wok

A surface you have to earn — a carbon steel wok, de Buyer vs Yamada Kogyo

The fourth specific record on the Kitchen shelf: the carbon steel wok. We weigh de Buyer (France, 1830–) against Yamada Kogyo (Yokohama, 1957–), set the roughly $110 floor in the series ledger beside the skillet's $1.30 and the kettle's sub-$100, and answer the question the kettle record left open — which surface you are willing to earn. The lightest of the durable pans, and the one that lives or dies by its seasoning.

• ·kitchen tools
• ·carbon steel wok
• ·wok
• ·de Buyer

• Durable
• Honest
• Future
• Less