Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:22:38 -0600, "Steve Barker"
> > wrote:

>>I think the main question here is why would anyone who does any serious
>>amount of cooking want an electric range to begin with? No real cooking can
>>be done on them.

> Nonsense. Maybe 50 years ago, but today electric smoothtops have
> just as much heat and control as gas.

There's an element of truth to it. Unless you use an induction element,
you cannot turn an electric element *down* quickly...it takes some time
for the heat in the element to dissipate.

Also, commercial-grade gas ranges have heat outputs that far exceed
electric ranges (and indeed most residential gas ranges). This can be
useful for some types of cooking.

Chris