Breezy, further to that can of worms, do you stir-fry using an electric stove because you just happen to have one and/or you dislike gas, or because you have tried stir-frying both ways and your experience showed you that stir-frying using electricity gives equal or better results to stir-frying using gas?BreezyCooking said:Boy - you have absolutely NO idea of the size of the can of worms you've opened with THAT question!!!!
In my opinion (& there will probably be about a hundred of them here in a very short time ), it doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE!!! Choose whichever type of range you prefer cooking on.
I've cooked on both, but have NEVER like gas. Have been successfully making several-course Asian meals on electric stoves using woks for 30+ years without a hitch. I also stirfry with my wok (& its ring) on my relatively old-fashioned coil element electric range approx. twice a week, & the results are always PERFECT!! It is definitely NOT TRUE that you can't reach the proper heat level to properly stirfry on an electric range.
My only caveat is that when we were looking for a new electric stove, all of the ones with the flat glass tops specifically advised AGAINST using both woks & cast-iron cookware on them. this was back in 1997, so things may have changed since them, but it's worth a heads up if you like the glass-top electric ranges.
Again - buy what you're most comfortable with. You'll be able to efficiently stirfry regardless.
Nicholas, I am surprised that such a stove is available for home use! As unbelievable as the heat emitted may be, it would be a far cry to that emitted if you manage to set your house on fire by using it indoors.Nicholas Mosher said:I bought a single burner chinese wok stove from The Wok Shop. Puts out 32k BTU's. Only problem is, I can only use it outside as it puts out unbelieveable amounts of heat.
- Just don't buy any of those woks that you plug in like a crock-pot. Those things should be melted into paper weights!
For pete's sake Nicholas, don't you have any close friends? Don't you practise giving away as birthday presents stuff you have but don't like or need?As far as giving away the self-heating woks, I don't own one, and if I did I would destroy it so someone wouldn't waste good time, food, and money trying to turn out a decent stir-fry. I'd feel guilty passing it off on someone else.