"VegA" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:49:21 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
>
>>"VegA" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:16:01 -0600, Omelet >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article >,
>>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>> > jay said...
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:33:53 -0600, Andy wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Do I need a flat bottomed wok or what? How hot does a wok need to
>>>>> >>> get
>>>>> >>> to do stir-frying?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Andy
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I don't like flat bottoms period! Guangdong
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Get a traditionally shaped one and put it directly on the burner.
>>>>> >> The
>>>>> >> ring can help to stabilize it but you don't really need it. Turn
>>>>> >> on
>>>>> >> the burner with wok in place.. and go smoke one.. then come back in
>>>>> >> and cook.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I LIKE this guy for some reason!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> The only problem with a round bottom and no ring/collar is that the
>>>>> thing's
>>>>> going to be a bit unstable, sort of like you, Andy. Then, you'll be
>>>>> posting
>>>>> messages here, asking if you should go to the hospital for 3rd degree
>>>>> burns.
>>>>>
>>>>> Use the ring.
>>>>
>>>><lol>
>>>>
>>>>Mom used to cook with a regular wok on an electric burner all the
>>>>time...
>>>>We had to quit tho' when we got the glass top.
>>>>
>>>>One of her last Christmas gifts was an electric wok that she'd
>>>>requested.
>>>>She never did get to use it. :-(
>>>
>>> Electric woks should be banned.
>>>
>>> Wok cooking is high consistant heat.
>>>
>>> Your stove, electric or gas, can NOT get as hot as a chinese stove.
>>> Sure you can still use your wok on either. I have and still doo.
>>> Chinese resturants have 10 inch gas pipes just for their wok stoves.
>>
>>10 inch pipes? Do you mean burners?
>>
> Special ansel system and everything. Built in faucet system and
> everything.
>
> No. I mean pipes.
>
> Fire departments hate them. Some places you can't go over 4 in. pipes.
> So they cheat and have the burner jets opened up.

Gas pipes coming into buildings aren't even close to 10 inches in diameter.
What purpose would be served by feeding them into a much fatter pipe?