These ranges are made with a series of raised cast iron rings, each above a firepot containing a gas burner. Your wok is placed on top of the ring, so the bottom is down inside the well and the edge rests on the ring. This allows most of the wok’s surface to get heated by the burner.

What is a wok range?

These ranges are made with a series of raised cast iron rings, each above a firepot containing a gas burner. Your wok is placed on top of the ring, so the bottom is down inside the well and the edge rests on the ring. This allows most of the wok’s surface to get heated by the burner.

Do you need a special stove for a wok?

A gas stove is ESSENTIAL for wok cooking because you need HIGH HEAT! Electric stoves do NOT generate enough heat and because the round bottom cast iron wok shape only gets a small contact area, it won’t work!