Re-post from uk.food+drink.chinese

Hi,
I'm having a serious go at Chinese cooking and I'm getting a round
bottomed wok and stand. I have a fairly standard hob (whirlpool AKG
085/BR/02). The local shops only have light wire stands that would move
about on top of the Grating and to not provide enough clearance above the
burner of the grating were removed (The bottom of the WOK touches the
burner). The cooking shop I went to locally indicated that this stand was
just for storing the wok not cooking with but the local Chinese supermarket
seemed to imply this was OK (though there were some communication problems
here so I may have misunderstood) and so does http://www.londonwok.com/,
though I have to say it all looks a little fragile to me. Ideally, the stand
would sit directly on the hob, allowing the wok to be as close to the flame
as possible. This must be a common problem - anyone point me at a solution ?

The burner protrudes 33mm from the base of the HOB, I am also purchasing
a new wok.

Also, The largest burner on the HOB is rated at 3000W (nominal). Is this
powerful enough to give the wok hai flavour ?

Cheers for any help,

Bruce.