Flat-Bottomed Woks

[Digger]

I'm on the hunt for a Wok with the traditional round internal surface but with a flat bottom so it can be used on induction hobs.

Anyone got some personal experience of such an item?

[Yazza54]

Flat bottom woks you make my wokkin world go rouuunndd YEA

There's my contribution.

HTH

[Digger]

Get back in The Lounge you!!

[Yazza54]

On a serious note do they actually exist?

To have a flat bottom and a round inner there would have to be a lot of material on the bottom of it which would obviously take a while to heat up.

[motco]

John Lewis sells a couple of induction compatible flat bottomed woks at good prices.

[warp9]

Isn't it called a frying pan?

[Cotty]

Tefal, not completely round inside, but I have not noticed any real difference from using wok that is round inside. The preference range work on induction hobs

http://www.tefal.co.uk/All+Products/Cookware/Non+s...

[FrankHovis]

Ken Hom's woks tend to be flat bottomed. I've had mine years and it's still going strong. On offer at the moment in Debenhams for 24 quid. Bargain

[smack]

I have one from Chinatown, flat bottom, and was probably about 7 quid. Wok's are not anything special (in SE Asia), just made out of heavy gauge steel, which gets seasoned with use.

[andy ted]

M&S do a great non stick one with a glass lid.

[wijit]

FrankHovis said:

Ken Hom's woks tend to be flat bottomed. I've had mine years and it's still going strong. On offer at the moment in Debenhams for 24 quid. Bargain

What he said! For all the Cliche of Ken Hom, the woks are very good and heavier than the Chinatown ones. They do the job but do tend to be a little wobbly when you use them.

[Cotty]

wijit said:

What he said! For all the Cliche of Ken Hom, the woks are very good and heavier than the Chinatown ones. They do the job but do tend to be a little wobbly when you use them.

I had a Ken Hom wok. I found the metal hanging hook on the end of the wooden handle would heat up and be uncomfortable to use.

[F i F]

we have one of the Tefal ones, don't use it on an induction hob but we have a gas hob with one of the four burners being those massive output wok burner doobry wossnames.

Doobry wossname is a technical term of course, but last night cooked chicken, spring onion and cashew nuts as a quick and easy supper dish. Not very adventurous but, as stated, quick, cheap, easy.

The wok itself is a fine solid piece of kit, reasonably heavy gauge. Non stick properties extremely durable.

[BoRED S2upid]

Get yourself down to your nearest China Town and hunt out a supermarket I bought a decent Wok with a flat bottom from liverpool for a tenner straight off the boat no mark up for the supermarkets or John Lewis.

[Digger]

Thanks for the replies peeps, much appreciated. Trip to Loonfung it is then via John Lewis.

If only i could afford one of those Induction Wok hobs!






edited to make sense!

Edited by Digger on Thursday 12th April 14:55

[ledger]

IKEA do induction friendly woks for about £5 from memory, otherwise I got one from Robert Dyas for about £12

[Ranger 6]

F i F said:

...we have a gas hob with one of the four burners being those massive output wok burner doobry wossnames.

We've got one of those Doobry wossname gas burners too and use an Anolon flat bottomed wok. The reason is we don't have a wok cradle for the burners which works with a round bottomed one.

[Bonefish Blues]

I use a SKK heavy saute pan on our induction hob - works just fine for stir fry, and as a bonus, it's the most versatile pan I have. Worth considering.

This one: http://www.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_p...

Add a lid, and it's even more useful.

[DocJock]

Replaced my old Ken Hom with a Tefal.

Overall I preferred the KH, but they are both decent pieces of kit.

[russy01]

Tesco £9. Does the job nicely.