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Originally Posted by 1990C4S

I see the benefits of gas, and good gas range (like Wolf) has twin function burners (heat or simmer), but I would prefer a glass cooktop that was easy to clean.

A gas stove with a messy cook is a nightmare to clean. I do it a lot.

Even with a neat chef there will be stuff to clean. Boiling a pot over is miserable and mostly preventable, but cooking anything that is greasy and pops will make a mess. I've even tried using those mesh lids that are supposed to block the popping grease, and they help, but don't eliminate the greasy mess. And a lot of pots, if you're boiling stuff will spit and sputter around the edge of the lid.

We had a really nice cooktop. It was the 2nd most expensive of the Kitchenaid Architect series, IIRC. It lacked 2 things from the most expensive model, lights that showed that a tap was on and a special coating that made cleaning the stainless easier.
Yeah, we'd have really loved to have had that special coating.