Problem using my wok on a gas stovetop

[no_hypocrisy]

I have the round base that raises the wok from the flame. I have the wok under high heat. But after five minutes, or sometimes minutes after I'm done, the carbon monoxide alarm goes off.

I get it. I'm smothering the propane gas expended.

Aside from removing the CO2 alarm from the wall or using a desk fan on the counter, what can I do to neutralize the alarm?

[Kali]

1. don't use the ring

Will wok sit on burner without ring? Mine does.

[Kali]

2. Or try an open ring if yours is the kind with holes

https://kitchensupply.com/products/j310063-wok-ring?srsltid=AfmBOopOKsi_-ug-IQYZVarzXfDa3NgqfULwXJjPNcg0_4WGy9PZRdz1

[no_hypocrisy]

3. WHOA!!! Game changer!!!

I love you!!!

[Warpy]

4. The best thing is an extractor fan that vents outside

including typical hardware store range hoods as long as they vent outside instead of recirculating fumes through a filter. If you have one of those, you're golden. If you don't, consider installing one.. Until you get one, you might consider putting a small window fan in the kitchen flowing outside. That will help.

CO detectors should be placed in rooms that don't have active gas flames, including water heaters and furnaces. CO is heavier than ambient air, so the detectors should be placed near the floor, and the main place you don't want CO is the bedroom, so that;s where the detecor shoulld go.

(I used to test iffy CO detectors by taking them into the kitchen while I was cooking. If they were working, they got loud fast)

Wok rings can be counterproductive since they can cut down the oxygen supply to the gas flame and increase the amount of CO produced. If you must use one, use the most open one you can find. I didn't bother, I just kept gold of one of thewok handles with a potholder when I was flipping stuff around in the wok. The round bottomed woks were stable enough (barely) when I left them for a final simmer before I served the contents.

Oh, and stand alone gas rings are great, especially if you've got an electric stove. Yes, they have the same problems as any other gas cooktop, so don't us e a wok ring and increase ventilation if you can and make sure that CO detector is someplace you're not cooking, like a foot up from the floor in a bedroom.