Woks are more specialized pieces of cookware, but are the best means to their particular end. Woks originate from Asian cooking, where they perform the preponderance of Asian cooking methods, such as stir-frying, steaming, braising, and searing.
Woks have curved sides, with a top that is much wider in diameter than the bottom. Some come with tall, dome-shaped lids and some do not come with lids at all. Some woks come with a single, long handle, and others come with two shorter handles opposite one another. The type of handle you choose depends on your preference. Many cooks like to toss their food while it is in the wok, which requires the one long handle. You will also find that some woks come with a detachable wire rack that fits inside one half of the wok, used to drain fried foods.
Woks are typically made of a thin metal; traditionally this metal was steel, but now you see woks in aluminium, stainless steel, and even cast iron (although this choice isn’t thin). The point of the thin metal is to conduct heat rapidly to the food inside. This is an important aspect of stir frying, as it allows the food to cook quickly and remain crisp. A thicker metal will take longer to cook the food, making them soggier.
Woks come in a range of sizes, but unless you plan on using it daily, purchasing one size should be sufficient. Considering how many people you will typically be cooking for will assist in determining the right size for your needs.
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Name | Price | |
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 | Laptop Portable Grill , 30cm, 46cm, 4kg, barbecue, bbqs, bits, coated, compact, folding, garden, grill, it's, outdoors/hot, portable, powder, steel, sunshine, taken, that's, weight, weights, woks... Shop: Sunshine Bits | £20.00 |
 | deli wok , 30cm, additions, carbon, chopsticks, garden, graphite, serving, spatula, stand, steel, wok, wooden... Shop: Additions Direct | £20.00 |
 | Tesco Finest Copper Base Wok , aluminium, anodised, coated, cooking, distribution, finest, heat, kitchen, lid, little, nonstick, stainless, steel, surface, teflon, tesco, wok... Shop: Tesco | £22.00 |
 | Tefal Specifics Frypan Bar *32cm Wok (Unlidded) , blue, cookware, description, nonstick, shoots... Shop: Blue Shoots | £23.80 |
 | Supreme 14" HG Non Stick Wok , &, 14, gauge, heavy, inch, instyle, ovenware, stick, stovetop, supreme, wok, woks... Shop: InStyle | £24.00 |
 | Tefal Practica Frypan Bar 32cm Wok - Without Lid , 32cm, abrasion, anti, bar, base, blue, cleaning, coating, cooking, cookware, copper, deep, dishwasher, distribution, frypan, glass, grip, handles, heat, hobs, indication, induction, layer, lid, lids, nonstick, pieces, practica, results, safe, shapes, sh... Shop: Blue Shoots | £24.79 |
 | Half Price Non Stick Stir Fry Wok from Viners , base, blue, casseroles, cooking, cookware, curries, dishwasher, easycare, encapsulated, equipment, eye, fries, fry, glass, half, high, hobs, induction, interior, kitchen, lid, multi, nonstick, pan, pieces, plus, purpose, risottos, safe, shoots, stainles... Shop: Blue Shoots | £24.89 |
 | 28 cm Glass Wok Lid , &, collection, combining, contrasting, cristel, elegance, entirely, fits, instyle, kitchens, lids, ovenware, perfectly, practicality, shiny/mat, stainless, steel, stovetop, surfaces, today's... Shop: InStyle | £24.99 |
 | Glass Lid 28cm , &, 28cm, cristel, frypans, glass, instyle, lid, lids, ovenware, stovetop, woks... Shop: InStyle | £24.99 |
 | Carry & Go Portable Barbecue , 356cm, 483, 48kg, area, barbecue, bbqs, bits, carry, case, collapsible, construction, cooking, design, garden, outdoors/hot, plastic, portable, shoulder, steel, sunshine, thin, ultra, weight, woks... Shop: Sunshine Bits | £25.00 |
