[sparrish]

I've never heard of electric being faster at boiling water than gas.

You either have a very poor gas stove or you moved to a much higher elevation where boiling water is just flat-out takes longer.

[Schiendelman]

I think you may not have used induction.

[buggeryorkshire]

Yeah, when I replaced my crap electric hob with induction I literally sent a video to my mum boiling a pan of water to show how crazy fast it was.

I'm in the UK though, maybe it's something to do with having 230v supply?

[travisb]

No, in North America all electric hobs are 240v often 30 amp (sometime higher).

With cooking it's all about efficiency of heat transfer, latency of power change, and flexibility of pan lifting between the three types of hobs (electric resistive, induction, gas).

The efficiency of electric resistive and gas is poor, induction is great.

The latency of power change of electric resistive is poor, induction and gas are great.

Flexibility of pan lifting of electric resistive and induction are poor (lift more than a couple of centimetres and you have no heat), gas is good.

[Kirby64]

The standard electric hob in North America is powered by a NEMA 14-50 outlet which can provide 240V 50A, actually. Really high end ranges use 60A outlets. 30A outlets are typically used for electric dryers.

[bradfa]

In North America residential electric is 240V across both hot lines or 120V hot to neutral. Most normal power outlets in homes are 120V but any large electric appliance like a stove or clothes dryer will use 240V.

So built-in stoves or cooktops will take 240V but a portable single burner induction cooktop would likely only use 120V.