And you know what? I even ran into that problem where you can't just turn the burner down because of the thermal inertia. Nearly had a pot boil over.

But upon reflection, I think I would rather get used to that then deal with the indoor air pollution. And, like I said, it is legitimately easier from a heat-on-skin perspective cook with an electric stove. That's kinda cool, actually.

@stephen two things:

1. Induction. Look into it if you haven't.

2. I really think a lot of this is psychological. I was very surprised to find out that my parents' electric stove is faster at boiling water in my stovetop kettle than the "normal" burner on my gas stove. So much heat just goes around the cookware on gas and never makes it into the pot that, despite the slow warm-up, in the end, electric can be faster.

@TechConnectify @stephen I wonder if a lot of people, like me, had a bad experience in childhood with a truly terrible electric stove, or a really old one on its last legs, and just have it in their/our heads that electric is not good.

I thought the same about ovens, but we had to go electric to get double ovens, and (aside from using a CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTROL PANEL positioned DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TOP OVEN DOOR which is such a STUPIDLY STUPID DESIGN DECISION) they're great.

@ilinamorato @stephen That could be! And as you have undoubtedly now discovered, electric ovens are so so so much better. They don't have to exhaust anything so they can be properly sealed and they don't heat up a kitchen nearly as much.

They're a little bit slower to preheat. That's it. That's the only downside.

I use a large toaster oven for anything I can specifically because using the gas oven sucks.

@jernej__s @TechConnectify @stephen Now, some sources (notably Consumer Reports) pooh-pooh these dangers. But others (like major appliance repair guilds) say they run calls every year where a pyrolysis feature caused a big problem. (Maybe a certain tech YouTuber could help sort out those connections?)

So your mileage may vary, but in any case be careful; temperatures over 400°C/800°F are nothing to play around with.