i like electric stoves because i find them more convenient, safer, and cleaner. and they don't smell bad unless you're like my dad who accidentally left a plastic cutting board on the burner set to high. there was plastic on that thing for weeks and it smelled horrid.
if we want to cook with gas then we have a nice big gas fireplace that we can use. we've only ever used it to cook marshmallows though, but i think my sister cooked a corn dog over it once when the power went out.