--- title: "Pizza Oven Burner and Igniter Repair" description: "Pizza oven burners cleared or replaced and igniters fitted and gapped, so the flame lights first time and burns blue and steady under the stone." url: "https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-burner-and-igniter-repair/" --- # Pizza Oven Burner and Igniter Repair Pizza oven burners cleared or replaced and igniters fitted and gapped, so the flame lights first time and burns blue and steady under the stone. ## What the pizza oven burner and igniter repair involves. The burner is where a gas pizza oven makes its heat, and the igniter is what starts it. In an outdoor oven the burner runs along the back or one side and throws its flame up across the dome; in a deck oven a long burner lies under each deck; in a gas conveyor a burner heats the air the blowers push. Insects nest in the air shutter, crumbs and flour fall through the deck onto the ports, and heat slowly warps and scales the burner, so the flame goes yellow, lifts off the ports or lights with a thump. The igniter is a spark electrode, a hot-surface element or a pilot that lights the main flame, and it fails in its own way: a spark that jumps to the frame instead of the burner, a ceramic that cracks, a hot-surface element that glows too weakly to light the gas. The technician takes out the floor stone or the deck access panel, removes the burner from its orifice, clears its tube and ports, and replaces it if it is split or scaled through. Electrodes are set to the maker's gap, wires routed away from heat, and hot-surface igniters and spark modules tested and changed when weak. Every burner is then lit several times and watched for a quick, quiet light-off and a crisp flame. How the visit goes ### What it usually costs Low to moderate · Pizza oven burner cleared or replaced, spark electrode, hot-surface igniter or spark module Opening an air shutter and resetting an electrode gap is the small end of this job. A new igniter or spark module is a step up, and a full burner for a deck or an outdoor oven, fitted and its flame set, sits at the top. ### Answers 5 problems Gas Pizza Oven Won't Light: Clicks, Gas Hiss, Still No Flame Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust · Pizza Oven Uneven Bake: Burnt Edge, Raw Middle, Pale Bottom · Black Soot Streaks on the Pizza Oven Arch and Front Face · Flames Rolling Out of the Pizza Oven Mouth or Chimney ### Comes up most on Outdoor gas pizza oven Wood-fired pizza oven · Commercial deck oven · Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven ### Codes that lead here No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds · Er2 · Er6 · Er7 Alfresco pizza oven igniter not glowing: power first, then the igniter. ## Pizza oven burner and igniter repair, step by step. Relight the oven several times and leave it lighting quickly and quietly, with a steady blue flame under the stone. 01 Watch several light-off attempts and note how long the flame takes, where the spark jumps and how the flame looks. 02 Lift out the stone or the deck panel, remove the burner and clear its air shutter, tube and ports. 03 Replace a burner that is split, warped or scaled through, and set its air shutter where the model has one. 04 Set the electrode gap, change a cracked electrode, weak hot-surface igniter or tired spark module, and reroute wires clear of heat. 05 Relight the oven several times and leave it lighting quickly and quietly, with a steady blue flame under the stone. ## The problems it answers. 5 of them, from gas pizza oven won't light: clicks, gas hiss, still no flame to flames rolling out of the pizza oven mouth or chimney. [All problems](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/) Most common ### Gas Pizza Oven Won't Light: Clicks, Gas Hiss, Still No Flame 7 causes, cheapest first Before you call ### Tell us this when you book 1. Whether the oven clicks with no flame, lights late with a thump, or lights and then goes out 2. The color of the flame and whether soot is building on the dome or above the mouth 3. How the oven is covered or stored between uses, and whether it sits outdoors year round 4. The make and model from the rating plate, and whether it runs on propane or natural gas It also answers - [**Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust** 7 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-not-getting-hot/) - [**Pizza Oven Uneven Bake: Burnt Edge, Raw Middle, Pale Bottom** 6 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-uneven-bake/) - [**Black Soot Streaks on the Pizza Oven Arch and Front Face** 6 causes](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-soot-on-the-front/) - [**Flames Rolling Out of the Pizza Oven Mouth or Chimney** 6 causes · gas, fire or smoke at the oven](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/problems/pizza-oven-flames-where-they-should-not-be/) ## Low to moderate, on the site's scale. Opening an air shutter and resetting an electrode gap is the small end of this job. A new igniter or spark module is a step up, and a full burner for a deck or an outdoor oven, fitted and its flame set, sits at the top. [Read the full cost guide](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/cost/) | Repair | Relative cost | | --- | --- | | **Pizza oven burner cleared or replaced, spark electrode, hot-surface igniter or spark module** | low to moderate | | [Thermocouple, pilot assembly, flame rod, gas safety valve or regulator](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-gas-valve-and-thermocouple-repair/) | | | [Hearth bricks reset, floor stone replaced, or dome and arch cracks packed and sealed](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-floor-and-dome-repair/) | | | [Thermostat calibrated or replaced, temperature probe, timer, controller board or display](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-thermostat-and-control-repair/) | | | [Deck oven heating element, contactor, terminal block or deck stone](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/deck-oven-element-and-deck-repair/) | | | [Conveyor belt shortened or replaced, sprockets, chain, drive motor, gearbox or speed control](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/conveyor-belt-and-motor-repair/) | | | [Impingement blower motor, bearings or wheel, cooling fan, filter or air fingers](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-blower-and-fan-repair/) | | | [Oven door, hinges, springs, gasket, heat shield, chimney cleaning or cap](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-door-and-chimney-repair/) | | | [Full cleaning of burners, floor, fingers and flue, with a gas leak check and a draft test](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-cleaning-and-safety-inspection/) | | ## Where it comes up most. Most bookings: Outdoor gas pizza oven, Wood-fired pizza oven, Commercial deck oven, Conveyor and rapid-cook pizza oven. [All pizza oven types](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/types/) Codes that lead here - [`No igniter