To me, someone who celebrates a bit more of the spectrum than most: Metal hot. Make food hot.
Non-stick means easier cleanup, but my wife seems to think cast-iron is necessary for certain things (searing a prime rib roast, for example.).
After I figure those out, then I gotta figure out gas vs. electric vs. induction vs infrared…
i also want to add that you should avoid ones with capacitive buttons. they suck, and imagine cleaning them…
Also against the capacitive buttons my cat has accidentally turned on my stove so now I need to turn on the cleaning lock whenever I am done using it
same here, i just always make sure there’s nothing metallic on the stove. it will just turn off after a while if my cats turn it on. don’t understand why the controls can’t be similar to the oven: knobs in the front panel that can be pushed in