I love my Joyce Chen carbon steele Wok. (2009-04-13)
The wok works great, I just love it. I use it for practically everything I cook.
The delivery of the product was much quicker than expected. I couldn't be happier.

Good but difficult to season properly. (2009-01-21)
Managed to get the bottom of the pan seasoned after 2 attempts but food still sticks to the sides.

Excellent addition to kitchen! (2008-06-13)
I recently purchased this item and must say that I'm very happy with it! The quality was WAY more than I expected for the price, and after proper seasoning, its cooking results are flawless. I highly recommend this item to anyone venturing into the Wok cooking scene. Not only does stiry-fry foods taste great, but they are also a much healthier alternative to more conventional cooking methods.

RM Gray
http://www.GrowThyself.org

amazing.. Love it! Love it! Love it! (2008-06-05)
This is a very nice heavy wok. I recently bought a range with a 16000 BTU burner. This wok works great with it. (range hood that extracts fumes to the outside is a MUST) IMHO, if your burner is not > 10000 btu, most woks would be the same. It does rust easily, so care has to be taken as mention in other reviews. Seasoning it took a 1/2 hour to get it black at the surface bottom, but after many uses, nothing 'much' sticks. What ever that does stick easily gets brushed off with water and a scrubber. Just soak it while you are having dinner. Frying noodles (flat and wide rice noodles) was a challenge at first, but after a few uses, it does the job very well. A word of reminder, this wok + high heat = quick water evaporation. A tip would be to cover the wok if you want to maintain some water moisture in the food and turn down the flame towards the end of cooking. CONS: my wife doesn't like this wok since you have to work fast on it and she prefers the old Calphalon nonstick wok. Since we both cook different dishes, this wok does get quite a lot of mileage ever since I bought it. Mine came with wooden handles as well, and it looks better than pictures. The package came well packed and no damage was apparent.

good classic wok (2008-05-22)
Carbon steel for good heat transfer, no nonstick coating so it can be used at stir-frying (high) temperature without concern about chemical contamination. Out of the box I gave it a good cleaning and seasoning with peanut oil. After use all it needs is light cleaning and wiping with a little oil before putting away. The flat bottom keeps it steady on any cooktop, the medium gauge and uniform thickness mean it heats quickly and evenly. For best results in high temp cooking like most stir-frying or flash-frying, use peanut oil to avoid smoking the oil. 4 star not 5 because the longer handle has a slight wobble; the cutout where it fits over the metal tab on the pan is slightly too wide, not a hazard, but an occasional annoyance.