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Dangerous! Do not buy! Handle rivets are not strong enough.
As a volunteer firefighter and a professional distiller, I am very familiar with fire/burn hazards, and I state with confidence that this is a dangerous product that should not be used. The company should issue a recall immediately. On only the second use, all three rivets holding the handle on failed. There was only 8oz of food, so it was not a weight issue. I was frying tofu and when they failed, the body of the wok went flying across the stove, scattering hot tofu everywhere, including on my hand (leaving several burns). Had there been more oil in the wok, this could easily have started a grease fire and/or caused severe burns.
Upon closer inspection of the rivets, they are made of soft metal and can be easily deformed with a small pliers. Although the gauge of the rivets is sufficient for the sheer load, the secondary heads are far too weak for the tension load when the wok is manipulated via the long handle. Indeed, the rivets failed so completely at the secondary heads that there is no visible evidence left that the rivets were ever even closed. The weakness of these rivets is a critical design flaw. I have lodged formal complaints with Amazon, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Joyce Chen.
July 2017 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase