/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13426837
why would you buy something you dont know how to use

you need the ring they sell next to them op

i dunno how well thats gonna work on a glass top though good luck

put oil in it that has a high smoke point. veggie oil, rapeseed, peanut oil...

blast it with heat

put stuff in it for a couple minutes

here's a noodle recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kea4DOSJyuk

>>13426865
It won’t work without fire?

>>13426837
>round bottom wok

these are for GAS hobs.

i hope you kept the receipt

go exchange it for a flat bottom wok because this shit aint working on that stove top

Don't bother with woks if you don't have a powerful gas burner

>>13426837
go back to walmart and buy a gas range

>>13426948
This, woks are nothing but horrible shitty frying pans unless you use them on a powerful gas burner

>>13426970
would a propane camping burner (bunson burner stick kind) be good enough? what if you put the O-ring mount right on top of the elements of a high BTQ propane barbeque (like the remove the grates and set the O ring right down on top of them)?

>>13426980
No

>>13426970
my electric get's far more hotter than any shitty old gas stove ever would, you retard

>>13426837
If you can't get gas, use induction. And use a ring for your induction wok.

>>13426837
>buys pans at walmart
>has an electric range
god damn your life sucks

>>13426944
don't worry my stove top is always on the brink of catching fire

>>13427010
Chinese wok burners are incredibly more powerful, have you ever used a gas stove before?

>>13426948
millions of chinks cook in woks on regular stovetops.

>>13426865
Clean your stove tripshit

>>13426865
why are Americans so unsanitary?

>>13427128
They shouldn't bother either. You need a powerful wok burner. If you don't have one just use a regular pan

>>13426837
Step 1 is seasoning it.

>>13426837
You need a gas stove for a wok. The sides won’t get hot at all on your cringe electric stove

>>13427167
our stoves are for use not show, poofter fuck

>>13427193
this. into the oven for 12 coats like a cast iron

>>13427039
tell me more

OP,

Everyone here has already said it, but you don't have the right kind of stove set up to use that type of wok. If you got it at walmart, it should have come with the ring that it sits on top of. This ring is what allows the heat to properly circulate around the pan, otherwise you've just got one hot spot in the middle of the pan where it's contacting the heat source.

I would also be careful about the glass top of your stove, as woks are sort of meant to be moved around during cooking, and you could risk clacking it hard on the glass and damaging it. No good.

I would take it back to the store if it didn't come with the ring and ask for either a refund or an exchange for a different kind. Good luck!

>>13427092
what is it now, a specialised chinsese wok burner, or a gas stove?
my electric get's far more hotter than any shitty old gas stove ever would, you retard

>>13427167
excuse me but I am a canadian
calling a canadian an american is rude, please apologize

>>13427150
I will before I use it next, whats on it right now isn't anything bad or dangerous, just a little over boil and a little tomato sauce on the right side

>>13426837
Same question but mine is cast iron

>>13427294
Jesus that thing must weight a ton and a half.
Completely retarded.

>>13427307
>>13427294
agreed; this is the kind of gift given by someone who doesn’t know how to cook to someone who who will never use it because it far too heavy to be used as intended; it will end up taking up space in the back of the cabinet until you inevitably die and your kids find it while cleaning out your shit, then fight over it because “memories” then it ends up in their cabinets and the cycle continues

>>13427246
I explicitly said powerful gas burner
>>13426948

>>13426865
>electric coil stove
>wok ring
LMAO what the fuck is you doing. if you don't have an actual flame just suck it up and use a flat bottom wok

>>13426970
you don't need an especially powerful one

you guys mad?

>>13428670
good on you anon
i still recommend the stand, your arm is gonna get tired

>>13427439
it works perfectly fine, the heat transfer rate is super high and with the ring you're cooking on a hot bed of air in addition to the rings hotpoints

>>13428670
i'm not mad anon i'm just disappointed

>>13428670
yeah you definitely could never have fried a couple of eggs without anything besides a wok... fucking moron

>>13428670
>>13428675
Congrats, you can cook an egg with the sun and some mirrors.
The way you're using it, you utilize approximately zero of the features of a wok and lose basically all the features of any other pan.

>>13428686
>>13428683
>>13428692

seething

>>13428670
You forgot to season it you retarded piece of shit. Did you really buy a wok to fry an egg?

>>13428723
>>13428670
No one is seething you stupid fucking retard. Look at the damn contact patch; it’s the size of a needle! Also what the fuck is that a Supreme toothbrush on your countertop?

>>13428670
Why did you put the eggshells on the towel

>>13426865
this is one of the cringiest shit I've ever seen on the internet

>>13428749
lol literally so poor and mad that you can't buy a wok.

