How to light a gas stove manually
Peroty fails at cooking:
Gas stove. Electric lighter. Design FAIL! Cereal it is.You can still manually light nearly every modern gas stove with a match or lighter, even if the igniter is broken. Matches are safer and will work better than typical cigarette lighters.
- Turn gas on medium.
- Light match. Hold very close to the holes in the center of the burner that fire usually comes out of.
- Wait for full ignition. This should happen within about 3 seconds, and the burner should quickly light all the way around in a neat little ring-closing pattern.*
- Remove your match-holding hand (and the match) quickly.
* If this doesn’t happen within 3-5 seconds, turn the gas off, wait a few seconds, assure anyone else in the room that the gas smell is normal, and start over.
This is a valuable skill to have. With it, you can still use your gas stove in a blackout or when the igniters fail. (Note that this procedure doesn’t usually work on the oven or broiler because the burners aren’t easily accessible.)
We have failed as a people. We have failed as a nation. There are people that cannot figure out how to light a stove?
