Debating between gas and electric cooking? Electric ovens and cooktops offer clean, versatile options.

Here are some of the advantages of electric cooking:

• Electric stoves add less heat to the kitchen.
• Electric ovens and cooktops require less ventilation and are easier to relocate.
• Gas stoves introduce combustion products that can affect indoor air quality.
• Electric ovens heat more evenly.

There are a number of options for electric cooktops. The common coil cooktops are economical and easy to replace. Radiant elements have smooth, easy-care ceramic cooktops and features such as expandable elements. Halogen cooktops use halogen lights to generate heat, and induction elements use electromagnetic energy to heat metal pans.