| | |  | Woks | Home » » Helen Chen's Asian Kitchen Excalibur Nonstick 12-inch Stir Fry Pan | | | | | | | Description: | | Helen's Asian Kitchen 12" Excalibur Stir Fry Pan features a tough and durable stainless steel reinforced Excalibur premium non-stick surface coated onto professional, heavy-gauge carbon steel for effortless cooking. The flat bottom of the pan allows it to sit securely on any stovetop, including electric, gas and induction. A burner ring is not required to stabilize the pan on a flat cooking surface. The quadruple-riveted, stay-cool Bakelite handle is designed for safety and durability. Dimensions: 12" | | | 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
| | | 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 |
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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:
 JUNKNov 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 alreadyDec 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' WokMar 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 quicklyJan 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.
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