Kitchen Gas Appliances - Gas Oven

The pilot light on the oven is on but it won't catch on the other part of the oven.... The burner's work but it's the oven that won't work.... could you please help me..... Let me know what I would need to do..I cleaned the oven last weekend and it hasn't worked since then....what did I do wrong.. I followed the directions on usuing the oven cleaner... The oven is an old Magic Chef....

Hello and Welcome Melissa to the Do It Yourself Web Site and thanks for posting a question in my Gas Appliance forum.

Chances are the pilot may have gotten slightly plugged up with oven cleaner or become restricted. If the pilot flame is burning all blue it's fine. If there is any yellow in the flame, it is slightly restricted.

If it's restricted, a pipe cleaner inserted in the exit hole and air entry holes usually clears out them on most types of pilot assemblies.

If the pilot was either turned off or went out during the cleaning process but it's on now, depending on model and year of your appliance, look for a reset button that is a red push in button located in the storage cabinet, in the back of the stove or under the stove top, in either the back left or back right.

Also check the control panel. Be sure all oven selections are set to manual or set correctly. Check the archives, within this forum, for other postings on this topic and the replies offered.

Regards & Good Luck
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