Oct 24 2014
This is a tip on what not to do with your Wok. I like cooking on my Wok using my outdoor gas burner; using gas gives you good control over the heat. I did find that I could use my indoor glass top stove to cook in it. Using the ring lets it get hot enough to cook with it.
Last night I made chicken Pad Thai in it. After it was done I had shut the burner off and left it on the burner while serving and after. When my wife cleaned up after eating she put the leftover Pad Thai in a bowl to save. She said you can clean the wok, it’s a mess. It was a mess some of the noodles had burnt and stuck. I should have taken it off the burner right after it was done. I should know better, glass top stoves take a long time to cool down.
I left it set until this morning. I thought I would end up using sand paper on it. I scraped off all I could get and then set in the sink with hot water running. I used my Lodge brush on it and was surprised most was coming off pretty easy. I finished with the scotch blue pad and it cleaned up nice. I gave it a light coat of oil and was ready to go again.
First if you use your Wok on a glass top stove don’t let it set on the burner after done cooking. If you do get some burnt food on the bottom it still should clean up without a lot of effort if you had it seasoned well. Mine had gone through the six step seasoning process.
Before
After
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