Oomis, I need help here. My own stove/oven was purchased approximately ten years ago. It is a “no frills” version- no self clean, no fancy dials, etc. It was not difficult to purchase, no special effort involved. The pilot lights are on continuously. The only time they are extinguished is erev Pesach, when the area is given a more than standard cleansing. The areas on the stovetop between each set of burners is hot to the touch, due to the continually lit pilots. Pilots are very helpful for lighting candles second day Y”T, because we don’t usually have flames on.
You sound like you know a lot more about ovens than I do. So, how do our appliances differ? When you refer to a continuous pilot, do you mean something other than I have described?