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(More customer reviews)I bought this wok because of several reasons:
1. The price was right. How can you go wrong for under 20 bucks?
2. I was getting tired of my round bottom wok sliding all over the place, whether I used it on my gas stove-top or on the turkey fryer base.
3. I liked the fact that I had finally found a wok with composite handles. They stand up much better to heat than the wooden ones.
4. The handles were very securely riveted to the pan. I can't stand it when I have to tighten a handle to ANY pan while I'm in the middle of using it.
5. It looked so well constructed. I've had my share of hand-hammered woks before, but this one has concentric rings all up and down the sides. What I like most about this is that I know I can take food that has already been cooked and leave it in the pan by shoving it up on the sides and it won't slide back down into the cooking area.
This thing seasoned perfectly. I washed all the lacquer off the inside and out, coated the inside with peanut oil, and proceeded to watch my lovely pan turn black, inside and out. What is it that people find so hard about seasoning pans like this? I have Lodge cast iron skillets that fried eggs slide out of because they were properly prepared and used.
I subscribe to Cook's Illustrated, and they shun woks in favor of skillets. I say it's their loss because stir-fry is best done over high heat with a wok and the proper utensils. They probably don't like turkey fryers, either.
I'm not giving up on my round bottom woks (the only reason I've had a number of them is too many household moves in my 20 years in the Navy; I had a lot of Philippine friends).
This is a very good wok, but only if you start it out with kid gloves. After that, beat the crap out of it and it'll never let you down.
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Typhoon is the leading supplier of woks in Europe and the company has been selling woks for almost 20 years. Typhoon's Professional wok line is the top of the range wok.Comprising of a heavier, 1.8mm gauge, spun carbon steel body, food-safe lacquer protected carbon steel interior and extra long handles.
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