From The Money Pit:

Anna: Well, the turkey’s done.
Walter: So’s the kitchen. Actually, it’s a little overdone for my tastes. Let’s not go there again.

I decided to make a potato gratin for dinner. I’d tried that once, but couldn’t get the oven knob to turn. Janet managed to get it going and I have propane, so I thought I was good to go.

The stove here is very basic, running only on propane, same as my RV range, so I figured that lighting it would be easy. I couldn’t see the element, but there was an obvious opening for where I stuck in my lighter and, woosh, the oven lit.

I lit a burner to heat up the cast iron pan and went to the fridge to dig for potatoes, onions, and bacon when I heard a loud bang. I went back to the stove and saw that the whole rear of it was lit up! There were no flames, but the wall appeared to be glowing (reflection).

I quickly cut the gas to the oven and saw that the flame had gone off on the burner, too.

After waiting five minutes, I lit the burner again. Since I got propane the other day, I’ve noticed that the burners haven’t been very hot and it’s taken ages to cook stuff. Well, this time around, the burner lit up properly and quickly heated up my pan!

I wonder if maybe there was some sort of obstruction in the gas pipe that got cleared when I lit the oven… I’m not keen to try to light it again, that’s for sure! And I need a fire extinguisher!