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Excelente calidad, y nada se pega si se sazona y cura bien

Love this wok for its craftsmanship and great cooking results. I chose to season the wok based on my experience with other carbon steel cookware. 1 first I removed the handle. I thoroughly washed and scrubbed the wok with soap, steel wool and barkeepers friend (or use any other similar product). And I mean wash and scrub the entire wok even inside the handle where there may me a little rust. I then dried it thoroughly. 2 I put it in a 500 degree oven for an hour 3 let it cool to room temp then I applied a light coat of high smoke point oil in my case avacado, and I mean light wipe it all off with a paper towel. 3 back in the oven at 500 for 45 minutes at 500 degrees. 3 cool to room temp and re oil again wipe with paper towel and back in at 500 degrees for another 45 minutes. I oiled the handle with food grade mineral oil and reattached it. I have used it several times since and it is still virtually glass like.

I've bought this round-bottom wok (鑊 Huò, 炒鑊 Chǎo huò, 炒鍋 Chǎo guō) as a gift for someone with no stir-frying experience, and was afraid that the wok might not get seasoned properly were I to gift it in its original shape. I did run into a small problem of my own, however, in that I currently live in an apartment with an electric range which makes it impossible for me to season the wok using the traditional gas stove techniques.Turns out gas stove is not necessary, and in this case, when I was done, I began to feel that unless you have a powerful gas furnace, you might be better off seasoning in an oven anyway. The result at the end of the process was awesome, and the wok looked spectacularly beautiful so much so that it could be used for decoration. Hopefully, the pictures will do it justice.The Mammafong (媽媽芳 Māmā Fāng) wok is one of the nicest woks I have seen in a long time. It's made of 16-gauge carbon steel. You may wonder which gauge steel is optimal for stir-frying. Well, in a commercial setting with crazy-hot burners you'll run into thinner 17-to-18-gauge woks. For home use, several highly-rated Amazon vendors tout the benefits of 14-gauge steel as it retains the heat better due to its increased thickness. I feel that 14-gauge is a little too thick as it takes too long for my taste to heat up and too slow to cool down, plus it weighs more which might make it more difficult for some to handle. The Mammafong wok is right smack in the middle where it needs to be at 16.About size. In as much as a 14-inch wok appears to be well-, if not best-suited for a regular-size Western range, I hope that one day Mammafong will carry the same line-up of woks in 16 inches. I have a lot of mouths to cook for. :-)The wok, just like the vast majority of others, comes with protective oil that needs to be removed (see the seasoning instructions above). What I didn't like was that the inside of the metal tube that holds the wooden handle was not protected. I had to wiggle the handle multiple times to be able to dislodge it from the wok, and when I finally did, I discovered there was some rust on the wood as well. A minor issue that does not affect my overwhelmingly positive feelings about this wok, but still room for improvement.On a related note, I would love for Mammafong to start selling handle replacement kits (one handle and two Phillips screws). I expect the handles to become damaged over time, and I would love to have perfect original replacements ready for deployment as soon as needed. Another great product to develop would be a wok adapter for barbecue grills. As far as I know one doesn't exist as of today (October 2019).The wok heats up fast and evenly, with the heat coming all the way up to the edge, on an electric stove (in case you missed it, do choose the flat-bottom wok for electric and induction stoves; the round-bottom wok I am dealing with here is for someone with a gas range). Before I forget, I thought it was a nice touch for Daphne, the CEO of Mammafong, to contact me through Amazon after purchase, and email me a small collection of family recipes in the PDF format. Thank you very much!  All in all, the wok has been a joy to use, and I'm sure it'll be a welcome gift as well. In fact, I'm scheming to purchase several more units, for myself and several family members, season all for everyone, and start cooking. I can't recommend this wok highly enough and hope that with time Mammafong will expand their line-up of high-quality cooking utensils (I'll be watching closely :-)).

I absolutely love my new wok, it is robust, doesn't feel flimsy. It was super easy to season it (follow packet instructions, my process is written below). It is quite heavy so don't expect youtube level flipping of the contents of the wok unless you have Arnold Schwarzenegger forearms, or are an experienced wok user with a large wok. I find that this wok can hold enough to make a single meal for about 5-6 people at most. But for that volume, I typically cook in batches to ensure appropriate cooking. The wok is super non-stick when seasoned with 1-2 layers per instructions below, so thats awesome. I am vego mostly, and have no issues, i cook a lot of onions, green cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage), carrots, eggplant, tofu. Everything cooks awesome in this wok.To season it, I used canola oil. The process was to heat it on a very large gas burner (outdoors, do not do this inside, the smoke will be super unpleasant), blue it all over, it will take a few mins to blue each quadrant of the steel, so this took the longest, maybe 15 mins of blueing; then once it is blue all over, including the helper handle, you tip in about 2 tbs of oil and carefully swirl it all around and wipe it with a dry paper wipe (i just used kitchen paper wipes lol) all over the sides, keep rubbing it all around and you will see it smoking and making the wiped areas dark grey or black-ish. I did this all over and on the underside of the wok too. after this I just cooked with it, it builds up seasoning fairly quickly, especially if you use animal products or use a bit of oil.I highly suggest you get a long wok tan (spatula), one that doesnt have a very wide head on it). I am glad I got the round bottom one, I only use it on my outdoor gas burner which it is mostly steady on. I would say that a long wooden spatula would do the trick as well. I found that a metal utensil scraped up the fresh seasoning quite easily, but now after a few weeks of use it is holding up to a metal wok tan fine.It feels a little pricey, but to be honest, the durability and user experience make me confident that this wok will last forever - so I would buy it again for sure. Perhaps the handle will need replacing at some point, or maybe just new screws (mine is sturdy thus far, but it seems to be the only potential point of failure), but thats easy to replace if you have a round dowel like piece of wood and are semi handy.

The media could not be loaded.  There is a wide range of woks to purchase. This one was a gift for our son for Christmas. He's living on his own, now. He loves to cook!! This was a great options giving the wide range of quality and price.Resist the urge to start cooking right away!! Before that first cook...you will need to "season" your wok. Our son is an avid YouTube user, he used a YouTube video with step by step instructions on "how-to" season your new wok.It's a nice size. There is plenty of room to stir & toss. The handle is a strong sturdy handle.This particular wok did not come with the "ring" to sit it on. I would recommend getting utensils specifically for woks