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Amazon has 13" Goodful Hammered Carbon Steel Pow Wok Pan w/ Lid (Black) for $18.71. Shipping is free with Prime or on orders of $25+.
The 13 Inch carbon steel, flat bottom wok is designed for high-performance with even heat distribution while cooking on a wide variety of surfaces including induction cooktops, electric stove top, gas stove, glass stove top, or ceramic stove
Our natural non-stick, high-grade carbon steel interior of these pans allow food to effortlessly glide out of the wok. Allows for easy clean-up in between uses. Please read instructions on how to properly care for the wok for the longevity of this cooking set.
https://www.amazon.com/Goodful-Ca...B08BQFDRKP
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these used to be $6.99 during discount weekend at a few Chinese supermarket, but they don't carry these anymore
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You gotta season it when you first get it. There are many YouTube tutorial videos. Always need to clean, dry, oil, and heat up the pan/wok till smoke after every use. Never soak it in water or store wet as it will 100% rust. I would say the maintenance is the same as cast iron pans.
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Will someone help me understand these design decisions? Because to me it just seems like a failure of form follows function.
While cooking, the side of the wok will be cooler than the center. You can cook things in the middle of the wok while you push other ingredients up the side of the wok. If the wok is smooth, those ingredients would just slide down. For example, when I stir fry vegetables, a lot of liquid would come out. I would push vegetables up the side while I add a corn starch slurry to the liquid.
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Same as cast iron. If it's not preseasoned, you may want to do intentional seasoning at first (America's test kitchen's method is simple).
After initial seasoning (if desired), I just dry the pan on the stove after washing it, put a very thin layer of oil with a quarter of a paper towel, and that oil will turn into seasoning next time you cook with it.
If a thick layer of oil gets partially polymerized (that's the process we call "seasoning") it will be sticky but just keep cooking and it will turn into proper seasoning with time.
There's many more time consuming, complicated methods but simply oiling it and cooking with it is a method that has stood the test of time and is simple.