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liuzhou

liuzhou

Yes. But that is a commercial kitchen and those guys hands are scarred and burnt. I have been in hundreds of commercial kitchens across China and seen them - the hands and the woks. I've even cooked in them. I've even been in the kitchen in the video!

 

The OP is looking for high heat in a domestic setting (something I've already pointed out Chinese people almost never aim for).

 

You will note those guys in the video do toss by yanking the wok backwards. And splashing oil over their calloused incinerated hands. A long handle wok makes a lot of sense in a domestic set up and are also used in many industrial kitchens, too.

The handle-less wok may be the "original", but the  Model T Ford was the original mass produced car. I don't see many people queuing up for those today.

liuzhou

liuzhou

Yes. But that is a commercial kitchen and those guys hands are scarred and burnt. I have been in hundreds of commercial kitchens across China and seen them - the hands and the woks. I've even cooked in them. I've even been in the one in the video!

 

The OP is looking for high heat in a domestic setting (something I've already pointed out Chinese people almost never aim for).

 

You will note those guys in the video do toss by yanking the wok backwards. And splashing oil over their calloused hands. A long handle wok makes a lot of sense in a domestic set up and are used in many industrial kitchens, too.

The handle-less wok may be the "original", but the  Model T Ford was the original mass produced car. I don't see many people queuing up for those today.

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