 | BRITANNIA AC/WOK/A09234 , accessories, aims, cooking, deliver, delivers, kitchen, orders, ring, science, support, time, wok... Shop: Kitchen Science | £29.00 |
 | Ken Hom 4 Piece Wok Set , &, bamboo, cookware, deep, dishwasher, frying, garden, glass, hand, john, kitchen, lewis, lid, nonstick, pair, rack, safe, set, spoon, steaming, tempura, turner, utensils, washed, wok... Shop: John Lewis | £29.00 |
 | Cast Iron Wok , care, cast, ceramic, clean, cooker, cooking, don't, energy, healthy, hobs, instructions, iron, lifetime, light, liquid, metal, oil, olive, remove, rneasy, rnlow, rnlowfat, rnready, rnsafe, rnsuitable, rnthe, rntough, solid, style, tools, usage, wash,... Shop: Cast In Style | £29.50 |
 | Hot Wok Paella Pan & Burner Ring , 12, 30, bbqs, bits, burner, carbon, charming, cm, conversion, garden, high, hot, mm, nonstick, outdoors/hot, paella, pan, ring, steel, sunshine, thick, wide, wok, woks... Shop: Sunshine Bits | £29.95 |
 | 14 Pure Oriental CS NS Wok , 14, carbon, cs, duty, heal, heal's, heavy, ns, oriental, pure, son, wok... Shop: Heal & Son | £30.00 |
 | Ken Hom and39TAOand39 6pce Carbon Steel Wok Glass Lid 32cm , abrasion, andnbsp, coating, cookware, diamond, dishwasher, east, handles, maintain, metallic, nonstick, outstanding, pans, particles, phenolic, pots, premier, reinforced, resistance, safe, scratch, tao, virtually, woks, xylan... Shop: Premier Cookware | £30.99 |
 | 32cm Non Stick Carbon Steel Wok 6pc Set , &, 32cm, 6pc, abrasion, carbon, chinese, coating, cooked, delicious, diamond, dishes, dishwasher, gauge, handles, instyle, maintain, metallic, needed, nonstick, of16mm, outstanding, ovenware, particles, phenolic, reinforced, resistance, safe, scratch... Shop: InStyle | £37.00 |
 | Cast Iron Wok Set , 14", bamboo, care, cast, ceramic, chopsticks, clean, cooker, cooking, energy, healthy, hobs, instructions, iron, lid, metal, pincers, rneasy, rnlow, rnlowfat, rnready, rnsafe, rnsuitable, rnthe, rntough, set, shelf, stainless, steel, style, tools, u... Shop: Cast In Style | £37.00 |
 | John Lewis Hard Anodised Stir Fry Pan, 28cm , &, 180°c, 25, alternative, aluminium, anodised, coating, comfortable, cooker, cookers, cookware, dupont, fry, garden, handle, induction, john, lewis, nonstick, oven, pan, rubber, safe, stir, tops, unstable, wok... Shop: John Lewis | £39.00 |
| | John Lewis Hard Anodised Stir Fry Pan, 28cm , &, 180°c, 25, alternative, aluminium, anodised, coating, comfortable, cooker, cookers, cookware, dupont, fry, garden, handle, induction, john, lewis, nonstick, oven, pan, rubber, safe, stir, tops, unstable, wok... Shop: John Lewis | £39.00 |
 | Wok, 37cm , 200, ardennes, black, blue, body, cast, centigrade, chasseur, coat, coloured, competively, cookware, corrosion, degrees, dishwasher, durabilty, enamel, following, found, france, handles, high, hob, importanty, iron, it's, kitchen, knobs, lid, maintenanc... Shop: Blue Shoots | £39.82 |
 | 36cm Non Stick Carbon Steel Wok 8pc Set , &, 16mm, 36cm, abrasion, carbon, chinese, coating, cooked, delicious, diamond, dishes, dishwasher, gauge, handles, instyle, maintain, metallic, needed, nonstick, outstanding, ovenware, particles, phenolic, reinforced, resistance, safe, scratch, steel... Shop: InStyle | £42.00 |
 | Mermaid Professional Hard Anodised Wok , 11\', 28cm, anodised, cook, cookware, diameter, gauge, head, heat, heavy, mermaid\'s, oven, professional, protected, sources, stove, wok... Shop: Head Cook | £42.95 |
 | 28cm Non Stick Stainless Steel Peking Wok , &, 28cm, aluminium, base, chinese, coating, conductivity, cooked, delicious, dishes, dishwasher, durability, durable, encapsulated, ensure, handles, heat, hobs, induction, instyle, metal, multilayered, needed, nonstick, ovenware, peking, phenolic, qu... Shop: InStyle | £45.00 |
