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From: lazeldes@wlcrjs.UUCP (Leah A Zeldes)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Woks on electric stoves (and electric woks)
Message-ID: <571@wlcrjs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 17:54:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 17:54:35 1985
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Summary: Electric woks work okay

In article <553@decwrl.UUCP> ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076) writes:
>It seems like a good electric wok would be the perfect answer to
>this -- heat delivered exactly where you want it in easily
>controllable amount.  Has anybody used an electric wok that is
>1) big enough (14" min) 2) deep enough, 3) plain steel surface
>(not morganti :-) ?  Does the one you used produce enough heat?

	I've used the West Bend electric wok with success.  The one I have
has a teflon coating, which I didn't expect to like, but is actually quite
nice and allows you to really cut down on the oil, even when stir-frying
absorbent things like eggplant.

	I find the wok is both large and deep enough, but I rarely cook for
more than 2-4 people.  (For large dinner parties I prefer less complicated
menus than a good Chinese dinner allows.)

	The electric wok heats up fairly quickly, and going from one
temperature to a higher one works fine.  Cooling down is a much slower
process, and one must keep this in mind and turn the heat down or off
sooner than when using a regular wok on a stove, where you can turn the
gas heat off or remove the wok from an electric burner promptly.  I don't
find this much of a problem.  On the few occasions when it is, I just dump
the food out into a serving dish right away.

	The big advantages to the electric wok are: 1) You can cook at the
table or in any convenient place.  2) A little light goes out when the
wok is hot enough (no guessing).  3) You can get a constant temperature,
since it has a thermostat, something most stovetop burners lack.

	(I probably would never have bought an electric wok, since I was
happy with my ordinary steel one, so I was quite pleasantly surprised
when this one turned out to be so nice.  The West Bend electric wok I've
been using came with my fiance, whose father works for the West Bend company.)
-- 

					Leah A Zeldes
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