Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Really nice Wok, and I enjoy cooking food in it. Prepping the Wok is really easy. First of all, I read many reviews where people talk about a lacquer coating from the factory. Really? Is lacquer food safe? Would they really use that? Anyway, here's what I did. I didn't want to heat the pan on a hot stove and melt the factory polymer coating on, which would just make it harder to remove. All I did was pour a tea kettle full of hot water on it to heat it up. Let it sit for a few minutes. Then dumped it all out. After that, I scrubbed both sides really well with Barkeeper's Friend and a fresh green Scotch Brite pad. Rinsed it well, wiped it dry. The metal was smooth and the coating was gone. I then wiped on a light coat of oil. Done. After that I made a delicious stir fry dinner in it. After dinner, I poured hot water in it; gave it a light scrub with a blue Scotch Brite pad, and applied a very light coat of oil. Today I made lunch in it. Works great. Don't make this more complicated than it needs to be.