Only if you have the proper high btu burner
Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The only thing I know gas stoves to be better at than other methods is traditional wok. But that’s hardly a reason to jeopardize your health for.
piecat@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Exactly this. I went from a cheap gas stove to a nicer induction and my work cooking has improved greatly.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Which most people don’t. Also I could buy a portable gas burner suitable for a wok and gas canister for less than the standing charge of gas for a year. Unless you are using a wok extremely often its not worth it.
I don’t have a wok, high temperature cooking would be nice for a few things like searing steak though. But that can be done over a BBQ. Kinda want to try heating a cast iron griddle when the coals are still orange hot and searing steak on that. Although steak isn’t something I cook very often partly because its really expensive. Presumably a fair bit less cooking time than the packaging recommends. I guess get the iron hot enough for the leidenfrost effect to start and then cook until nicely brown on each side and then take off the heat? With hot charcoal that would probably be something like 30-60 seconds each side.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I’ve been looking into a Wok-Pan for my glass top stove or my induction heater. I wonder how well those work.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
You can actually get induction wok thingys.
The induction magnet is bowl shaped, so that when placed in it, the wok is heated all over.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Cool, had no idea this existed.
tburkhol@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve got one, just a 120V, home-use thing, but it gets far hotter, faster than on my stove. Tends to have a cool spot in the very center, maybe 3" diameter, unless you circulate the wok, and you can’t flame food by tossing it in the fire (which you can’t really do on a residential stove, either). It’s a decent approximation of a wok jet for home cooks.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
If you really want to
burn your house downflame your home wok, you can always get a handheld blow torch to do the finishing ignition. Could probably flame 1000 wok dishes for a single torch canister.