 | Ken Hom Stainless Steel Cantonese Wok Glass Lid 32cm , aluminium, base, coating, conduction, conductivity, cookware, durability, durable, encapsulated, ensure, handles, heat, hobs, metal, multilayed, nonstick, pans, phenolic, pots, premier, quantanium, reinforced, safe, sandwich, sishwasher, stainless, stee... Shop: Premier Cookware | £45.99 |
 | Ken Hom Stainless Steel Peking Wok Glass Lid 32cm , aluminium, base, coating, conduction, conductivity, cookware, durability, durable, encapsulated, ensure, handles, heat, hobs, metal, multilayed, nonstick, pans, phenolic, pots, premier, quantanium, reinforced, safe, sandwich, sishwasher, stainless, stee... Shop: Premier Cookware | £45.99 |
 | Stellar Hard Anodised 30cm Wok with Lid , 30cm, 4mm, 6000, advantages, alloy, anodised, approved, blue, body, brings, cast, change, clean, coatings, combines, conventional, cooking, cookware, design, distributes, distribution, diswasher, durability, economical, elegant, furthermore, handles, ha... Shop: Blue Shoots | £47.78 |
 | Stellar 7000 30cm Wok and Lid N/S , 18/10, 30cm, 7000, acheive, base, blue, coating, combines, cooking, cookware, design, dishwasher, distinctive, elegant, ensuring, evenly, forged, furthermore, handles, heat, helping, hobs, hot, kitchen, lid, lifetime, measuring, n/s, nonstick, oven, pan... Shop: Blue Shoots | £49.77 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless Steel Wok & lid 28cm , &, 5mm, base, beautifully, coating, complement, cooking, cookware, domed, encapsulated, encourages, fits, flavour, glass, heat, lid, moisture, plus, quickly, retain, snugly, spread, stainless, steel, stick, striking, t304®, teflon, utensils, wok... Shop: Cookware | £49.95 |
 | Viners 5 Piece Raspberry Pan Set , 14cm, 16cm, 18cm, 20cm, 24cm, 24studio, 75%, absolutely, appliances, comprises, fry, gorgeous, kitchen, lidded, microwaves, milk, nonstick, pan, raspberry, red, saucepans, set, statement, viners, wok... Shop: 24Studio | £49.99 |
 | 5 Piece Raspberry Pan Set , 14cm, 16cm, 18cm, 20cm, 24cm, 24studio, 29cm, 75%, absolutely, comprises, fry, gorgeous, homestyles, kitchen, lidded, milk, nonstick, pan, raspberry, red, saucepans, set, statement, viners, wok... Shop: 24Studio | £49.99 |
 | Tao Peking Wok with Glass Lid , &, aluminium, base, carbon, coating, content, cookware, durable, garden, hobs, induction, john, lewis, nonstick, sandwich, stainless, steel, thanks, titanium, tough, wok... Shop: John Lewis | £52.00 |
| | Tao Peking Wok with Glass Lid , &, aluminium, base, carbon, coating, content, cookware, durable, garden, hobs, induction, john, lewis, nonstick, sandwich, stainless, steel, thanks, titanium, tough, wok... Shop: John Lewis | £52.00 |
 | 32cm Non Stick Stainless Steel Peking Wok , &, 32cm, aluminium, base, chinese, coating, conductivity, cooked, delicious, dishes, dishwasher, durability, durable, encapsulated, ensure, handles, heat, hobs, induction, instyle, metal, multilayered, needed, nonstick, ovenware, peking, phenolic, qu... Shop: InStyle | £52.00 |
 | 30cm Stainless Steel Wok with Teflon Select interior , 18/10, 30cm, 7mm, base, based, blue, bodies, bonded, capsule, cast, clean, confident, cookers, cookware, deep, dishwasher, duty, handle, heavy, impact, interior, key, kitchen, lifetime, loop, pans, pots, rivets, safe, series, shoots, stainless, steel, s... Shop: Blue Shoots | £54.76 |
 | 32cm Non Stick Stainless Steel Canton Wok , &, 32cm, aluminium, base, canton, chinese, coating, conductivity, cooked, delicious, dishes, dishwasher, durability, durable, encapsulated, ensure, handles, heat, hobs, induction, instyle, metal, multilayered, needed, nonstick, ovenware, phenolic, qu... Shop: InStyle | £56.00 |
