How Do You Light A Pilotless Gas Oven?
Unlike gas ovens with pilot lights that require matches to ignite, newer gas oven models are automatic and use a pilotless ignition. An automatic gas oven might use a hot surface ignition, which electrically heats a bar or coil to ignite the gas in the oven, or a spark ignition, which ignites a standing pilot that does not need to be manually lit. Although a spark ignition uses a type of pilot, it is still considered a pilotless gas oven because it does not have to be lit manually. You only need to be concerned with the specific steps of the ignition process if your oven is not working properly and you need to locate the problem. Light your pilotless gas oven by simply selecting the temperature at which you would like to bake food or select “Broil” to broil food; the automatic gas oven components follow a short sequence of events to ignite the gas and heat the oven. Remove the bottom of your oven to observe the pilotless ignition heating elements at work. Check your oven’s manual to fi
