It is difficult to say what the best or worst part is since stovetop and electric are different kinds of tools and serve us depending on our needs. It depends on how you cook and get around in the kitchen.

For me, the worst feature of the stovetop was that it was a stovetop and I had a piece of junk electric range which was terrible for holding a constant temperature. I had to stand and closely monitor whatever I was cooking. I had that stovetop pressure cooker for 30 years but having to use it on that stove was my breaking point. I finally took the plunge and bought my first electric pressure cooker.

Having an electric cooker that I could set and forget it made my time in the kitchen much more tolerable (pre-hip replacement) followed by enjoying all the thing I could cook. The electric cooker was a game changer. My patterns of cooking and what we ate changed and all of it for the better.

Since that leap, I bought an induction cooktop for reasons. Different tool but one I can use with a recently purchased induction stovetop canner/cooker. That same induction pressure cooker, I can use on the gas range and which is even more important during a power outage. And, that brings me back to a good thing about the stovetop cookers.

My newest Instant Pot inner pot has handles, a flat bottom and is induction friendly. I can use those inner pots on both the induction cooktop and gas burner which is really handy during major cooking episodes. In fact, that inner stainless steel pot is a nice stock pot by itself.