Functional and Beautiful
I absolutely love the look and design. My cut up vegetables turn out great after a short time in the wok. My only negative is our cooktop has grates and we have to be careful how we set it on the grates or it will tip over.
Due to the hand-forged nature of our carbon steel cookware and with each piece being slightly unique, we do not have a custom fitting lid for our wok.
With any piece of carbon steel cookware heat will eventually make its way to the handle. However, more often than not if making a quick stir-fry or searing a piece of protein the handle will not get hot.
We think that the handle of our wok is too handsome to cover up with a sleeve, so we do not have a custom fit sleeve for this piece. We recommend using our full-grain leather or suede potholder however.
I absolutely love the look and design. My cut up vegetables turn out great after a short time in the wok. My only negative is our cooktop has grates and we have to be careful how we set it on the grates or it will tip over.
Heats beautifully and cleans up very nicely and it's so pretty! Love it.
Exceptional
It is beautiful. Overall I'm happy with my purchase. However, it doesn't perform any differently than a $40 carbon steel wok. The handle is gorgeous, but not necessarily super functional, it's difficult to get a good toss compared to a straight handle. It's really really expensive for what it is.
However, I love pretty handmade things.
This is more like investing in a piece of functional art than it is like purchasing typical cookware.
Gorgeous and artisan. Solid and handles well, easy clean up and most of all- safe materials. We love this company's dedication to providing a safe option in cookware. Reducing the chemicals our organic foods are exposed to and reducing the toxins our family ingests is important to us.
Smithey is the perfect answer!