Thank you, Sharron Dear Sharron, Many professional chefs, as well as experienced home cooks, only enjoy cooking with gas. It's great because you can really control the heat. You should have it serviced by a professional annually, so that the flame is controlled and the thermostat is correct. Personally, I absolutely love Wolf Ranges or the ranges made by Garland or Thermidore. There are many other great ones as well.
Electric ovens are wonderful too.
All of my cakes are baked in electric ovens. I recently baked the most outrageous Coconut Cake in an electric oven while I was on Grand Cayman Island. It was the absolute best. Ideally, I would suggest getting a gas stovetop and an electric oven for baking. More To Do Read some of Art's other answers in the Ask Art archives .