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Your place may have an extremely underpowered gas stove? Tons of places do stir fry on gas. Probably the norm I would say. If you go to a hibachi grill, they
by hasty_pudding 3y ago
Your place may have an extremely underpowered gas stove?
Tons of places do stir fry on gas.
Probably the norm I would say.
If you go to a hibachi grill, they're doing it right out in the open.
- ghaff 3y agoI have a good gas (propane) stove top and the big burner definitely is good for stir-fry. I'm sure many cheaper gas stoves are not as good.
- brendoelfrendo 3y agoA home gas stove in the US will probably make around 10k BTUs. Some have burners designed for high heat cooking that might go over 20k BTUs. Your average wok burner used for stir frying in a restaurant is going to be over 100k BTUs, possibly 200k. To be clear, you can do a tasty stir fry over lower heat; but realize that the commercial wok burners are specialized equipment, and any home gas stove will be underpowered by comparison.
- hasty_pudding 3y agoI don't wok cook. It sounds like the person I was originally responding to doesn't have a complaint with gas stoves but more with the fact that they are no longer cooking on a specialized piece of equipment.