I have been struggling lighting our oven since we have had it. Although i only use it to make cookies and brownies, I still want it to work properly. I used to have to light the pilot, wait a couple of seconds and then the burner would light off for about 5 seconds and then flame out. I would have to repeat this about five our six times before it would stay lit.

I started thinking that perhaps the main burner would draft heat away from the thermocouple and the pilot until it ran enough to maintain it's heat so I decided to just light the pilot and then go away for a couple of minutes and then turn on the burner and you know what, it worked. It still takes a couple of minutes to light the oven, but at least I am not down on my hands and knees watching and waiting.