Originally Posted by Dave Smith[_1_]

On 10/08/2013 9:38 PM, Cheryl wrote:
On 8/10/2013 11:59 AM, jmcquown wrote:

The only benefit I ever saw with having a gas stove was instant flame.
Which means next to nothing. I'm not in such a hurry that I can't wait
a few minutes for the an electric coil to heat up. While waiting for a
pot of water to come to a boil I'm busy chopping/prepping vegetables. It
all works out.

I believe electric stoves have come a long way from having to wait for
it to heat up. Mine heats up immediately.

I don't see a major difference in the time it takes electric stove
burners to heat up. We used to have an electric stove with solid
burners. They took a long time to heat up, and they took a long time to
cool off, so they were hard to control. They also didn't get really hot,
so heating up a large pot of water took a long time, and jam making was
a little tougher.