Lighting the oven
Lighting the oven in our 5er is a PITA. Why don't they have an igniter for this like the 3 burners ? We don't use the oven much when we are south for about 5 months but getting down on my knee's (wors...
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LOFAT36 wrote:
Lighting the oven in our 5er is a PITA. Why don't they have an igniter for this like the 3 burners ? We don't use the oven much when we are south for about 5 months but getting down on my knee's (worse getting back up) is getting old real fast. And I'd rather not leave the pilot light on.
My guess is because it's in an enclosed area. There's a chance to build up propane in there (like from a leak) and a "remote" igniter would be deadly. When you open the door to light it you'd know if there's a propane issue. The cooktop burners will vent themselves.
