Cooking with Electric Skillets and Woks

Why would you want to cook in an electric skillet or, for that matter, an electric wok? Because both of them provide you with counter-top convenience, and a wok can cook food very quickly in the classic stir-fry manner so often used in Chinese and other cuisine.

Electric skillets and woks are among the best kitchen appliances to have for outdoor cooking and events. With them you can quickly cook up great dishes and keep them warm for the family reunion or holiday party. Featured below are the some of most popular ones available now to keep your food warm and hot.

Of course, they are handy all year round, with multiple uses in your kitchen. If you live (as we do) in an area where dry summers mean outdoor fires are a bit risky, they are a good way to cook in your yard or on your patio, with your guests!

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This is one of the top sellers among all in this category. It is made of stainless steel, so no worries about any chemicals in a coating, or about the surface becoming scratched up. And it heats up very quickly.

With temperature control, you can adjust it to suit your way of cooking and the particular recipe.

If you have cooked on a gas stove with a plain wok resting on its burner, you may have had the problem that your stove could not deliver enough heat to really cook food in a traditional stir-fry maner. So your dinner may have come out rather mushy. With this wok, you may be surprised at how crisp and delicious your same recipes turn out!

I really like durability in whatever I buy, and this looks like a winner.

This one comes with a great instruction booklet to inspire you. It has a non-stick coating, of a new kind that seems to do better than older ones.

It has hundreds of reviews with an extremely high average ranking. This only happens with an outstanding product.

It's got space for a huge batch of garden veggies. When you are done, put most of it in the dishwasher. (Just not the temperature probe or power cord.)

Heat your electric wok for at least 30 seconds, until a few drops of water thrown in will sizzle.

Then add your oil, and swirl it part way up the wok before adding food.

If you like to stir-fry, or want to learn how, the electric woks have the considerable advantage that they heat up fast and typically go to higher temperatures than a wok or frying pan on your stovetop.

And this is a key element in successful stir frying!

This is an electric skillet made by Cuisinart. I have loved everything of theirs that I have owned.

It heats evenly...

You can keep it at a steady temperature, even use many models as chafing dishes...

Fabulous for pancakes, fried eggs, large batches of food.

Some people use these instead of ovens for a lot of cooking projects, and thus keep their kitchens cooler.

Cook outside with it.

A lid that has a vent can be handy, for example, if you are doing a roast in the skillet.

If you get one with a no-stick surface, be willing to get rid of it if/when the surface starts flaking off.

Check the times, you may have to hurry on some of them.

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These are not tiny kitchen items. If you have one or more, where do you keep them? They have to be pretty accessible or it will be a case of out of sight, out of mind!