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		SkyPuncher on Nov 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cooking and bird safety You can’t season it like cast, but you can definitely get a really nice anti-stuck surface on it. A lot of people will treat their woks with oil to get that type of low stick surface.

amanaplanacanal on Nov 5, 2023 | [–]

Usually woks are carbon steel rather than stainless though, and definitely need an oil seasoning.

SkyPuncher on Nov 6, 2023 | | [–]

It still works. I do it on my stainless wok.

It certainly isn't as resilient as my cast iron, but it works and is super easy.

namdnay on Nov 5, 2023 | [–]

Woks are carbon steel, not stainless

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