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Helen Chen's Asian Kitchen Carbon Steel Wok Stir Fry Pan, 12-inch?
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Buy a new one, they use very strong materials to adhere the non-stick material to the metal. You will just ruin it.
This type of pans, however, are VERY good for making things like pasta sauces, stir frying chicken, beef, etc. Very few pans are better than this for something like a bolognese sauce!
So don't throw it away, use it and buy a carbon steel wok for serious stir fries.
I take a propane turkey fry burner camping. If I was going to cook over a fire, I'd probably make a log cabin style fire that was two levels high, and build a really hot fire in the middle. Small splits that would catch fast.
That wok looks good too. The shipping cost is kind of high, but that's what it actually costs a small business to ship a large package.
The woks that have the large eye screw in the handle usually hold the handle on. The screw goes all the way through. So you can unscrew the bolt and remove the wooden handle and just use the screw. Or even get a longer threaded rod:
https://www.amazon.com/Helen-Asian-Kitchen-Carbon-12-inch/dp/B00428M7K2
My wok has a non-removable wooden side handle. I wrap it with several layers of aluminum foil and that keeps it from burning. At least so far ;-)
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