"Aria" > wrote in message
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> I am moving to a house with an electric stove. I do lots of wok cooking.
> Would it be better to buy a flat bottomed wok or an electric one. Does
> anyone have an experience with either one of these. I have read
conflicting
> advice. I found an electric wok with 1600 watts of power. I don't know if
> this is in any way similar to the heat that is generated on a gas stove.
> Thanks.
>
That is 5,460 BTU which is less than half of the output of a burner on a gas
stove. The typical gas stove burner will only produce mediocre results and
will require that you do everything in tiny batches.