Super Valu - free wok with any 3 Uncle Ben's products

jayteecork

Got 3 sauces. €2.20 each.

Wok is very good quality too.

snubbleste

You needed a maths book and log tables to calculate that? :eek:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hrm. I do need a new wok

vibe666

well, if it's the same one they were giving away free about 8 years ago, we still use ours at least once or twice a week since then and it's in great shape.

all i've ever done to clean it is rinse it with water (no soap) and give it a gentle scrub, then dry it off and put about half a teaspoon of oil in it and wipe it around inside with a piece of kitchen paper to coat it before putting it away until next time.

even though the non-stick coating it cam with has long since gone entirely, it's current cooking surface is as non-stick as any pan i've ever had.

redhand07

jayteecork wrote: »

Wok is very good quality too.

I have one, they are actually crap, sorry.

Rega

It'd be more in your line to put away the xbox and take out the maths book once in a while

123 LC

mis-read this title thinking it said ''free work with any 3 Uncle Ben's products''. Needless to say i was excited and confused, then dejected :pac:

Axe Rake

redhand07 wrote: »

I have one, they are actually crap, sorry.

My last one started disintegrating after a month.

RobbingBandit

This may be more at home in AH but why is a black guy promoting Chinese New Year?

Doodah7

I'm in the positive camp on this. Have one for years and it is as good as the day I got it.

Soarer

They're hardly induction are they?

You are better off with a stainless steel one with no coatings that will wear away. My one is 14 years old and is used a couple of times a week.
Still, its a bargain if you need one!

harvester of sorrow

Got one of those woks free with Uncle Bens products with one of the offers they had going at one stage.........they are ****e(woks)......put my one on the hob after giving it a clean,turned on the heat to heat up the wok before i added the meat/veg,went into the living room to check the score on the match,daughter comes down stairs and says the cooker is on fire!!All this in under a minute!!!What happend was the nonstick coating melted and caught fire!!They are giving 'em away for a reason.......AVOID.

admiralofthefleet

tallpaul wrote: »

I'm in the positive camp on this. Have one for years and it is as good as the day I got it.

likewise, have one of them years and it hasnt even warped yet

Ryaner

Had one from the last offer but it only lasted a few months. Given it was free you can't complain too much.

paddyp

Like the others here we had one for donkeys years, maybe the older ones were better. Since been replaced with a circulon flat bottomed one which after 5 years is still in perfect condition. Re: Stainless steel wok stainless steel is a very poor conductor of heat certainly wouldn't get up to temperature on our gas stove. I suppose it you had a huge, paella/wok burner it might work.

juan.kerr

Wok's the story with these? Are they any good?

Ghandee

I have one of these too.

Agree with others, its still as good as the first day I got it.

Lissavane

vibe666 wrote: »

even though the non-stick coating it cam with has long since gone entirely,

Ever wondered where that non-stick coating disappeared to?

You've eaten most of it.

greyc

I was in Super Valu Churchtown today and there was no sign of any woks. Asked one of the guys on the floor and he hadn't heard anything about it. Is the offer only in some shops?

vibe666

Lissavane wrote: »

Ever wondered where that non-stick coating disappeared to?

You've eaten most of it.

just like any other non-stick pan will over time, even the posh expensive ones, what's your point?

it's outlasted every frying pan i've ever owned, including several tefal ones over the years.

oneweb

Lissavane wrote: »

Ever wondered where that non-stick coating disappeared to?

You've eaten most of it.

Well it's hardly likely to get stuck inside you surely?

vibe666

oneweb wrote: »

Well it's hardly likely to get stuck inside you surely?

no, it's non-stick! :pac:

mangledbadgers

Some woks only work properly with gas flame, anyone know if these work on induction (electric) hobs?

T-Maxx

johanneskraw wrote: »

Some woks only work properly with gas flame, anyone know if these work on induction (electric) hobs?

Doubt it will. Had one years ago and it was just a thin metal pressing TBH.

jayteecork

johanneskraw wrote: »

Some woks only work properly with gas flame, anyone know if these work on induction (electric) hobs?

Well I cooked a stir fry with one o the electric hobs last night and it turned out dandy.

markc1184

Woks and wok sets in Aldi from Thursday starting at €5.99

slave1

johanneskraw wrote: »

Some woks only work properly with gas flame, anyone know if these work on induction (electric) hobs?

Don't think this will work on induction, needs a good thick base and magnetic properties.

jayteecork

markc1184 wrote: »

Woks and wok sets in Aldi from Thursday starting at €5.99

And amazing Japanese knives - they look awesome.

A bit pricey @ 15.99 but they look cool!

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28827.htm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25449.htm

they're 19.99

jayteecork

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_25449.htm

they're 19.99

in yesterdays's paper they were priced at 15.99 or 19.99.

There's two different models.

Maybe they;ve bumped them both up to 19.99 now.

deegs

picked one up, looks the biz!

TheDriver

uncle bens stuff is expensive anyways regardin rice, no different than buying tesco value basmati etc.

jmorrisey

slave1 wrote: »

Don't think this will work on induction, needs a good thick base and magnetic properties.

Oh it will work on induction hob i can confirm that........three times to be exact

goochtrooper69

Jaysus I'd love a Wok a mhac.

rubadub

I am not sure if any nonstick coating can stand up to the very high temperatures that woks are ideally used at. However they are great for doing normal mid temp frying in since they do not spatter out the sides.

If there is a decent nonstick wok that can stand up to the temp, then I bet it costs a fortune.

jayteecork wrote: »

Well I cooked a stir fry with one o the electric hobs last night and it turned out dandy.

was this induction though? electric induction hobs do not glow.

I got one of these before, it all came apart after a few weeks.

It's cheap for a reason

notfromhere

jayteecork wrote: »

in yesterdays's paper they were priced at 15.99 or 19.99.

There's two different models.

Maybe they;ve bumped them both up to 19.99 now.

one is in pounds the other is euro

jayteecork

No the hobs glow alright