Here in deep east Texas back in the day, "rich folks" had electric ranges and "working class folks" had gas ranges.

My better half and myself were raised in the "gas range" group. So when we set up housekeeping several decades ago we wanted an electric range. It had steel coil burners and worked OK with cast iron skillets if not as good as a gas range.

Now "rich folks" have restaurant-grade gas ranges and "working class folks" have electric ranges. Which is OK too until the electric range needs to be replaced.

Since we use cast iron skillets, griddles and comals (look it up non-Texans) we can't replace our electric range with a glass top range.

Have you tried to buy a decent non-glass top electric range?

Ok, rant over. I'm going outside to fry up some chili rellenos on my gas grill.