A wok is a specialized pan designed to cook food quickly over high heat. Traditionally featuring sloped sides and a rounded base, legend has it that the wok's origin stems from Chinese soldiers ...

While cast iron is great for campfire cooking, a wok may be a better option. For likely over 2,000 years, woks have been used by the Chinese and other cultures to prepare meals over an open flame.

As an expert in outdoor cooking, Greg has written more than 30 articles on grilling and barbecuing for Food & Wine across categories including kamado grills, pizza ovens, and meat thermometers.

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Paul Kitagaki Jr. [email protected] When Sacramento wanted to ban gas hookups in new buildings two years ago, it sparked a passionate debate over an unexpected cooking tool: the wok.

"The woks we have at Mister Mao are from San Francisco's Chinatown, and we make sure we dry and season them well after every use to keep them nice and non-stick," she says. "But if I was giving a ...