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Site Supporter   Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick 
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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. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:09 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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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 _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:25 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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usrifle wrote: 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 _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:33 am |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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AR15L wrote: usrifle wrote: 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. _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:40 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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usrifle wrote: AR15L wrote: usrifle wrote: 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. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:44 am |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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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? _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:52 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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usrifle wrote: 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. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:58 am |
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Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John
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You want a flat bottom, right?
Babish 14" Carbon steel on Amazon. _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Sat May 27, 2023 9:59 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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usrifle wrote: 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.  _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 12:27 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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I think I posted the wrong one before.
This one says, Quote: 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 _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 12:33 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475 Real Name: Steve
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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 |
| Sat May 27, 2023 12:53 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21291 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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I think there's a Uwajiyama in Meridian
_________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Sat May 27, 2023 12:57 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52067 Real Name: Steve
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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.  _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sat May 27, 2023 2:10 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19468 Real Name: Rick
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jukk0u wrote: I think there's a Uwajiyama in Meridian I looked, couldn't find anything. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sat May 27, 2023 2:59 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21291 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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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"  )_________________ “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” ~ Herschel Smith "The “A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu FJB |
| Sat May 27, 2023 3:15 pm |
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