The 12 inch Excalibur Non-Stick Stir-Fry Pan is a heavy weight at 2mm thickness of carbon steel. It is made for use on gas or electric burners and the pan's heavy weight carbon steel body is designed for rapid, even heating and cooling ¿ a must for any stir-fry. Its generous size will enable you to make delicious Asian meals for your entire family. This pan is perfect for creating such authentic Asian-style recipes as curried shrimp with lemon rice and Szechwan beef stir-fry. This pan features a Stay-cool Bakelite® handle and the flat bottom sits securely on stove tops. Excalibur® is a premium non-stick coating that is far superior to most nonsticks in the market. Its strength and long lasting durability is so important for the high - heat demands of stir fry cooking. The pan is first prepared by blasting it with an abrasive material to create a roughened surface. Then, white-hot molten stainless steel is applied to the surface and, when cooled, becomes welded to the pan. The permanent peaks and valleys that are formed provide a strong, tough base for two coats of a high-grade nonstick finish.
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Product Details
Product Length:
16.0 inches
Product Width:
12.0 inches
Product Height:
4.5 inches
Product Weight:
4.15 pounds
Package Length:
20.0 inches
Package Width:
12.0 inches
Package Height:
4.5 inches
Package Weight:
3.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 22 reviews
Features
Excalibur nonstick stir fry pan created in collaboration with Helen Chen; 12 inches
Crafted from 2 mm carbon steel for quick heat up and cool down
Coated with Excalibur nonstick surface for easy food release and cleanup
Quadruple-riveted Bakelite handle stays cool on the stovetop
Sits securely on gas, electric, and induction stovetops; wash by hand
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21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Modern wok for a modern kitchen. It's about time! Jul 10, 2008
By D. TAN Best wok I've ever used. I've never "loved" a kitchen item before, but I LOVE this wok. I've seared steaks in it, stir-fried meats and veggies, sauteed vegetables, you name it, it can handle it.
MODERN WOK FOR MODERN KITCHENS! I have an electric stove, and neither my traditional Chinese steel wok nor my cheapo aluminum non-stick wok had the right bottom to heat up quickly. This wok has a completely flat bottom (no ridges), and it works fantastically on my electric stove. It is also ideal for glass-top stoves. It's about time someone designed a wok that worked well with any stove-top. Not everyone has access to a gas stove.
Wok heats up really fast, retains heat far better than my old cheap aluminum wok, and cleans SUPER easy. Even when I seared ribeye steaks in the wok, the grease and residue wiped off with a swipe of a lightly-soaped sponge under running water. I've NEVER had to scrape anything off of the tough non-stick coating, even after leaving the wok unwashed with dried food stuck to it overnight.
The Excalibur coating lives up to its advertising. It's TOUGH and it's easy to clean. When I first got the wok, I babied it cause my last non-stick wok had its coating scraped off by a spatula. Now, I'm rougher on the wok because I haven't had any problems with the coating. It's tough, and feels kinda like a pickup-truck bed-liner to me.
Angle of the sides are just right if you like tossing stir-fry with a flip of the wrist. Wok is a bit on the heavy side, but it's ability to cook well makes it worth the weight. Stir-frying with my last cheapo wok was an exercise in frustration-- uneven heat and an easily-damaged non-stick coating. THIS wok has very even heat distribution. I never realized how much of a difference that makes for stir frying until I started using the Helen Chen wok.
All my friends want one of these after seeing it in action, or using it themselves. Highly recommended.
23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
JUNK Nov 07, 2009
By S. Tong Bought this product based on great reviews above. I am Chinese so I use product daily. Now, for about 3 months, now the teflon is already wearing off! It's bad product in my opinion although it looked great when I got it and it doesn't stand everyday uses.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Non-stick coating good, outside coating peeling off already Dec 01, 2009
By Bashert I intended to purchase a joyce chen pan, but inadvertently purchased this one (Name similarity caught me off guard, should have been more careful). I have a flat surface glass stove top, so friction shouldn't be an issue, but after only a couple uses the bottom of the pan coating has started peeling away and there is even small spots of rust! Mind you I hand clean this gingerly because of the non-stick coating inside the pan. I have never put it in the dishwasher. no scrubby type sponges have even been used on this pan inside or out. In fact it still looks new except for the bottom of the pan. Because this is just going to get worse I will need to purchase a better flat bottom wok. Maybe one that only has the non-stick coating on the inside with no coating on the outside of the pan. I guess someone at Goodwill will get it if they are willing to deal with rust on a pan. Who knows maybe this one was defective, I cannot say, but I am very disappointed. Again I must stay the inside "excalibur" non-stick coating works great, too bad the outside didn't.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Rockin' Wok Mar 30, 2009
By Alfred Chiu Agreed with previous reviewers. Works great on electric cooktops. Had problems with others woks on my electric stove, but this one distributed the heat evenly and maintained the high temperatures needed for stir-frying. Non-stick surface worked flawlessly. Easy clean up with just water and a wipe up with paper towels. Cannot comment on the durability of the non-stick coating, since only been using for several weeks.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
good construction workmenship. But non-sticky coating wear off quickly Jan 30, 2010
By Harry N. Zhang good construction workmenship. But non-sticky coating wear off quickly. I now simply have buffed off the coating and use it as a seasoned corbon-steel wok.
based on 22 reviews
Modern wok for a modern kitchen. It's about time! Jul 10, 2008
By D. TAN
JUNK Nov 07, 2009
By S. Tong
Non-stick coating good, outside coating peeling off already Dec 01, 2009
By Bashert
good construction workmenship. But non-sticky coating wear off quickly Jan 30, 2010
By Harry N. Zhang