>>13428739
>he seasons eggs while cooking
how can people this stupid even live without getting into a car crash when confusing left and right

>>13428670
based

>>13428780
I'm talking about the wok, holy shit you are braindead

>>13428780
This

>>13426837
>>13427294
How to cook with a wok:
Get the wok very hot.
While that's happening, prep all your ingredients ALL OF THEM. Keep them separate and have them ready to drop in at a moment's notice.
Slice any meat as thin as humanly possible; getting it partially frozen first may help.
Heat some high-temp oil in the pot. Salt it lightly, and add your minced garlic and any other seasonings desired.
Immediately after the garlic add your meat. Stir continuously, just until browned. Now you can add a liquid sauce if desired, some combo of soy and oyster sauce works, but is not necessary. DO NOT add it before the meat is browned on the surface, that's not the done thing, but don't wait until it's done through, that'll happen regardless. Pour any liquid you add around the outside rim of the wok so you don't drop it's temperature anywhere. If it's chicken or other long-cook time meat leave it in, if it's thin-sliced beef (fast cook time) remove it to another warm pan to keep from overcooking it, but meat first is still traditional for the flavor.
Now add your vegetables one at a time, hardest/longest cooking first. Continue to keep everything moving at all times. Stir-frying inherently relies on a high temperature, a fast cook time and a lot of pan relative to the ingredients to get the vegetables done but still crispy. At no time should the temperature of the wok drop noticeably from adding a bunch of stuff at once, nor should anything cook by steaming from having a large mass of vegetables clumped together. Keep things moving at all times.
Serve immediately. Ideally your diners should be seated and waiting for you by the time your done, and traditionally the cook rather than the diners seasoned the stir-fry to the desired level, but both of these have gone out the window in Murrica so whatever.
Considering all the above, aside from being heavy, a well-heated cast iron wok is actually an acceptable compromise to getting wokkking to work on a non-gas stove.

>>13427294
>>13427307
I've got the bigger one, it works great. You just have to work like it's one of those fixed position ones. And know that you aren't going to do the rapid heat transitions thin-wall carbon models do.

>>13429011
Nice blog loser im eating rice crispies for dinner

>>13429184
>t. the eternal /ck/

>>13426837
You can’t use it on a flat surface. You need a high BTU burner.

>>13427039
NOT HOT ENOUGH. CHINESE COOKING IS ALL ABOUT WOK HEI. THE CHARRED AROMA YOU GET FROM FOOD COOKED SUPER FAST AT SUPER HIGH TEMP.

>>13428780
clean and season the wok you fucking lump of lard for brain
you want to eat the pre-applied factory oil? even the chinks know that shit isn't good.

>>13429359
>CHINESE COOKING IS ALL ABOUT WOK HEI
no
>>13429347
household gas stove works fine. just a bit longer.

>>13426837
you need one of these

>>13429505

>>13429505
>>13429536

>>13429011
I appreciate this informative post in this shit and retarded thread

>>13429536
Can’t use those indoors.

>>13429596
>Pics are literally an indoor installed unit

>>13429385
You know nothing.

Is this a round bottomed. I know its dumb but I really cant tell the difference (visually)

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8087245

Only gas, period. Otherwise it's a shitty ovoid frying pan.

>>13429783
That’s flat.

>>13429798

Can i use it on a gas cooker then anon?

>>13428670
As usual, OP is a fag

>>13429851
Yes, anything can be used on a gas element. Stainless, carbon steel, cast iron, forged nipples.

>>13429011
>putting garlic in first in a high-temp oil

Enjoy your charcoal.

>>13429891
What if you put it in at the very last moment as to not burn it?

>>13428781
Stfu

>>13429909
Ok, yes and make sure you use garlic with very little 'volatiles'. Garlic Rojo or Spanish garlic is the only garlic you should ever use in your life.

Is a flat wok on an electric stove actually worth using or should I just use a frying pan?

>>13429979
Fry pan, for sure. Unless you want to steam whatever the fuck you're placing in our wok. Electric and wok are garbage. I bought 4 woks before I learned. 2600watts is supposed to produce 8000btu but it never makes it to the wok.

>>13427128
>t. Wuhan Traveler

>>13426837
Fucking moron.

>>13427010
too bad it cant transfer the heat to the wok because most of the wok isnt touching the plate or the coil, just a few square millimeters idiot. And if you get a flat bottomed wok then all you have is a frying pan with huge cooling fins.

>>13427239
I'll just say one thing. Mine was back in the box after 1 use and is currently sitting in the garage.

