Electric Wok
Helping you choose your electric wok today.
Electric Woks are a great invention of the modern era, giving you all the benefits and flexibility
of using a wok, but without the requirement for a large dedicted wok ring on your hob.
When I bought my first electric wok some ten or so years ago, there was a large range available
on the market and most of the big name electrical brands made one.
When I came to replace my old electric wok recently I found it much more difficult to locate a range of products to choose from. Initially I could only find one electric wok, the Prestige "a la carte", however after a great deal of searching I have managed to find 2 which I believe is all of the electric woks available in the UK.
Key Advantages of Electric Woks
- Healthy way to cook
- Heat up incredibly quickly
- Just as effective as a traditional wok
- Easy to clean
- Portable - easy to take on holiday
- Very efficient
Electric woks work by heating a very small amount of oil in the bottom of the pan to a very high temperature. The high temperatures allow food to be seared by the heat while using comparatively little energy.
You can read more about woks at wikipedia.
Electric Woks are Good for You!
As only a small amount of oil is used when stir frying, cooking Asian style food using a wok can help as part of a calorie controlled diet. Stir fry's are also a great source of vegetables helping you get your "5 a day" as part of a healthy diet.
Woks aren't just useful for stir frying, but can be used like a frying pan or in the same way as a large saucepan. I frequently use mine to cook chili con carne and make curries. On a couple of occasions I have even cooked eggy bread (french toast) in my wok!
Buy your Electric Wok at the best price today!
 enerGi WK3 Electric WokFrom: £54.99
|  Prestige A La Carte Electric Non-stick Stirfry WokFrom: £39.09
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From the selection of above, I would recommend either the enerGi or
the Palson. The prestige has some pretty poor reviews on the basis that it just doesn't get hot enough.
The prestige may well be suitable as a form of portable saucepan, but when buying my last electric wok, I avoided it
due to the poor reviews.
Both the Palson and the enerGi are 1500W, giving them that bit more power meaning that they heat up quicker and get seriously hot, like a wok should. In the end I went for the enerGi as the specifications appear the same and at the time it was the cheapest.
Same wok - different name?
Having looked more closely, it looks as though the Palson and the enerGi are the same product, but with different brand names. The specifications of the two is identical, although you do get a free Rosemary Conley Gi diet booklet with the enerGi. So if you want a free recipe book, you may as well go for the enerGi!