Electric and Gas Cooking

Electric and gas are the primary means for cooking.  Although there are still some great places for buying wood fired pizza or wood baked bread, very few people use anything other than gas and electric for their cooking needs.  Some of you may have seen the infrared grills that speed up the outdoor cooking and some applications have been developed for the personal kitchen.
Occasionally you may come across and appliance that offers you both electric and gas, like the item pictured above, but for the most part we are forced to choose between the two options when we purchase our appliances.
Most people who have been trained in cooking prefer a gas cook top.  The issue of controlling the heat to a very specific level.  The argument of electric and gas is not just about the level of heat it is also relevant to the timing of the heat.  With gas you are able to turn a burner to a certain level and have almost instantaneous heat.  With electric heat you are forced to let the heating element arrive at the level of heat you need and then you are almost certain to have too much heat and when you turn it off you will have high levels of eat for many minutes longer than you need.  This can be very destructive when you are making a hollandaise sauce or anything that is sensitive to precise levels of heat.
I love to cook but I am not a pastry chef and really dislike baking of any kind.  My wife who loves baking has a very strong opinion about electric and gas.  She strongly prefers electric oven for baking cakes and bread.  The issue is that you need a consistent temperature for a longer amount of time.  Gas has a hard time maintaining a precise temp in the oven for a long time.  The space in an oven is larger than the surface of pan or skillet on a single burner on the cook top.
Recently we saw a home that had the perfect setup.  On the island in the kitchen was a 5 burner gas cook top and in the built in cabinets was a double electric oven.  It seems like in the electric and gas discussion that perhaps this is the overall best solution.  Using both of the sources of energy for what the area in which they perform optimally.