I know the solid top ranges are supposed to overcome some of those
objections, but those suckers are expensive and we're a rather rough
lot in the kitchen with our iron cookware.
The Phoenix house has an electric solid-glass cooktop. After using it
for two years I still can't handle it. It takes time to heat up and
then it keeps heating after you have turned it down or off. A
terrible waste of energy that makes cooking onerous.
As the house does have a natural gas water heater I did some
checking. Pulled out the electric range and, wow, there is a gas pipe
in the wall. This next winter a gas stove will be installed.
Here at Heartwood we are now cooking on a "new" old range, a 1950s
Wedgewood. Love it. The burners are way better than modern burners,
except those super expensive Wolfs and the like. The pilot lights
don't work perfectly. I will soon turn off all pilots save the oven
for the summer and use a welding sparker to light the top burners.