glow within 5 to 10 seconds` Alfresco · Ignition and flame](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/alfresco-no-igniter-glow/) - [`Er2` Fontana Forni · Ignition and flame](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/fontana-forni-er2/) - [`No clicking, or slow or faint clicking` Kalamazoo · Ignition and flame](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/kalamazoo-slow-or-no-clicking/) - [`Igniters do not glow with the knob pushed in` Lynx · Ignition and flame](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/lynx-no-igniter-glow/) [All 12 codes that lead here](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-ignition) Often the same visit - [**Pizza oven diagnostic visit** 3 problems in common](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) - [**Pizza oven cleaning and safety inspection** 2 problems in common · lowest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-cleaning-and-safety-inspection/) - [**Pizza oven gas valve and thermocouple repair** 2 problems in common · low to moderate](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-gas-valve-and-thermocouple-repair/) ### Outdoor gas pizza oven ### Wood-fired pizza oven ### Commercial deck oven ## The makes we see it on. 16 makes on this site, and the pizza oven burner and igniter repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page. [All 16 brands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/brands/) ## Pizza oven burner and igniter repair, where we come out. The kitchen, the climate and the building all change how the pizza oven burner and igniter repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro. [All service areas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/) [Tampa Bay](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/) FL · 31 areas Gulf humidity leaves a film of moisture on igniter electrodes overnight, so on Tampa Bay patios a gas pizza oven that clicks without catching often needs its electrode cleaned and regapped before a new igniter is ordered. - [Hyde Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/hyde-park/) - [Davis Islands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/davis-islands/) - [Palma Ceia](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palma-ceia/) - [Westchase](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/westchase/) - [Carrollwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/carrollwood/) - [Belleair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/belleair/) - [St. Pete Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/st-pete-beach/) - [Palm Harbor](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palm-harbor/) [Orlando](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/) FL · 30 areas Orlando rental homes with a gas pizza oven see guest after guest pressing the igniter, and a worn button, burner ports clogged with flour and cheese drippings, and a tired spark module are the usual finds there. - [Winter Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/winter-park/) - [Windermere](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/windermere/) - [Dr. Phillips](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/dr-phillips/) - [Bay Hill](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/bay-hill/) - [Lake Nona](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/lake-nona/) - [Heathrow](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/heathrow/) - [Celebration](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/orlando/celebration/) [Miami / South Florida](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/) FL · 47 areas Salt air in South Florida pits the long burner beneath a gas pizza oven's floor, and the technician looks for ports rusted wide before replacing the igniter, since a broken flame line can look exactly like a failed spark. - [Brickell](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/brickell/) - [Coconut Grove](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/coconut-grove/) - [Coral Gables](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/coral-gables/) - [Pinecrest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/pinecrest/) - [Key Biscayne](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/key-biscayne/) - [Aventura](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/aventura/) - [Sunny Isles Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/sunny-isles-beach/) - [Bal Harbour](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/bal-harbour/) - [Miami Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/miami-beach/) - [Golden Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/golden-beach/) - [Weston](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/weston/) - [Boca Raton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/boca-raton/) - [Palm Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/south-florida/palm-beach/) [New York Metro](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/) NY · 75 areas In New York pizzerias the deck oven's burners and pilots run from opening to close six or seven days a week, and a burner that lights late or rolls flame out of its opening is fixed between lunch and dinner whenever the shop allows. - [Upper East Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-east-side/) - [Upper West Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-west-side/) - [Tribeca](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/tribeca/) - [SoHo](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/soho/) - [Greenwich Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/greenwich-village/) - [Battery Park City](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/battery-park-city/) - [Brooklyn Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/brooklyn-heights/) - [Park Slope](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/park-slope/) - [DUMBO](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/dumbo/) - [Forest Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/forest-hills/) - [Great Neck](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/great-neck/) - [Southampton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/southampton/) - [Scarsdale](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/new-york/scarsdale/) [Houston](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/) TX · 36 areas Houston's warm, wet months invite mud daubers and spiders into the burner tube of a backyard gas pizza oven, and a flame that burns lazy and yellow is cleared of nests before any igniter part is replaced. - [River Oaks](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/river-oaks/) - [Memorial](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/memorial/) - [Tanglewood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/tanglewood/) - [Greater Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/greater-heights/) - [Kingwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/kingwood/) - [Bellaire](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/bellaire/) - [Bunker