is it a meme or not?

All I know is that flat-bottomed woks, they make the wokking world go round.

@Grok are flat bottomed woks a meme or not?

>>21446618 (OP)
Flat outside round inside.

>>21446618 (OP)
no, it's a pan

>>21446618 (OP)
what the fuck is that supposed to mean, you brain rotten tard

>>21446618 (OP)
Nothing worse than a flat bottom

>>21446618 (OP)
it depends on the cooking surface, if you have a rounded wok burner use a round bottom wok

>>21446624
Flat-bottomed woks aren’t a meme, but they’re a bit of a compromise. Traditional woks have rounded bottoms, designed for high-heat cooking over open flames, allowing even heat distribution and easy tossing of ingredients. Flat-bottomed woks were created to work on modern stovetops, especially electric or induction, where a rounded bottom would wobble or lose contact with the heat source.

The "meme" perception comes from purists who argue flat-bottomed woks sacrifice some functionality—like less surface area for heat exposure and trickier tossing—making them less "authentic." On X, you’ll see cooks and enthusiasts dunking on them as a Westernized dilution of a classic tool, sometimes with exaggerated disdain for clout. But plenty of home cooks and even pros use flat-bottomed woks effectively; they’re practical for most modern kitchens.

It’s not a meme in the sense of being a joke—they’re legit tools with a purpose. The ridicule is more about culinary gatekeeping than the woks themselves being inherently bad. If you’re cooking on a standard stovetop, they’re often the better choice.

Flat bottomed girls you make the wokin' world go round

>>21446618 (OP)
then just get a frying pan you freaking fucking retard

>>21446720
>The "meme" perception comes from purists
God I hope generative AI lets us take the internet back from the faggot purists and all their parrots

Shawty got them flatty bottom woks
Fry with the stir (with the stir)
The whole kitchen looking at her
Meat hit the wok (meat hit the wok)
next you yell FUCK
foody got stuck stuck stuck stuck stuck stuck stuck stuck

>>21446621
you got a wry smile and nose exhalation out of me

do any of you have an adapter for a gas stove that lets you use a round one? being able to larp as asian and do the cool wok moves sounds fun to me

>>21446830

>>21447604
>adapter
nope, which is why i got a flat bottomed wok

>>21447604
my stove came with one that went on over the biggest burner instead of the usual grate, but my sister decided to use it as a vase stabilizing thing in the backyard and it got all pockmarked and rusted and gross

>>21446618 (OP)
Flat bottom woks they'll be frying tonight
so look out for those delicacies oh yeah

>>21446807
>I hope generative AI lets us take the internet back
you'll get whatever it is you think you want and it will eat you and you'll end up, somehow, incredibly, dumber than now

>>21446618 (OP)
If you have a flat cooktop, they are very useful for frying. Not so great at stir fry, but your shitty stove isn't ever gonna hit jet burner levels of BTU.

Maybe I'm just retarded but I'm pretty sure my (what I assume to be pretty standard American)gas stove achieves the "flat ring of flame" effect by simply placing a flat piece of cast iron over the gas torch, spreading it out to the small holes in the side and near the electric igniter.
Removal of this plate gets you an "open flame" jet of gas which you can ignite with a match and try not to burn your house down. If your grate has a central ring then it should work with a wok?

>>21446618 (OP)
>is ___ a meme?

This is the worst thing about /ck/ other than constant fast food threads.

teriyaki noodles
pretty good, gonna try it with scrambled eggs next

>>21446720
>But plenty of home cooks and even pros use flat-bottomed woks effectively
You can cook a steak in a saucepan to a result that's satisfying to you but it will not be the objectively ideal result.

>>21448395
you can cram objectively ideal results in your ass

>>21446621
kek

>>21448399
>Grug not like evolution of cooking.
>Grug just heat things until edible.
Okay zoomer.

>>21448407
i'd be pissed too if i put full time effort into a cooking hobby just to get mogged by a mid restaurant

>>21448410
What makes you think mid restaurants are better?

>>21446618 (OP)
Flat bottomed woooooks, they make the rockin world go round