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> I got a flat bottom wok There is no such thing. A round bottom is a defining feature of a wok. If it doesn’t have a round bottom it isn’t a wok by definition

by Aaargh20318 5y ago

> I got a flat bottom wok There is no such thing. A round bottom is a defining feature of a wok. If it doesn’t have a round bottom it isn’t a wok by definition. A round bottom is essential to how a wok is used.

noveltyaccount 5y ago
Lol this is an unusual hill to die on
- Aaargh20318 5y ago
  Not sure what you’re trying to say. A wok is a very specific type of cookware for specific uses cases. The round bottom is the entire point of a wok. A flat bottom wok is like a square wheel.
  - elil17 5y ago
    Cannot imagine why op wrote “flat bottomed wok” instead of “A pan similar in shape to a wok, but with a flat bottom, so that it can be used on induction cooktops but still allows for the tossing motion that cooks use to mix ingredients in a wok”
    - Aaargh20318 5y ago
      Easy tossing for stir fry is just one feature of a wok. For example, the round bottom causes liquids to pool in the center. I’m not saying that large flat bottom frying pans with high edges aren’t useful, I have one and it’s probably my most used pan, it’s just not a complete replacement for a wok.
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  - wtallis 5y ago
    You're being argumentative instead of clarifying what you're trying to say. If you've read the other comments in this thread, then you can see there are things being sold as woks that have a flat bottom on the outside but still have a curved surface on the inside. Do these also offend your notion of what may be referred to as a wok?
    - Aaargh20318 5y ago
      Yes, woks are made of thin sheet steel. This allows them to heat up and cool down instantly. If it has a flat outside and round inside then it must have a lot of mass and thus cannot cool down instantly when removed from heat. Again, an essential feature of a wok.
      - noveltyaccount 5y ago
        My flat bottom wok is still made from a thin sheet of carbon steel. It heats and cools instantly, performing the essential function of a wok. The bottom has a flat surface inside and out. You're tilting at windmills, mate. This is the wok: https://kenhomwoks.com/store/products/ken-hom-excellence-carbon-steel-uncoated-wok-14in-kh436003u.htm https://kenhomwoks.com/store/products/ken-hom-excellence-car...
        Aaargh20318 5y ago
        > It heats and cools instantly, performing the essential function of a wok. The bottom has a flat surface inside and out. It performs one essential function, it needs both a round shape and has to be made of thin sheet steel. You can only have one if you need to place it on a flat induction stove: either it’s thin and flat on the inside, or it’s round on the inside but thick.
        noveltyaccount 5y ago
        Instead of arguing, why don't you educate? You're clearly passionate about this issue. We've covered the importance of thin carbon steel. Why is the round bottom so essential that without it we can't call it a wok?
  - gariti 5y ago
    Woks can have flat bottoms with a round surface for cooking
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
  That idiom isn’t really applicable to online discussion forums, at least not unless the user in question has actually been shadowbanned. The idiom comes for fighting battles with absolutely devastating casualties to capture positions of very low strategic importance. Establishing consensus that woks may only have round bottoms may fulfil the last part, but having people write a few counter-arguments is by no means a devastating loss, it’s just the discussion forum serving its intended purpose.
kleton 5y ago
锅 is the generic word for cookpot in Chinese, coming in all sizes and configurations.
- elil17 5y ago
  锅 does not mean wok (it’s pronounced guo). 鑊 (pronounced wok in Cantonese) or 炒锅 or 炒勺 means wok.
m3kw9 5y ago
The original wok has round bottom because the Chinese at the time was poor and it allowed them to use less oil to cook as it pools easily
- Aaargh20318 5y ago
  Yes, and that’s a defining feature of a wok. You can use a flat bottom wok and add a shitload of oil but that kind of changes the dish, and not for the better.
SECProto 5y ago
> > I got a flat bottom wok > There is no such thing. Here's[1] Kenji talking about a "flat-bottomed wok". My Chinese friends cook on a flat bottomed wok and call it a wok. So I'm sorry, but your linguistic rigidity is misplaced. [1] https://youtu.be/u2MJzEuI0vI?t=301 https://youtu.be/u2MJzEuI0vI?t=301
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noveltyaccount 5y ago

