[comte7092]

Yes… it’s also significantly cheaper than I high end gas stove?

We’re talking about appliances here, OP was comparing a high end gas stove’s output to electric. My point is that my couple hundred dollar unit can replicate many of the things OP was claiming you’d need to buy a $5,000-$10,000 gas stove for (though I am in no way suggesting that these are equivalent in functionality to each other).

[wkat4242]

That's just really a different class altogether. I doubt my gas stove cost more than 200 new :)

But the thing about a cheap gas stove is that it performs as well as a high end one, at least for a one person household like mine. If I'd invest in induction it would all get much more expensive to get the same performance.

[comte7092]

If that is your opinion, I kind of doubt that you would have that much of an issue with an electric stove, at least not the ones that OP was complaining about. An expensive gas range is going to perform significantly differently from a $200 one. At least, if all we are talking about is “heat goes into pan”.

Edit: Look, I don’t mean to come across as though I have an issue with your budget or choices, but you’re derailing a conversation that was in response to someone claiming that electric was inferior specifically in comparison to high end gas stoves. Your $300 range isn’t going to put out the 15-25k Btus that OP was talking about, which was why I made the comparison to a relatively less expensive induction device. I personally use that device for a significant amount of my cooking as I rent a unit that only has an underpowered 2 burned stove.