Customer Reviews

Cuisinart 726-30H Chef's Classic Stainless 12-Inch Stir-Fry

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I just used this pan on my smooth-top electric stove. The base of this pan fits the small burner on the stove. I imagine that the cast iron wok is the best type to use, but I didn't want to go that route. Now, when I was looking for a stainless steel type, I focused on how the aluminum was placed in the pan; either just in base, or up the sides as well. The Calphalon stainless steel wok, has the aluminum up the sides (the All-Clad does as well, but not in the same price range), but no lid. I chose this model, but I was concerned that the wok would not get hot enough without the aluminum in the sides. As I suspected, the sides did not get hot, and when I lifted the pan to toss the food, the sizzling slowed or stopped, indicating the pan was not retaining the heat (that's where the cast-iron shines). I tried to remedy the problem by closing the lid, and letting the vegetables steam a bit. The food came out fine though, and I'm not sure how important the sides need to be hot, since all the food in a wok generally does not touch the pan at the same time anyway, and gets tossed or stirred (thus the title "stir-fry"). Nothing stuck to the pan, and clean up should be easy. To sum up, I don't believe that this wok will be used by any professional chef, but might be good enough for the home.

The cover is aluminium,not a glass one.
When the oil is very hot, the color of part of the inner wok will change to brown. This has never happened to my previous calphalon wok.
I don't recommend this wok.

this is my first purchase of cuisinart and must say a wise buy, being an indian we use lot of oil and spices in our cooking... i like to cook in this , especially noodles and other stir fry veggies... my mom who came here from INDIA for vaccation , was so surprised to see the construction of this piece. excellent piece , one must have this... i bought this much cheaper from other store... but its still good on amazon ...

I bought this pan about 8 months ago, and have used it several times a week since then. It distributes heat evenly, cleans up very easily, and looks great. I've used it for everything from boiling water for pasta for one or two, to making yogurt, to stir-fry, and have not been disappointed.
Since then I have bought another pan in this series, and it performs exceptionally well, too.

We never could afford nice pans previously and the latest non-stick pans we had were wearing out. Also the non-stick was coming off in our food.... Not healthy!
So I decided to get something that was going to last and spend a little bit more than the "walmart special". What to get though was the question... The amazon reviews helped big time!
So I bought my wife several Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Pans.

My wife loves the Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Pans I have bought her. She has had them for about a year now and they still look and work great. She now highly recommends them and it looks like I got her a great gift that she likes to use and will last years.
Finally, I bought something worthwhile.