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Remove the front panel to find where the gas injectors enter the burner tubes you will see they are cut away and have a screw holding an outer ring which is adjustable, open them up more to get more air in .

If element caught on fire, I would suspect stove needs cleaning. Do that then elements should not smoke for long. (I hope all moisture was removed from stove!!!)

Never use oven cleaner on the stove top. It eats through the gas tubing inside causing fires.

You mean the flame is low. You need to clean the burner jet hole orifice and also check if their is a gas pressure regulator which you can adjust the pressure a lithe more higher.

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If gas flows and burner sparks,the holes in burner near where the electrode(spark plug) is are clogged. A safety pin or paper clip pushed through those burner holes will clear the blockage

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there is nothing to lite the oven is elect

assumingthat you placed thispost under the correct model number ,RF362LXTB heres a copy of user manual
http://shared.whirlpoolcorp.com/assets/pdfs/literature/Use%20and%20Care%20Guide%20-%209763001.pdf
explained on pg 21.

These heating elements use limiters to control the temp range and here is a link that shows where they are http://www.pcappliancerepair.com/model-display.php Hope this helps...

All gas appliance should be diagnosed by a professional.