 | Chasseur Wok with glass lid, rack, chopsticks and turner, 37cm , 200, 1994, 37cm, accessories, ardennes, blue, bodies, casr, casseroles, cast, centigrade, chasseur, chopsticks, cleaning, coat, coloured, cookware, corrosion, degrees, dishes, durability, enamel, fondue, france, frypans, glass, gone, grill, heat, high,... Shop: Blue Shoots | £59.73 |
| | Wok with glass lid, rack, chopsticks and turner, 37cm , blue, cast, cookware, durabilty, high, importanty, iron, it's, kitchen, maintenance, meals, mind, producing, renowed, searched, shoots, we... Shop: Blue Shoots | £59.73 |
 | Stellar Cookware Accesories 37cm Wok , 37cm, accesories, accessories, accessory, approved, attractively, base, blue, compliment, construction, cooking, cookware, dishwasher, economical, evenly, heat, hobs, induction, kitchen, lifetime, olive, resulting, robust, safe, shoots, spread, stainles... Shop: Blue Shoots | £59.73 |
 | ProCook® Elite Tri Ply Stainless Steel Wok & Lid 28cm , &, 28cm, aluminium, cooking, cookware, cope, diameter, elite, family, handle, helper, hob, layer, material, materials, oven, riveted, sandwiched, six, skins, stainless, steel, table, triply, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £59.95 |
 | ProCook® Elite Hard Anodised Wok & Lid 28cm , &, 28cm, aluminium, anodised, cooking, cookware, cope, diameter, distribution, elite, family, handle, heat, helper, hob, material, oven, properties, riveted, six, steel, table, tougher, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £59.95 |
 | Skeppshult Wok With Wood Handle 30cm , 1906, 25year, andersson, arrived, carry, cast, charles, cook, cooking, cookware, dreams, dry, dust, ensure, established, eventually, foundry, functional, gjuteri, hand, happened, head, heat, household, induction, iron, lukewarm, materials, nissan, offal... Shop: Head Cook | £73.00 |
 | Berndes Signocast Classic Black Wok With Glass Lid 32cm , 10, 230c, aluminium, autograph, black, black/steel, cast, combines, cook, cooker, cookware, dishwasher, distribution, dupont\'s, durable, glass, head, heat, induction, itelevision, knob, ladettes, ladies, lid, ovenproof, properties, rim, rosemary, safes... Shop: Head Cook | £76.50 |
 | Jamie Oliver Professional Series Hard Anodized 32cm Wok And Lid , 260, 32cm, ""hi, anodised, anodized, balanced, blue, bonded, contemporary, cooking, cookware, curved, degrees, dishwasher, durable, food, guess, guys, handles, heat, here's, hightech, hope, indicator, induction, inspire, interior, jamie, key, lid, lifet... Shop: Blue Shoots | £79.56 |
 | Classic 32cm Wok/Stir Fry Pan , 10, 260degrees, 32cm, assembled, bakelite, ceramic, chop, classic, coating, cookware, dishwasher, durable, elegant, ergonomic, fat, fitted, fry, handles, heat, innovative, kitchen, loose, metal, newtek, nonstick, oven, pan, pans, patented, pots, rack, r... Shop: True Shopping | £79.99 |
 | Le Creuset Cast Iron Wok , 14andquot, book, cast, chefs, consistently, cook, cooking, cookware, creuset, distribution, due, enamelled, glass, heat, iron, le, leader, lid, market, pans, pots, premier, properties, results, retension, used, woks, worlds... Shop: Premier Cookware | £82.99 |
 | 32cm Chef Pan Wok , 1/2, 10, 200g, 260degrees, 32cm, 600g, assembled, bakelite, basmati, batter, boil, bowl, ceramic, chef, classic, clear, coating, cookware, cup, cups, cut, diced, dishwasher, dry, durable, egg, elegant, ergonomic, fitted, flour, four, fridge, fry, frying... Shop: True Shopping | £84.99 |
 | Le Creuset New 3-ply Stainless Steel Wok with Lid , 10, 3ply, \'rest\', allround, aluminium, balance, base, carries, casserole, casseroles, checking, clever, coating, control, cook, cookingthese, cookware, core, creuset, design, dishwasher, distribution, entire, ergonomic, excalibur®, food, frying, hand... Shop: Head Cook | £86.00 |
