On 7/12/2013 2:02 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:22:01 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> Looks like a very useful item. I may cave - I'm getting talked out of the grill pan idea, per the ever-growing thread I started.
>>
>> I bought a wok once with one of those rings - no way would it get hot enough on an electric coil stove. I DID keep the tools tho - it came with a nice skimmer and some other doodads.
>>
> Mine always worked fine on the electric stove, but I can't figure out
> how to not be annoyed with it on gas. If I put the ring on top of the
> grate, too much heat is lost and all it does is balance the wok. If I
> remove the grate, the wok sits on whatever that metal thing is called
> and the wok ring doesn't seem like it's doing anything.
>
>> I even bought a wok cookbook - but it stated that the recipes could be done in any lowsided skillet.
>
> True and I find myself using my skillets instead of the wok. I need
> more room on the pot rack and I'm at the point where I'm questioning
> why I still hang on to it.
>
We have had electric stoves for a very long time and had to use electric
woks. They aren't bad but don't seem any better than skillets. Nowadays,
cooking only for myself, one of my smaller skillets seems to do
stir-fries and fried rice quite well.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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