Category: FAQ

   I’ve been looking all over for a wok stove that is affordable and multifunctional and your website has so many to choose from, I’ve become a bit overwhelmed. After looking through all your stoves it looks as if your PowerFlamer PF9CL70: long leg stove configurable for camping, home backyard, ground and table uses, is a really good choice. I do have a question two. Does the stove come with all the necessary connectors for using coleman style propane tanks and 20lb. propane tanks? What size and style wok would you recommend for this stove? (I’m used to 14″ carbon steel, Iron/enamel, and cast iron woks).  Your stoves make a fellow like myself want to go out in the 2 feet or so of snow we have had on the ground the past couple months to learn how to achieve that so elusive, at least on an indoor electric stove, wok hei.

Thanks for your comments. 1.  the stove will come with the coleman style throw away bottle connector installed.  The user guide will have instruction on how to detach for adapting to 20lb tank; 2.  14″ wok is very appropriate for a PF9 stove.

I want to order one of your stoves. Please advise which is best. I want the largest cooking base, electric start, and for propane tank only. I am confused between the easy flamer and power flamer models. Thank you

Both EF13xxx and PF13xx130EI stoves would work for you. The PF13xx130EI stove is much more powerful than the EasyFlamer one but the EasyFlamer stove is slightly lighter in weight (about 4-5 lbs lighter).  There is a section under our selection guide web page which tells how to select a stove. It is here.  Hope this help.

Some of our stove products have an adjustable regulator. You can adjust the red cap on top of the regulator for heat output of the stove. Yet another type of our stove products use fixed pressure regulator. In this case we have a knob down stream for you to adjust.  Hope we answer your question.

I am interested in your EasyFlamer EF13LN50WG Natural Gas Stove. I have natural gas hook up on my balcony. I am confused after I read your frequent asked questions. You mentioned that high power cook can only use propane gas, because natural gas does not have high pressure. And yet you mention this stove as High Power Natural Gas Stove. I want to make sure that I get a NATURAL GAS STOVE.  Also, what is the standard natural gas pipe line size? Will your kit fit?

There are couple of reasons for natural gas not generating as high heat as propane gas: 1). Heat from one unit natural gas is lower than the same unit of propane gas; 2). Natural gas typically comes in low pressure pipe while propane gas typically comes in high pressure tank. Higher pressure can push more gas through a burner.  We call our EasyFlamer stoves high power stove because they can process more gas amount and thus higher power than in-house stoves. Typical natural gas lines are either 1/2″ or 3/8″. Our stoves are only for outdoor use and come with a 3/8″ male connector. If your pipe is 1/2″, you can easily buy a fitting between these two dimensions.

I have been researching the type of wok to use, especially the material, such as cast iron, stainless and others.  My understanding is that cast iron reacts to food and rusting could be a problem.  What is your recommendations?

Cast iron is probably the best however is pretty heavy.  Steel wok is lighter and can still transfer heat pretty well.  These two you will need to maintain well by applying oil after washing.  Stainless does not need much care however heat trasfer efficiency is not as good.  Cooking with iron wok is not a problem since human body needs iron also.  It is the extra maintenance step that might deter people to own one.  With an EasyFlamer stove, either stainless or iron wok will work. 

I am considering purchasing one of your propane stoves, could you tell me about how long a 20lb propane tank lasts?

If we only cook a couple dishes a day, it lasts more than 3 months.

For all of our single stoves, maximum number of ring burners is 2. However for each ring, there are yet two rings of flames. So when you light it up, there are total of 4 flame circles.  We carry two burner stoves and three burner stoves in our product section.  For the two burner stove, each burner has two rings. So number of total rings is 4 (number of total flame circles is 7).

I’m shopping around for an outdoor wok cooker. My wife stir fries all the time on our indoor gas stove, which has a 14,000 BTU burner. All of my Chinese friends stir fry on their indoor gas/electric stoves, which have burners no more than 14,000 BTUs. My question is why do you say that successful stir frying requires such high BTUs (130K)?

First of all, can you point us to which web page has such phrase as “successful stir frying requires such high BTUs (130K)”? We would like to change that because it is misleading to people.  Please bear in mind that cooking style and technique are very personal. With any kind of cooking equipment people can always find ways to cook tasty food. However, in our opinion, high power stove is the key to cook crispy full of wok-hei type of food people used to only able to get from restaurants. With higher power stove, people’s cooking style and technique change too, especially the speed in processing the food.

I believe a gas burner with a rating of 14K is already considered high for an indoor gas stove. Why do outdoor cookers cookers have such high BTU ratings compared with indoor gas stoves? Are indoor and outdoor BTU ratings equivalent?

First of all I’m only aware of one BTU rating for all stoves no matter they are used inside or outside of a house. With a 14K BTU stove, you can take time to heat the wok up. However, the wok temperature dips once you toss in green vegetables and fresh meat. Now it takes time to heat those up again. Because the time is long relatively, the food is cooked differently than from a high power stove.  I believe that there is regulation or at least concerns of using too powerful stove inside a house. Outdoor has looser regulation. 

Basically, the primary reason I’m looking for an outdoor cooker is to avoid the messiness of stir frying, steaming, and stir frying on my indoor gas stove. If the food will come out tasting better, that will be a big bonus. 🙂

Solving the messiness and greasiness by indoor stir frying was the #1 reason for my invention years ago. Adding the capability to attain different tastes was not thought of initially.