>From: "jmcquown"

>I'd much rather have a gas cook-top.

Me too. Alas I'm stuck in electric stove-top land where Gas is not an option.
But I spent the first 20 years of my adult life cooking and heating with gas
with no problems, save the 89 earthquake, when I had to shut off the outside
valve until the power company came by and gave me the thumbs up to turn it back
on. About three days. I LOVED my Wedgewood stove...though it was a pain to
clean.

Like anything else, if you take the appropriate precautions Gas is safe.
LOL...reminds me of the California commercials back in the 70's when they were
promoting Gas over Electric. By the 80's all the Sillycon valley types were
buying up huge Wolf stoves. Electric and Glass tops became the rage in the
90's. Heh!

My perfect kitchen would have two electric ovens (one being a convection), a
four gas burner cooktop and a glass top in an island. *grin*

Ellen