Abstract: An efficient cooking range system for maximizing the contact between the heating element of a cooking range and a cooking pot or pan being heated by the heating element. The efficient cooking range system includes a cooking range with a cook top having a cooking well therein. The cooking well has an interior base wall and an interior perimeter side wall upwardly extending around the interior base wall of the cooking well. An insulating layer is provided on the interior base wall and the interior perimeter side wall of the cooking well. A drop basin is provided in the cooking well. The drop basin has a bottom wall and a side wall upwardly extending around the bottom wall. A coiled heating element is provided in the cooking well beneath the bottom wall of the drop basin.