 | Classic 36cm Wok/Stir Fry Pan , 10, 260degrees, 36cm, assembled, bakelite, ceramic, chop, classic, coating, cookware, dishwasher, durable, elegant, ergonomic, fat, fitted, fry, handles, heat, innovative, kitchen, loose, metal, newtek, nonstick, oven, pan, pans, patented, pots, rack, r... Shop: True Shopping | £89.99 |
 | Woll 32cm Hand Cast Wok , 11cm, 21kg, 32, 32cm, actually, addition, cast, cheaper, chinese, clean, cm, cooking, customers, delighted, dish, faced, fixed, fry, hand, handles, hate, healthy, high, household, however, iron, key, liquid, me, meal, money, pan, pans, period, pound, re... Shop: Style For Home | £95.50 |
 | Professional Wok , &, collection, combining, contrasting, elegance, entirely, fits, instyle, kitchens, ovenware, perfectly, practicality, shiny/mat, stainless, steel, stovetop, surfaces, today's, woks... Shop: InStyle | £99.99 |
 | Mauviel Wok 30cm cast iron handle. , 25, 25mm·, bronze, castiron, clean, cook, cookware, copper, fixed, handle, head, heating, hob·, induction, relining·, rivets·, stainless, steel, sturdy, thick, traditional, ·... Shop: Head Cook | £101.15 |
 | 28cm Non Stick Wok , &, 28cm, coating, collection, combining, contrasting, elegance, entirely, fits, instyle, kitchens, nonstick, ovenware, perfectly, practicality, premium, shiny/mat, stainless, steel, stovetop, surfaces, today's, wok, woks... Shop: InStyle | £109.99 |
 | Staub Wok With Cast Iron Handles and a Glass Lid Black , 1313923, area, base, basting, beginners, black, bottom, brass, burnt, cast, celebrated, ceramic, chefs, chipping, cone, cook, cooked, cooking, cookingwhy, cooking”, cooks, cookware, discolor, dishes, dishwasher, durable, earthenware, enamel, enameled,... Shop: Head Cook | £110.00 |
 | Staub Wok With Cast Iron Handles and a Glass Lid Red , 1313903, area, base, basting, beginners, black, bottom, brass, burnt, cast, celebrated, ceramic, chefs, chipping, cone, cook, cooked, cooking, cookingwhy, cooking”, cooks, cookware, discolor, dishes, dishwasher, durable, earthenware, enamel, enameled,... Shop: Head Cook | £110.00 |
 | Demeyere Wok 32cm , 2936zd, 55, 7ply, adjusted, advantages, alleviate, beautifully, belgium, boil, bottom, chanceÂ…, coating, comply, concept, constructed, cook, cookers, cooking, cookware, deepfry, demeyere, design, dishwasher, durable, edge, efficiency, expectations, fla... Shop: Head Cook | £135.00 |
 | Demeyere Wok with lid 32cm , 2936zd, 55, +7536, 7ply, adjusted, advantages, alleviate, beautifully, belgium, boil, bottom, chanceÂ…, coating, comply, concept, constructed, cook, cookers, cooking, cookware, deepfry, demeyere, design, dishwasher, durable, edge, efficiency, expectatio... Shop: Head Cook | £185.00 |
 | Aeg FM4863KAN , 36cm, ceramic, control, empire, heat, hob, hobelectric, indicator, induction, residual, touch, wok, zones... Shop: Empire Direct | £764.99 |
 | RANGEMASTE CLAS90BLB D ONLY , 600, 900, black, brass, burner, burners, cavities, clean, cookers, currys, handles, mm, oven, programmable, rangestyle, single, wok... Shop: Currys | £1389.00 |
 | RANGEMASTE PROF110SD D ONLY , 600, 900, 1100, burner, burners, cookers, dixons, double, grill, mm, oven, ovens, programmable, rangestyle, stainless, steel, warming, wok, zone... Shop: Dixons | £1399.99 |
 | STOVES RI110GCH D ONLY , 930, 1100, burner, burners, champagne, cookers, dixons, doors, double, electronic, enamel, glass, mm, oven, pristine, programmable, rangestyle, second, timer, wok... Shop: Dixons | £1449.99 |
 | RANGEMASTE PROF110SD D ONLY , 600, 900, 1100, burner, burners, cookers, currys, double, grill, mm, oven, ovens, programmable, rangestyle, stainless, steel, warming, wok, zone... Shop: Currys | £1459.00 |