would work well.

[AR15L]

I think I posted the wrong one before.
This one says,

Featured with non-chemical coating ensure a healthy diet. We adopt nitriding craftsmanship to avoid rusting so it more durable than the coated pan.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG2JG5N?tag=highlightreviews-28326-20

[NWGunner]

When you go to that link, go to where you can change the visible reviews from “Top Reviews”, to “Recent Reviews”.

You’ll notice a pattern.

A lot of the good reviews are for a ‘gift’, so they don’t have to prove to have bought it, or they are short or 1 word reviews.

Who goes on Amazon to review a gift?

But, if you do change & look at it, the authentic reviews all say it’s crap, like this one:

2.0 out of 5 stars Coating Came Off Quickly
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023
Verified Purchase
There were enough good reviews so I bought this wok. I followed the instructions as to how to treat it. Was not long before the coating came off. Now everything I cook in it sticks to the bottom and burns, even with spraying a ton of oil/nonstick spray and turning frequently. I like all the utensils that came with it so glad I have those, but have to buy a new wok again. Will spend the money and get a better one. Tough when money's tight.

Why would you trust some ‘special coating’ you’ve never heard, written in broken-English?

All recommendations point to Carbon Steel, including J Kenzi-Lopez Alt, who just wrote an entire book on Wok cooking.

https://www.seriouseats.com/equipment-h ... s-the-best

[jukk0u]

I think there's a Uwajiyama in Meridian

[MadPick]

I did some research on woks not long ago, and I ended up buying this:
https://www.taylorandng.com/woks/woks-n ... stick.html

So far so good.

[AR15L]

I think there's a Uwajiyama in Meridian

I looked, couldn't find anything.

[jukk0u]

I was poking about on the map some time ago and saw something called Uwajimaya in Nampa or Meridian. But nothing on their website shows a shop in ID. hmmmm
What about asking the hunnies at the asian grocery? (tell them Jim says "hi" )