When you are seasoning a wok with the salt method, everything in the wok is going to burn off entirely, but you should still clean a new wok as the first step you take no matter how you choose to season a wok for the first time because the oils used to preserve a new wok for shipping and storage are industrial oils and not cooking oils. Therefore, as the first step in seasoning a new wok, wash the new walk thoroughly with hot soapy water. Then put the wok on the gas burner and heat it to remove any water.