>>13427257
Code, I don't know if you're in Ontario, but I'll come over and clean your range for nothing. Get some 10% Vinegar at least and cut that fucking grease. Jesus Christ, you give me agita looking at it. A little Dawn, a scrub brush and some vinegar. I'd have you cooking with gas.. so to speak.

>>13430252
>cooking with gas
t. flamer

>>13430270
Don't be a hoser, eh?

You need minimum 100k BTU for Wok Hei

>>13430279
Pretty sure 50k would do the job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGXGJD2xTzQ

What are the differences between stainless steel and carbon steel skillets? There are dozens of videos with all sorts of comparison combinations of skillets but for some reason I can't find anything that compares these two types.

>>13430252
I really do clean it often
it's just that I use it often as well

>>13430625
Stainless steel won't rust unlike carbon steel, but the quality can vary. You ideally want stainless that's cladded, meaning it's got a layer of aluminum or other metals wedged in between for better heat distribution. All-Clad are the best.

Cladded Stainless Steel > Carbon Steel

>>13427257
>I will before I use it next,
You post your dirty ass kitchen all the time. Not once was it ever clean, or had food.

>>13428682
>hot bed of air

One solid option for getting a really good stir fry is in a charcoal grill. Weber's "Gourmet BBQ System" grates' removable center circle makes it fit well, too, and you can use whatever wok you want.

>>13428775
I have 4 woks, you're a moron for trying to use yours on a glasstop, and being proud of cooking an egg like that is only proof of your mastery of the mental retardation skill.

>>13432788
This or build a fire outside

>>13426837
I don't think that is going to wok.

>>13426970
I own a 367,000 BTU burner is that enough for a wok?

>>13428791
>why I season my wok and not my food

>>13428675
Lmao

>>13426865
Now thats an American stove.

>>13430625
carbon steel is much better for browning and frying stuff because they emit much more infrared radiation than stainless steel. But they are not as versatile as stainless steel pans. You cant boil or braise or simmer anything in them really.

>>13433707
>American
It's honestly a white Canadian's stove. They are like black people.

>>13433216
Its enough to start up your own orbital rocket business and compete with Elon Musk.

>>13434058
Actually we're like upstate New Yorkers. We don't live in the pigshit that is America. Come up here, you'll be shocked at how de-shitted it is. America looks like Mexico to us.

>>13429536
now that's a stove

>>13426837
ROFL OP U NOT SO BRIGHT ARE U :D

>>13427167
nigger, what?

>>13428670
yes im pretty mad at your SUPREMEDOUCH™ toothbrush

>>13429851
you can use a proper round bottom wok an a gas stove anon for fuck sake

>>13432788
how much are you paid by Weber™

>>13428670
You know you can cook an egg on a dashboard, right? You're probably partially retarded, but maybe that will get through to your brain like area.

>>13435078
>hurr if you point out a specific brand's feature ur a shjill durr

>>13434068
Kekd

>>13426970
Woks were created to cook things with minimal oil, the whole bao thing is a relatively recent application

>>13427231
Or just scorch the pan blue and dump oil in it like chinese were doing before whitey even considered civilization

>>13430279
You don't, cook smaller portion and/or use less oil. You can stir fry with 20k just fine, Bao is a modern invention and not even the most prevalent style in China.

>>13426837
are you fucking dumb? you need a gas burner on open throttle to use a wok, just use a frying pan if you are on a modern cooking surface

>>13426865
literal brainlet.

>>13435079
God, all these mad little pussies have me cackling with glee. Just because you can't afford one doesn't mean mine is bad, little gayboys!

>>13426837
sort of off topic but tangentially related: my family just got a ceramic glass top stove. will i still be able to use my trusty log cast iron pan on it to cook steak?

>>13437348
yes if its a decent induction

>>13429382
>I season the pan, not the food
lmao

>>13427039
its beautiful

>>13428670
I don't know why people are saying you absolutely need a gas stove that's retarded, woks can be used for all sorts of things

>>13437454
it can be, it can also be used the wrongly

>>13426980
Watch alex french guy cooking, he has a series on YouTube about homemade wok burners. The BTUs on common gas stoves and camping ranges aren't typically strong enough to achieve Wok Hei.

>>13437480
it's a fucking meme
a normal gas stove top will be enough, let it heat up more if you want to do a quicker stir fry
you're not a chinese restaurant, you're not a cook during rush hour, you have the time to spare, let it do it's thing

>>13428675
topkek

>>13428675
ive never laughed so hard in my life

>>13427439
Most electric coils get fucking absurdly hot. I see nothing wrong with this.

only good use

>>13434184
>like upstate jewyorkers
ah so awful like the rest of that shithole state and your shithole country