Customer Reviews for Mr. Bar-B-Q Cast-Iron Wok

Mr. Bar-B-Q Cast-Iron Wok
by MR. BAR-B-Q

	List Price: ~~$59.40~~ Our Price: $44.00 Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days Category: Kitchen See more product details

Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Mr. Bar-B-Q Cast-Iron Wok

Customer Review: Defective
Summary: 1 Stars

I wish that I could write a review on this item, but I can't. That's because both the original one and its replacement arrived cracked. The first one looked intact grossly, but when I started scrubbing the heavy black coating it appeared that in fact it had a crack that was covered by the black coat. It was about 2 inches long, running straight down from the rim towards the bottom. Knowing cast iron, if I had tried to heat it for seasoning purposes it would probably have cracked all the way through and split the wok in 2.

I sent it back to Amazon and they quickly shipped a replacement. The 2nd one arrived in worse state than the first. I could tell it's broken even without opening the package, by the rattling sound inside. Upon opening it was apparent that one of the two handles was broken off completely, together with a significant part of the rim. I didn't bother taking it out of the box. I tried to create another return, but Amazon sent me back an email saying that I cannot get it replaced a second time, and instead I should send it back and wait for them to decide what to do about it. I hope I'll get at least a refund.

Customer Review: Don't buy
Summary: 1 Stars

Don't buy. First one was cracked. Second one was cracked. Appears to be manufacturing defects. Amazon quickly replaced first and issued credit on second one. Amazon, for my inconvenience, issued an additional $20 store credit. Amazon-good. Manufactuer-bad.

Customer Review: EXCELLENT
Summary: 5 Stars

Following the advise of others on the web re: cast iron I boiled soapy water in the wok first, scrubbed it with a copper pad to remove any residual machining oil. Lightly treated it with oil and put it in a 250 degree oven for one hour to cure.

Works GREAT, heats quickly, it is very heavy however clean up is a snap and it produces beautiful results on both my gas range and outdoors on the BBQ...PLUS I loved the price and the quality wonderful. In fact, I like this wok so much and have found so many uses for it, other than the obvious preparation of asian food, that I just leave it out on my back burner.

Customer Review: Excellent Cast iron with so many uses.
Summary: 5 Stars

I own a LOT of cast iron. Been using it for years and have Wagner pots as well as Lodge along with some non-marked pots/pans. I cook 99% of the meals [[daily for self and wife]] using cast iron pans and utensils. Wife also has a lot she uses for camping and Historical re-enactments. So I know my Iron.

The Wok is excellent. Took a beautiful season on the first run. I had to retouch the inside bottom but an hour in the fire fixed that. It has become my favorite pot to use whether it is stir fry, fried potatoes, chicken or even stew and used almost daily-Nice size to store in the oven when not being used.

It is not near as heavy seeming as my Wagner/Lodge but it has a good 'feel' to the metal as well as 'sound' so it is definitely not pot metal or cheap cast. Nice, smooth surface and once season slick as Teflon and no mold marks or anything else to mar the surface.

Chances are I will buy one or two more-one for our camping and one in my Jeep just in case I get stuck out in the middle of nowhere on a photography expedition.