Woks vs. Skillets: Do You Need Both? | Gear Heads

For years, we’ve tweaked conventional stir-fry recipes to achieve delicious results in a nonstick skillet rather than a wok, the traditional cooking vessel. Since American stove burners are flat, we aimed to get more contact with the heat source by using the broad cooking surface of a 12-inch skillet instead of the smaller bottom surface of a wok. But even with a flat stove burner, is cooking with a wok worth a try? Get the recipe for Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry: https://cooks.io/2K1X7zv Read our review of woks: https://cooks.io/32zIXvF Buy our winning nonstick skillet: https://cooks.io/3R9M86I Buy our co-winning wok from Joyce Chen: https://cooks.io/3KuMHnZ Buy our co-winning wok from Imusa: https://cooks.io/3Xar2Jo Follow Hannah on Instagram:   / hannah_crowley8   Follow Lisa on Instagram:   / lisam_atk   ABOUT US: Located in Boston’s Seaport District in the historic Innovation and Design Building, America's Test Kitchen features 15,000 square feet of kitchen space including multiple photography and video studios. It is the home of Cook’s Illustrated magazine and Cook’s Country magazine and is the workday destination for more than 60 test cooks, editors, and cookware specialists. Our mission is to test recipes over and over again until we understand how and why they work and until we arrive at the best version. If you like us, follow us: http://americastestkitchen.com   / americastestkitchen     / testkitchen     / testkitchen     / testkitchen