Gas ranges verses electric ranges
RESPONSE TIME-When you turn the heat up or down the gas stove responds immediatlywhich is important in certain cooking techniques.Electric is definatly much slower in responding than gas and can be quite inconvenient.
SIMMERING- while many gas stoves have improved electric is much more reliable for slow worry free simmering.
BOILING- Gas stoves are almost always slower to bring a large pot of water to a boil. This is due to a loss of heat that escapes around the pot. Escaping heat is unavoidable regardless if you use electric or gas but a gas stove creates more hot air that flows up and around the pan.This results in less heat getting into your food, the pan handles get hotter and the room gets hotter. With electric stoves and a pan that is not too small for the element more heat comes into contact with the food.
PAN CHOICE- With a flat top electric range the pans must be fairly close to being flat on the bottom to maximise heat tansfer.With a gas range the pans can be more convex.
CLEANING- While cleaning the old style electric burners may be a chore it is still far easier than cleaning out the gunk that gets into the gas burners.Of course the new flat top electric ranges are a snap to clean.
