Hi Bobert

Since building a kitchen I've been swimming in kitchen magazines. It's seldom that I see any electric stoves being made use of. If you watch any of the cooking programs you'll aways see the pros using gas ranges. With the gas stoves, LP or natural gas, you have a stove that's very controlable & responsive, can put out far more BTU's than an electric (up to 24,000 BTU's), fast heat recovery & as safe as any electric. Depending on your preference you can get them with 4 up to 6 burners, plain or with fills, grills, griddles, steamers & deep fryers ovens with duel fuel combos, anywhere from 30" to 60" in size. They come in all sorts of styles, from ultra modern to classical to antique wood cook stove with a side section for summer cooking (summer stove or oven). It seems as if a large share of the high end market are the European made which can deplete you bank accont by thousands of dollars. Some of these ranges worth looking at, even only if it's to see what's available, are: Dacor, Jenn-air, Caldera, Thermador, La Cornue, Wolf, AGA, Elmira, Viking, 5 Star, Gaggenau & etc. For the more domestic & common name brands I'd first consulate Consumer Reports magazine, you really can't go wrong following their recommendations. Good luck

Barry