My wife and I are remodeling my father's house after he passed, which has been a truly sobering thing and a ton of work, but has given us the chance to build it just how we both want it. We're tearing out the electric range and electric oven my dad had, and switching it out with a freestanding range. I've used the old electric coil cooktops and hated them. I've also used gas, and love it. But looking around, we got to looking at the benefits of induction cooktops and the salesmen were talking them up pretty well as essentially having all the benefits of gas, none of the downsides, ect.
So here's the question to those of you who really do a lot of cooking and know your stuff. Are they trying to make a sale for a higher priced unit, or is this legit? Is induction preferable to gas for those who really use their equipment and enjoy cooking? Anything to look out for?
Also, for relevance, I already have a 220v connection at the location of the range. If I go gas as originally planned, i'd need to pay $550 or so to have a gas line run to the appliance.