Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was excited when this wok was offered having very much enjoyed the Souped Up Recipes channel. Her style is straightforward but there's a lot of good science in there if you listen which told me she knows what she's talking about and also knows quality. The actual wok is beautiful, and is a great size for smaller portions. This will fit nicely into my collection with my 14" and 20" woks. I love the hammered finish as well, I can pretend I'm using a wok like they hand made 1000 years ago (I think these patterns are machine printed rather than hand hammered, but it's still gorgeous). I have a strong outside burner that I use for wok cooking so I chose to use that for seasoning rather than the oven. I first scrubbed as instructed then used high heat to burn off any residual coating. If you hold the wok over high heat, it will first speckle up with small black spots everywhere, but those eventually burn away to leave a smooth gun metal color like finish. I let the wok cool then applied the first coating of oil evenly on the interior and cranked up the heat. It will turn brown at first and smoke heavily but then the smoke recedes and it's ready to cool off. I repeated this process 3 more times and the result is in the photo, a beautiful glossy solid black cooking surface. I finished the seasoning off by dry frying some chopped green onions, having read somewhere that this can remove any residual metal taste from a new wok. I'm quite pleased with the purchase and the price I got as an early adopter, can't wait to cook my first meal. Also to the reviewer who was nervous about a wooden handle on a gas stove, don't be. My outdoor burner gets up to 100K BTUs and it wasn't a problem.