“I always figured a nuclear powered wok was important.”
Actually you nailed it. The concentric jets that the Chinese cooks use pulls so much has so fast that it would trigger the flow restrictor in a residential installation. That is your gas hookup would act like the line blew out and it would shut down.
Cooking with one of these things is a,whole ‘nother thing carmalizing and taste wise. Cooking is really just chemistry and it makes a difference in the taste of the final product.
MAYBE you can approximate the effect by using the most heat possible and a tiny amount of food but for me that didon’t work too well either.
I like the idea of doing it over a charcoal grill.
You can get those good and hot.
You can mimic the carmelization by adding a little grade B maple syrup, or even a little molasses.