Home cooking appliance having a pedestal burner

A home cooking appliance comprising:

• a housing having a cooktop surface;
• and
• a sealed gas pedestal burner on the cooktop surface, wherein the sealed gas pedestal burner includes:
• a base portion on the cooktop surface, the base portion having an exterior sidewall surface disposed above the cooktop surface;
• and
• a burner portion above the base portion, the burner portion having an exterior sidewall surface and an exterior underside surface facing the cooktop surface, the exterior sidewall surface defining a plurality of burner ports, the exterior underside surface being beneath the burner ports,
• wherein the base portion elevates the burner portion above the cooktop surface and provides a vertical clearance between the exterior underside surface of the burner portion and the cooktop surface, wherein the base portion is sealed to the cooktop surface, and
• wherein an area of a footprint defined by a periphery of the exterior sidewall surface of the burner portion is greater than an area of a footprint defined by a periphery of an exterior surface of the base portion on the cooktop surface.