The invention relates to a gas cooking and / or gas grilling
system (1) comprising: a main valve (3); a plurality of burner units (4) each having a valve (5); a
pilot burner (6) having a
flame detector (7) and an ignition
electrode (8); and a control device (9); wherein the main valve (3) is connected or can be connected on the input side to a gas inlet (10) for connection to a gas source and is connected on the output side to each of the valves (5) of the burner units (4) and to the
pilot burner (6), wherein the
pilot burner (6) has a
pipe (13) which is arranged on the burner units (4) and has a plurality of gas outlets (22), wherein the
flame detector (7) is arranged at one end (14, 15) of the
pipe (13) and wherein the ignition
electrode (8) is arranged at another end (14, 15) of the
pipe (13), wherein the control device (9) is designed to logically release the valves (5) of the burner units (4) for actuation when the
flame detector (7) has detected a flame. The invention also relates to a pilot burner (6) and to a method for starting a gas cooking or gas grilling
system (1).