I like the fine control gas burners give. Can't stand it when I use someones electric stove and I have to keep waiting for burners to heat up and pulling things off them because they won't cool down. Used a radiant top once...found it even more annoying than regular electric. So they are easy to clean...so is a regular stove if you don't let the dirt cake on for days, and don't get a model with a lot of chrome and stainless steel. Stainless is a pain in the a#^% -- it may not stain, but it shows grease and water spots like nobody's buisiness, and is hellish to clean. I know the design books are in love with it right now, but who wants to sit around chatting and singing in a hospital kitchen!

Also we live in the country and are prone to power failures. No electricity = no stove. It's bad enough losing the lights and water power to the pump for those of you used to city water) but with a gas stove I can at least keep cooking, and we can dine by candlelight.