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I've been wanting an outdoor kitchen (totally jealous Laurie!), but I fear it's just not going to happen any time soon. Mostly, I want to do a lot of stir frying without getting my kitchen full of grease.

Dave, I know you bought 'The Big Kahuna' (at a bargain price, you lucky dog) about six years ago. Do you still like it?

Amy

P.S. Happy birthday!

Thank-you, Amy. Yes, I still like it and use it a lot in the summer (except two summers ago, when it was so hot here that I didn't want to set foot out there, except to harvest things, and necessary garden things), and when it gets warm enough in other seasons, when I get a craving for that high heat flavor, which I can't get that well even on my range. I use it often enough that the wok stays seasoned; at first, I would go too long, and get spots of rust on it, and have to reseason it, so now I just use it at least every 3 or 4 weeks.

BTW, I found that the 20", slightly deeper wok was much better to stir fry in that the shallower, 24" one that a friend gave me when he moved away.

Okay, what, pray tell, is a "The Big Kahuna"? I am pretty sure it isn't the water park that Google came up with. Nor the movie. Some sort of deluxe, outdoor cooking galley on wheels?

Or are we talking about the Big Kahuna Cook Off - DS? aka Sponge Bob Square Pants

Steve,

It's a high-powered outdoor wok. Like this one here.

Dave bought it a long time ago, and I still think about it.

Amy

Very Nice! Carbon over Stainless, right? Chef's Resource sells them a bit cheaper with free shipping to the lower 48, but are out of stock right now.

I'll have to put Spongebob off for awhile!

Amazon has a fairly decent buy (not as cheap as I got it, but that was way back!) on one w/o the wok - the way I got mine, which didn't matter, since I already had 20" and 24" woks, along with the standard 14". Funny thing is, it says here that it will handle "up to 18" woks", and I have had no problems with the larger ones, though, as I said, the steeper one is easier to use.