[laryb]

We always had gas, and when we moved to the "country" 25 years ago, we had to use electric. While I still prefer gas, I learned how to use electric. You can adjust the heat on electric too, it's just that you have to rely on the dials, not a visual flame. What I don't like is the cool down time. I did find that the hard anodized aluminum pans that I use now do an excellent job, because they conduct heat more evenly than steel, similar to cast iron, imho. You can lower the heat and simmer in them as well as gas, but you have to get use to them. You can get them really hot too, for searing. With all that being said, I haven't even turned on the stove at my TV home. From the looks of it though, I'm probably going to want to get on with a convection oven at the minimum, when we're down full time.