In my experience with US gas stoves, generally you turn the knob a little to ignite the burner, and then after you turn it more to release more gas. The ignitor is only active in a narrow region at the beginning of the knob.
First question: Which direction leads to your kitchen? [Phil note: LW interprets fully-bold paragraphs as headers and puts them in the table of contents. I don’t want spoilers, so here’s some TOC-busting non-bold text.]
In my experience with US gas stoves, generally you turn the knob a little to ignite the burner, and then after you turn it more to release more gas. The ignitor is only active in a narrow region at the beginning of the knob.
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