![]() ![]() I should mention that besides the stubborn spots the rest of the wok was getting to a nice dark bluish black color, I had gotten down to the carbon steel on about 80% of the wok at this point. This loosened up some more but after another 3hrs the gunk was still there. I moved up the rack until it sat as close to the broil element as I could and made sure that the two handle spots were aligned with the burner element. It was in there for hours (6hrs+) and not much was happening, the remaining spots were definitely getting lighter, but they were still there. But I was done for the day.ĭay 2: I washed and scrubbed with dawn dish soap and then dried and threw it in the oven at 500F (After I removed both handles). ![]() The helper handle has 2 screws and the long handle you simply turn/unscrew the holder hook and it comes out. This is when I figured out that you can remove both the handles. But there were still a number of stubborn parts (mostly around the handles) that I just couldn't get to. I got the vast majority of the vegetable oil and coating off this way. Slowly turning it for like a minute on each spot like I did initially was stupid and a huge waste of time. This is the better way, it stops the wasting of heat, each spot gets cooked long enough to heat up and burn off all of the nasty stuff. I slowly turned it until I got a nice silver/gray sheen coming through. It will smoke and have a slight chemical burn smell, use your fan. ĭay 1-part 2: This time I set up a heavy pot behind my wok and laid each side spot over the gas burner for at least 15mins, and the coating really started coming off this way. I cobbled together seasoning tips from a few sites as well as the instructions that came with the wok, so I didn’t follow their steps exactly, but the pictures helped a lot. This site had some good images of what the wok should look like at each stage. This is when I realized that I hadn't removed all of the initial anti-rust coating, because I started applying vegetable oil when the pan hadn't even gotten to the completely silver/gray, let alone to the dark bluish gray that was needed. I did 3 rounds of vegetable oil coating when I went to google because it just didn't "feel" right to me. I thought I had gotten it all off, so I started using vegetable oil to season. I didn't realize how much coating was actually on this thing. I spent like 3 hours doing this and here is my first mistake. I started with wok flat and then occasionally picked it up and tilted it over the burner for a minute on each spot. I wrapped the handles in tin foil to protect the plastic. Some of this was definitely mistakes on my part and the wok maintenance learning curve, but I'll walk through my process so hopefully someone else can learn from my mistakes.ĭay 1: I heated the wok on my gas burner. It took me 3 days to do my first seasoning. I'm fairly confident in the kitchen and I've seasoned cast iron for years, so I wasn't afraid of the seasoning process for a wok. OK so I want to start this review off by saying this is my first wok. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. ![]() This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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