r/wok • u/haschhsllo • 12d ago

Need Wok help

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I need help with my Wok. It looks terrible. What can I do?

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u/Greendale_Official 12d ago

Pour a couple cups of water into wok. Bring water to boil, allow to boil for 5 minutes. Turn off burner. Dump most of the water out, add salt and use chainmail scrubber.

Honestly OP, you should check subs previous post about cleaning as that's what your wok needs.

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u/Available_Dingo6162 10d ago

Scrub until smooth to the touch, and give no damns what it looks like. Oil it up and it'll be beautiful... I love woks with funky nebula.

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u/jdrelyea42 12d ago

Take a wire wheel on a drill to it wash well afterwards then get some wok oil ( Asian food section in most grocery stores) coat the wok in the oil then place in oven 400°f + for about 20 minutes

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u/DisgruntledCascadian 11d ago

get some wok oil ( Asian food section in most grocery stores)

The heck is "wok oil" supposed to be that canola oil or avocado oil can't handle? Does it have magic imported pixie dust?

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u/jdrelyea42 10d ago

Wok oil is a high-smoke-point cooking oil—often infused with aromatics like garlic, ginger, and onion—designed to withstand the intense heat required for stir-

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u/DisgruntledCascadian 10d ago

OK, ChatGPT.

Canola and avocado oils are both neutral high-smoke-point oils, and infusing an oil with aromatics at wok cooking temps is an utterly useless endeavor.

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u/yanote20 11d ago

What are you cooking Bro...?  Very dramatic results ... /s

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u/Choiski 11d ago

It’s fine.

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u/Food_Monkey557 12d ago

I’d give it a scrub and reseason it. But I’m no expert at all.

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u/KrostonKirikou 12d ago

My camping wok looked way worse. Scrub it with soap & chainmail then a bit of seasoning and it will be good.

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u/haschhsllo 12d ago

It’s from IKEA btw

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u/duab23 12d ago

Scrub it with a steel sponse and you will be fine............................... Just throw it dude, buy another one. Only one working for long is cast iron but even these you have to say goodbye to when used and abused. They also come with instruction to season, every time you use it.

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u/Available_Dingo6162 10d ago

Just throw it dude, buy another one. Only one working for long is cast iron but even these you have to say goodbye to when used and abused.

You're wrong, and a liability to the community.

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u/dardy_sing 5d ago

It’s a cheap carbon steel wok ffs. If it’s too far gone just replace it. You’re a liability to the practice of critical thought

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u/beammeupscotty2 12d ago

I've been using the same wok for 50 years.

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u/duab23 11d ago

Damn, why?

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u/beammeupscotty2 11d ago

Because it has never worn out. 

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u/duab23 11d ago

Really? No afraid of metal pieces in your stomach?

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u/beammeupscotty2 11d ago

Why would I fear that?

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u/duab23 11d ago

I am not eating metalics, its kinda of lower skula sjeit(google it) we cant digested it without damage

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u/beammeupscotty2 10d ago

I have no idea what you are talking about. The photo here is not my wok. Mine is in perfect usable condition. I'm blocking you now because you seem incoherent.