Iron Wok Jan

 is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo. The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster.
A sequel, "Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations", was also released in Japan by Akita Shoten and in France by Soleil Manga. A spin-off, "Tetsupai no Jan!", by Bingo Morihashi, started to be published by Takeshobo in 2015.
Publication.
Akita Shoten released the 27 "tankōbon" manga between June 1995 and March 2000. The manga was re-released into 16 "kanzenban" volumes between December 2004 and September 2007. ComicsOne published the manga's 27 "tankōbon" between December 15, 2002 and December 28, 2007.
Akita Shoten started releasing the sequel, , on November 9, 2006 and concluded on December 9, 2010 in the "Weekly Shōnen Champion" magazine. From March 8, 2007 to January 8, 2009, the publisher released ten bound volumes.
A spin-off series, , written and illustrated by Bingo Morihashi started its serialization on Takeshobo's "Kindai Mahjong" magazine on August 12, 2015. The successor of manga, titled Iron Work Jan 2nd, which was released on January 2017 in the February 2017 issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age.
Reception.
Comics Worth Reading's Johanna Draper Carlson comments on the illustrator's use of caricatures to dramatise the manga. Manga Life's Michael Aronson commends the manga for its art and its ability to appeal to audiences. Animefringe.com's Ridwan Khan comments on the "love-hate relationship" between Jan and Kiriko. IGN's A.E. Sparrow comments on the artist's ability to make a cooking competition as compelling to watch "as watching two feudal clans go to war".