Hill Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/bunker-hill-village/) - [Piney Point Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/piney-point-village/) - [Hunters Creek Village](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/hunters-creek-village/) - [Sugar Land](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/sugar-land/) - [Cinco Ranch](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/cinco-ranch/) - [The Woodlands](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/the-woodlands/) - [West University](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/houston/west-university/) [Chicago](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/) IL · 50 areas After a Chicagoland winter a backyard gas pizza oven's igniter lead can crack in the cold and its battery module corrode, while shop deck ovens wear their burner orifices through year-round baking, so both kinds of call peak in spring. - [Lincoln Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lincoln-park/) - [Near North Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/near-north-side/) - [West Loop / Near West Side](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/west-loop-near-west-side/) - [Wilmette](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/wilmette/) - [Winnetka](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/winnetka/) - [Glencoe](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/glencoe/) - [River Forest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/river-forest/) - [Oak Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/oak-park/) - [Hinsdale](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/hinsdale/) - [Lake Forest](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lake-forest/) - [Highland Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/highland-park/) - [Gold Coast](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/gold-coast/) - [Lakeview](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lakeview/) [Los Angeles](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/) CA · 95 areas Los Angeles gas pizza ovens by the pool bake on nearly every weekend of the year, and Santa Ana dust drifts into the burner's air shutter, so each burner repair there ends with the shutter reset and a clean blue flame confirmed. - [Beverly Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/beverly-hills/) - [Bel Air](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/bel-air/) - [Holmby Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/holmby-hills/) - [Brentwood](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/brentwood/) - [Pacific Palisades](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pacific-palisades/) - [Santa Monica](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/santa-monica/) - [Hancock Park](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/hancock-park/) - [Studio City](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/studio-city/) - [Calabasas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/calabasas/) - [Manhattan Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/manhattan-beach/) - [Palos Verdes Estates](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/palos-verdes-estates/) - [Pasadena](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pasadena/) - [San Marino](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/san-marino/) - [Malibu](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/los-angeles/malibu/) [San Diego](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/) CA · 31 areas Near the San Diego coast, marine-layer damp settles on a pizza oven igniter's ceramic each night, and a cracked insulator lets the spark jump to the frame instead of the burner, which the technician finds with the oven cold. - [La Jolla](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/la-jolla/) - [Carmel Valley](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/carmel-valley/) - [Point Loma](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/point-loma/) - [Del Mar](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/del-mar/) - [Rancho Santa Fe](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/rancho-santa-fe/) - [Coronado](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/coronado/) - [Encinitas](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/encinitas/) - [Solana Beach](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/san-diego/solana-beach/) [San Francisco Bay Area](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/) CA · 74 areas Bay wind can pull a low burner flame away from a gas pizza oven's flame sensor, so on exposed decks a burner that lights and then drops out is checked for crosswind and sensor position before a new igniter goes in. - [Pacific Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/pacific-heights/) - [Presidio Heights](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/presidio-heights/) - [Russian Hill](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/russian-hill/) - [Noe Valley](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/noe-valley/) - [Sea Cliff](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/sea-cliff/) - [Hillsborough](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/hillsborough/) - [Atherton](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/atherton/) - [Woodside](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/woodside/) - [Palo Alto](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/palo-alto/) - [Los Altos Hills](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/los-altos-hills/) - [Tiburon](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/tiburon/) - [Piedmont](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/piedmont/) - [Marina](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/locations/bay-area/marina/) For the heart of your home. ## Questions about the pizza oven burner and igniter repair. ### Why does my pizza oven click but never light? The spark is there but it is not reaching the gas: the electrode gap has grown, the tip is dirty, the ceramic has cracked, or the burner ports near the electrode are blocked. Less often the gas itself is not arriving because a valve or tank is closed. ### Is a yellow flame in a pizza oven a problem? Lazy yellow flames usually mean the burner is not getting enough air, most often from a blocked shutter or dirty ports. They soot the dome and the stone and waste gas, so the burner should be cleaned or replaced and the shutter set. ### Does a hybrid wood and gas oven need its burner serviced too? Yes, and more often than a gas-only oven, because ash and embers from wood fires settle on the burner and its igniter. Clearing ash away from the burner tray after wood cooks keeps it lighting well. --- **[Read on the site: Pizza Oven Burner and Igniter Repair](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/services/pizza-oven-burner-and-igniter-repair/)** **[Book a visit with PizzaOvenRepair.center](https://pizzaovenrepair.center/schedule/)**