All electric. I’ve actually never even seen a gas oven or stove in use outside of TV/movies.
I’m amazed at how many electric oven/gas stove answers there are. In the US, at least, those are almost always both built into the same appliance, and I’d have expected any single appliance to be entirely one or the other.
Why? The two systems are completely separate from each other. The only thing unusual about it, if you’re not used to one, is that it needs to be connected to two different things at once - a power socket and a gas line. That’s not a problem if you’re kitchen’s designed for it.
It also provides redundancy. if your power’s down, you can still use the stove; if the gas’s not working, you can still use the oven.
I think “almost always” is going too far - it’s not that uncommon to have a cooktop set into a countertop/island and a separate wall oven(s), or even no oven.
If you go to homedepot.com, you’ll find a number of dual fuel ranges. They’re pretty expensive, though. The cheapest one seems to be around $1600, and they more typically start at $2K and up. They are kind of considered the ideal combo (although now with induction cooktops, I’m not so sure – I’ve never used induction electric cooktops, but they do seem to cut down on all the disadvantages of traditional electric cooking surfaces, with the advantage of being much easier to keep clean.) When we were shopping for a range for our new house, I was looking at various dual fuel models, but I’m a cheapskate and was not willing to go much beyond a grand for our new appliance. We ended up getting an all-gas range, with a double oven, which has proved to be quite useful.
Well, re “hybrids,” I’m not sure if this qualifies, but in my previous house, I stupidly “refreshed” before I gutted-and-chuck-ed, and that included a slide in gas stove that I think would be considered hybrid. It had a gas cooktop, of course, but the convection oven was both gas and electric, with an overhead electric element for roasting/broiling functions.
I’ve only ever had electric wall ovens since replacing it, so I’m not sure what the current state of the art in gas ranges is, but up until 2004 or so at least, the oven of a gas range had a burner on the bottom, and that was it. If you wanted to broil, you had to use a drawer in the bottom of the oven below the burner, where people with electric ranges would store stuff.
I looked at a lot of promising houses when I repatriated, but I had two rules: no pool, and must have an electric wall oven or space for one.
Gas cooktop plus electric oven is the only way to live in the first world.
Gas. I detest everything about cooking on an electric stove, and I REALLY hate baking in an electric oven.
Being able to rely on a different infrastructure is a great advantage for gas stoves. I’ve seen some fantastic homes, where every modern convenience relies on electricity. When a blizzard hits, the electricity supply usually goes down, and with it so does the water supply which means you can’t take a shower or go to the toilet anymore. As for cooking…
Gas. Always had gas everywhere I’ve lived. I’ve had to use electric in rentals and other people’s homes and I don’t care for it.
Electric. I just prefer flat top stoves.
I have never had a stove, so I guess the answer is “n/a”. (I do have a microwave. It’s electric!)
Everyone has a microwave oven, don’t they?
I would think that’s mostly true. I’m not sure whether the number of households with a microwave is greater than the number with a conventional stove, though.
What I mean is that nowadays nearly every home is equipped with a microwave besides a gas or electric stove.
Electric, even tho I’d prefer gas. I don’t want another tank beside the house - bad enough we’ve got the heating oil tank out there. Frankly, I’ve used electric for so long, I’d have to re-learn using gas!