This person was arguing with multiple people about how electric is superior to gas. In an effort to prove me wrong about how electric cooktops work, they posted a wiring diagram for an oven thermostat.
Update : after their snarky reply, I looked closer at the manual they posted, and it’s for a stove with gas burners. So even if they were right, that component wouldn’t exist on that particular appliance. It would indeed produce a steady heat though.
He must be confusing the residual heat on the cookware with the heating from the stove.
He also thinks that residual grease on a pan will insulate the pan and prevent it from getting as hot.
Not to mention he doesn’t know the difference between gas heat and gas for cooking.