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Meyer Professional Choice Non-stick Open Stirfry Wok, 26 cm |  | Brand: Meyer
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £22.00
Buy New: £18.00
as of 4/9/2010 12:09 PDT details
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Seller: electricshopping
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 5956
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 19.3 x 10.5 x 3.9
Model: 17764
EAN: 5011275177644
ASIN: B0000AKLLP
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | Suitable for all cooker types excluding induction | | • | Oven safe up to 350°F/180°C Gas Mark 4. | | • | Heavy gauge aluminium body for fast, efficient heat distribution | | • | Dishwasher safe | | • | Manufacturers warranty |
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Product Description
NEW, enhanced triple layer non-stick coating. Now suitable for use with all kitchen utensils including metal. Contemporary, stylish, new "soft touch" handles, for ease of grip and comfort.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
Healthy wok! April 9, 2010
S. J. Kemp (Nottingham, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We bought this on the basis of other reviews on Amazon and are very pleased we did. We have been using a nice stainless steel/aluminium wok for years, but you have to use a lot of oil otherwise you end up with burnt food on the bottom of the pan. With this non-stick pan, we've been able to reduce the amount of oil we use dramatically (we bought it because we're trying to eat more healthily!) AND the big plus point is that it is SO EASY to clean. Again, after reading other reviews I tried using it for curries etc. and it is great. We were concerned when we bought it that it might not be large enough, as it is quite a bit smaller than our other one - but it is plenty big enough for meals for two, or even a family of four. This now has pride of place in our pan drawer and is probably the most used item for our cooking. Excellent value for money!
Excellent Stuff April 1, 2010
Filthy Raider (Dorset, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our last Wok was from 1996 and is still doing it today, but eventually it has got a bit scratched so we needed a new one.
This is top class, good 'heavy' feel but not too heavy to use. Easy to clean, heats well and cooks good too.
Nuff said!
 Wokking good March 28, 2010
Mrs. G. G. Flower (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is an excellent and well built product which performs well in every respect. It heats quickly and uniformaly across the cooking surface and so far the non stick coating appears substantial and well able to survive for a long life. My only slight criticism is the flat base which means that for small quantities you have to ensure that food falls/slides to the bottom of the wok for best results
Amazing wok - a sign of the times... March 7, 2010
Tom Po (London)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Prior to this wok, I had listened to the "authentic" purists' advice, which was that the best wok to get was a carbon steel wok, which when properly seasoned could handle a heat that no non-stick wok could handle (with there being many refernces to non-stick coatings not being able to handle the high heats). When properly seasoned, a carbon steel wok should be perfectly non stick, very durable, very quick to cook in thanks to the high heats, and easy to clean/maintain. So I purchased a 34cm carbon steel wok from Amazon (made by Swift and very heavy once filled with food), followed all instructions that I could find (from manufacturer's instructions, to those of celebrity Chinese chefs), purchased different ingredients to season the wok with (groundnut oil, palm oil, lard, etc etc), got the wok ring attachment for my double-ringed and pretty powerful cooker wok burner, so on and so forth, but for the life of me, no matter how hard I tried, how long I spent seasoning, how many times I scrubbed the wok in case the original glue was still there, no matter what method of seasoning I used or how many times I set the smoke alarms off, the seasoning process almost always failed. The few times it didn't fail, the next time I tried cooking with it, even if pre-seasoning the wok again, it still eventually failed, with bits of the season coming off or food sticking like glue. I found washing the carbon steel wok to be difficult too, because once seasoned you're not meant to use any liquids or abrasives, but if food is stuck then scrubbing meant the seasoning would come off. Even if food didn't stick, the layer would come off in little black bits after cleaning and re-seasoning. So no matter what I did, the food would stick, the seasoned layer would come off in bits into the food, and I was at my wit's end.
Then I saw an online interview with Ken Hom on youtube, and in it he said that the new non-stick woks had improved in terms of technology, and could now handle the high heats required for wok cooking (whereas he said 20 years ago, he was dead against anything but carbon steel woks). I thought to myself, was Ken Hom telling the truth, or was he just pushing his own line of non-stick woks? I came to the conclusion that there's no chance Ken Hom would lie about this - firstly, his personality has always come across as a model professional with high ethical principles, and secondly he surely wouldn't risk his reputation by lying on air about the properties of modern non-stick coatings.
So I went out and purchased this wok by Meyer (sorry Ken, but he has to many products in his range with differing quality, making it hard to know what is good or isn't), mainly because it has a few good reviews on Amazon, but also because the size seemed more fitting for me (it can cook for two, but not really any more). And by Jove, Ken Hom was right. This non-stick wok can handle the exact same level of heat that the aforementioned carbon steel wok could handle. Maybe the pan doesn't get quite as hot as the carbon steel one did, but it's still plenty hot enough to cook in the same way. I have had this wok sitting at full heat on my wok burner for 5 minutes, probably more, and it's handled the heat perfectly, without a single piece of food sticking to it. So not only is it perfectly non-stick and can handle very high heats, but the coating seems to be so good, and the manufacturing quality so high, that after months now, it's still near brand new condition (on the inside that is - naturally the handle bit is slightly browned, and the enamel on the outside has darkened or changed colour dude to the rough treatment it's got on the stove, food/oil burning on, etc). Furthermore, because it's a good quality non-stick coating, it's an absolute breeze to clean - nothing sticks, so it's so very easy to wash.
So for me, this wok is proof that non-stick coatings, good quality ones anyway, have now moved on from earlier days when it couldn't handle a high heat and so wasn't useful for wok cooking. So for those people suffering from the difficulties of using a carbon steel wok, I can only recommend trying this, which should save you the hassle of having to maintain and prepare a carbon steel wok.
Perfect for two! January 20, 2010
P. RIDOUT (Scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an ideal good quality wok for two person meals. Solid and robust yet very responsive to heat. Would recommend.
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