I found it odd that in the US most home brewers don't use electric, but as you say they are limited by the elements they can use.
Here in the UK, my home brew beer set up has a 3000w option - great for boiling 25 litres of water/wort - that said it came with a EU plug with some sort of 'fancy' UK plug convertor. After about 4 years the plug started to get so hot that it melted a socket or two - I found that inside the convertor the connection between the EU plug and the UK was really thin, which was causing it to heat up.
I cut off the end of the cable and rewired it to a heavy duty UK plug - it has been perfect since then - and no longer over heats.
Electric is growing in popularity. It’s not overly expensive (compared to the cost of the gear, anyway) to get a dedicated 30A or 50A 240V circuit installed; or you can brew next to your washer/dryer, since there is nearly always a 240V circuit available there.
Here in the UK, my home brew beer set up has a 3000w option - great for boiling 25 litres of water/wort - that said it came with a EU plug with some sort of 'fancy' UK plug convertor. After about 4 years the plug started to get so hot that it melted a socket or two - I found that inside the convertor the connection between the EU plug and the UK was really thin, which was causing it to heat up.
I cut off the end of the cable and rewired it to a heavy duty UK plug - it has been perfect since then - and no longer over heats.