Dr.Hows Bosque Nonstick Cookware Set - 8-Piece Kitchen Essentials with 2 Pots, 2 Woks & Grill Pan - Induction Compatible & Lightweight for All Stoves - Perfect for Home Cooking & Professional Chefs - Ideal for Stir-Frying, Steaming & Grilling

Over the years I have had a number of woks. I have damaged a couple that had standard Teflon type non-stick surfaces due to overheating the pan. The very nature of stir-fry is high heat. If a wok pan cannot hold up under high heat, they are more of a wide and tall mouthed frying pan, and less of a wok. These experiences have always led me back to carbon steel, for which non-stick properties come from proper seasoning and washing. This current Dr. Hows BOSQUE Cookware Wok “ceramic non-stick” pan has potentially changed my mind and made me take a look at the differences in how non-stick properties are accomplished.Without getting into the environmental or health concerns that occupy much of the comparisons of these different non-stick surfaces --- A generic “Teflon” is a coating containing some form of a polymerized fluorocarbon that has non-stick properties, and varying degrees of durability against utensil and washing wear. These surfaces have a maximum operating temperature of 500F. Ceramic non-stick is not really “ceramic” in the classic sense of clay and a vitreous coating, but use “sand” (sand = silicon dioxide, the vitreous side of ceramic?) as a silicon based slick surface coating. Ceramic surfaces generally have a maximum operating temperature of 600F (although the max before breakdown is higher). Ceramic is marketed as being more utensil and wash friendly, that is, more damage resistant.Then there is the standard. Carbon steel (or cast iron) properly seasoned. Max temperature? As hot as you want. Super hot, over an open flame. Often abused. Wash care is important to maintain seasoning and “reduced” stick properties.The Dr Hows BOSQUE Cookware Wok has a coating called “Megastone” coating the entire surface of a lightweight aluminum body. For use on flat surfaced stoves, it has a flat bottom, along with a stainless-steel plate for use on induction ranges. It is a lightweight pan compared to my carbon steel wok. The pan itself is attractive, but a bit smaller in scale than my larger wok.For my own use, I have an induction range, this requires a magnetic stainless-steel bottom. My experience with this type of bottom is that I need to crank up the heat setting to accomplish the same higher heat that I am used to with an entire pan composed of stainless steel or carbon steel. This is a potential damage point with Teflon based surfaces. I made some fried rice and turned the stove up to max.The ceramic “Megastone” showed no signs of stress or discoloration, while searing my chicken, vegetables, rice, and eggs without any tendency to stick and a tiny amount of oil. How hot can it get with longer term use?Cleanup was as simple as a wipe down, but using soap and water was also good. Personally, I do not use any metal utensils in any non-stick cookware, preferring wood, nylon, and silicone. Why put non-stick in the dishwasher when it is so easy to wash? I will leave those durability tests to others.I like this “ceramic non-stick” Dr. Hows wok. It seems more durable under heat loads with less concern over potential sticking than carbon steel, while being less reliant on added fat during cooking, with easy cleanup. Time will tell, but for some items I am keeping my old carbon steel wok for super high heat abuse!I am ecstatic to have found Dr. How's products due to the amazing quality of what I have recieved so far, and as a half Korean individual, it really fills me with joy that these were legitimately made in Korea since I have recieved products in the past claiming to be Korean, but were made in China or Japan instead. The other Dr. How's product I have gotten is an amazing stainless steel pot with matching lid, and it is a completely different style from this, but they are both exceptional in quality in my half Korean Kitchen opinion. This is not a very large pot, but it will be perfect the perfect size to make a serving of soup ir pasta for my man and myself. I really like that the lid came with a silicone ring, and the non stick coating is appreciated as well. The oakwood handles are so so cute along with the unique design of the side handles, and this is the first pot I own with cute side handles. Period. I will definitely be on the lookout for Dr. How's products for our kitchen needs since the quality has exceeded my expectations twice now. Thanks and hope this helps!My lovely wife allows me access to the kitchen from time to time, so I have managed to use this 8” pot on a couple of occasions. Once for a small batch of home-made chili and once for white rice. On both occasions, I have been impressed with this little pot.We use gas for cooking and this pot heated up fast. The heat seems to spread evenly throughout the cooking area. I really like the glass lid. It allows viewing the contents without losing heat or steam. It’s light-weight and easy to handle. The color combination of the pot is attractive, and the oak handles accent it’s looks. By the way, I noticed no sticking issues and the pot cleaned up easily with soap and water, even with the chili.Overall – It’s a little pricy, but it is a nice pot and does what it is designed to do. It’s attractive and seems to be very well built. It’s easy to clean and should provide many years of service.Pot is a very good size especially for cooking 2-3 packets of noodles or a small batch of soup. I have only handwashed it but it washes well. The only downside is that the handles can get hot as well with the pot.I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my New WOK pan! I was going to take my aunt's metal ones however, I like this one since it's not too old school, LOL! This is REALLY EASY TO CLEAN versus having to scrub over scratched metal. On TOP of that it's very LIGHTWEIGHT.It sort of matches my tables & it's the only pan I have now since I live in this little studio apartment with no kitchen. I got rid of many different sized pans which, is hard to wash all in my bathroom ""kitchen"" sink. With this it's a much FASTER WASH/RINSE.PLEASE DO BUY THIS WHETHER YOU HAVE A LARGE SPACE OR NOT! IT EVEN GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO HANG THIS FOR SPACE SAVING HACKS!We are not Wok experts, by any means, but we really love this wok. It looks beautiful when hanging on the pot rack and works even more beautifully on our gas stove. It heats evenly, is not to heavy and can be lifted with one hand. Clean up was a breeze with a little water and towel. My husband has been asking for a wok for a long time, and this was an excellent purchase and well worth the price point for us.