My original thought was that the stove controls that I have been in contact with over my lifetime are basically just that: on or off. I realize that I have probably run in an incredible string of bad luck (AKA cheap stoves), but I have yet to find one that will "tone down" to where things keep receiving heat without them boiling or frying. This applies to both electric stoves and gas stoves (which always turn off the flame long before reaching the "off" point, but not at any definitely delineated point along the way). Both my ineptitude around a stove and the first of my three signature lines must be kept in mind when considering this issue.

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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)

Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.