Yo BP I use my cast iron on our smooth top stove everyday. I try not to scoootch it around much but I have been using it on there for years. But I do like some of the new ceramic non stick materials they are coming out with. I just figure non stick pans have a finite life regardless of material. I use both but my everyday is cast iron. And yes I do most of the cooking in our house. As does my son and my father in their homes. I love to cook. You get what you pay for in cook ware. Get the size and material you like, I don’t have two matched pans in the whole house, if you don’t count cast iron!