When you're in a hurry, you have high heat immediately. If you have a pot boiling over, you have instant heat shut-off. Gas also provides a nice even heat - there are no hot spots. Plus electricity is pretty expensive. Those are the real big advantages.
Gas is great.
Another key to Fertitta's award-winning success lies in his philosophy of constant change for a fresh edge with the consumer. The smart people know you've got to do that. In the restaurant business, you can't get behind the curve. Customers don't want to see dead plants or a property littered with candy wrappers and toothpicks. And when the customer goes to the restroom and see a broken towel machine, broken knobs and a cracked sink, they wonder if the bathroom's that run down, how bad must the kitchen be.