Lol this is an unusual hill to die on

Aaargh20318 5y ago
Not sure what you’re trying to say. A wok is a very specific type of cookware for specific uses cases. The round bottom is the entire point of a wok. A flat bottom wok is like a square wheel.
- elil17 5y ago
  Cannot imagine why op wrote “flat bottomed wok” instead of “A pan similar in shape to a wok, but with a flat bottom, so that it can be used on induction cooktops but still allows for the tossing motion that cooks use to mix ingredients in a wok”
  - Aaargh20318 5y ago
    Easy tossing for stir fry is just one feature of a wok. For example, the round bottom causes liquids to pool in the center. I’m not saying that large flat bottom frying pans with high edges aren’t useful, I have one and it’s probably my most used pan, it’s just not a complete replacement for a wok.
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- wtallis 5y ago
  You're being argumentative instead of clarifying what you're trying to say. If you've read the other comments in this thread, then you can see there are things being sold as woks that have a flat bottom on the outside but still have a curved surface on the inside. Do these also offend your notion of what may be referred to as a wok?
  - Aaargh20318 5y ago
    Yes, woks are made of thin sheet steel. This allows them to heat up and cool down instantly. If it has a flat outside and round inside then it must have a lot of mass and thus cannot cool down instantly when removed from heat. Again, an essential feature of a wok.
    - noveltyaccount 5y ago
      My flat bottom wok is still made from a thin sheet of carbon steel. It heats and cools instantly, performing the essential function of a wok. The bottom has a flat surface inside and out. You're tilting at windmills, mate. This is the wok: https://kenhomwoks.com/store/products/ken-hom-excellence-carbon-steel-uncoated-wok-14in-kh436003u.htm https://kenhomwoks.com/store/products/ken-hom-excellence-car...
      - Aaargh20318 5y ago
        > It heats and cools instantly, performing the essential function of a wok. The bottom has a flat surface inside and out. It performs one essential function, it needs both a round shape and has to be made of thin sheet steel. You can only have one if you need to place it on a flat induction stove: either it’s thin and flat on the inside, or it’s round on the inside but thick.
        noveltyaccount 5y ago
        Instead of arguing, why don't you educate? You're clearly passionate about this issue. We've covered the importance of thin carbon steel. Why is the round bottom so essential that without it we can't call it a wok?
- gariti 5y ago
  Woks can have flat bottoms with a round surface for cooking
Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
That idiom isn’t really applicable to online discussion forums, at least not unless the user in question has actually been shadowbanned. The idiom comes for fighting battles with absolutely devastating casualties to capture positions of very low strategic importance. Establishing consensus that woks may only have round bottoms may fulfil the last part, but having people write a few counter-arguments is by no means a devastating loss, it’s just the discussion forum serving its intended purpose.

kleton 5y ago

锅 is the generic word for cookpot in Chinese, coming in all sizes and configurations.

elil17 5y ago
锅 does not mean wok (it’s pronounced guo). 鑊 (pronounced wok in Cantonese) or 炒锅 or 炒勺 means wok.

m3kw9 5y ago

The original wok has round bottom because the Chinese at the time was poor and it allowed them to use less oil to cook as it pools easily

Aaargh20318 5y ago
Yes, and that’s a defining feature of a wok. You can use a flat bottom wok and add a shitload of oil but that kind of changes the dish, and not for the better.

SECProto 5y ago

> > I got a flat bottom wok > There is no such thing. Here's[1] Kenji talking about a "flat-bottomed wok". My Chinese friends cook on a flat bottomed wok and call it a wok. So I'm sorry, but your linguistic rigidity is misplaced. [1] https://youtu.be/u2MJzEuI0vI?t=301 https://youtu.be/u2MJzEuI0vI?t=301

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