Our electric stove looks really nice in the middle of our kitchen island, and I think it is a "good" stove ... however, it is the weirdest stove ever. It will go from literally doing nothing and cool enough to touch to completely torching whatever we're cooking in two seconds, lol.
You may need to replace a burner control switch. Electric stoves work by running current through a bi-metallic strip that thermostatically opens and closes, interrupting the current at regular intervals to control the "average" current to the heating element. If the switch is out then the stove will just run current continuously and overheat the element.
Gas stoves are simpler in that the control knob simply adjusts the rate of gas flow into the burner. Higher flow = more heat.
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