Product review (5 stars): Very good part
I got this replacement ignitor because...you guessed it...2 weeks before Thanksgiving, my older Magic Chef "in wall" oven died.  My family recently moved to our current house and for better or worse, we hadn't checked out the oven since having moved in...we don't do much baking at all around here.  I chose this ignitor over the lower cost generic unit simply due to price vs. name brand thing...it was only a few bucks more than the generic unit was here on Amazon, so I stuck with the genuine Whirlpool/Maytag unit here...and in this case, it was about HALF of what I would have payed through a local appliance parts store (I called around for prices before I ordered it here).

BEFORE YOU ORDER THIS ITEM; Make SURE you are ordering the correct part!  Understand that while this is a very common replacement part and it will apparently fit a large number of models from brands including Whirlpool, Maytag, Magic Chef, etc., however, it's NOT universal and may NOT fit your oven!  In other words, do NOT assume that just because your oven is a "Maytag" (or Whirlpool), that this specific unit is correct - KNOW what you are doing, check your model number and make sure you order the right part!

Another word of caution here; while this installation was easy for me, please know that I -do- have some electrical experience.  I -KNOW- how to trace a wire, use a screw driver and when the occasion calls for it, I can solder as well (not that this unit requires soldering).  If you have reasonable skills as a "handyman" (or handywoman as the case may be), it SHOULD be a piece of cake, however if you don't really know which end of the screwdriver to hang on to, you may wish to leave the installation to someone more knowledgeable...after all, we are talking about a gas appliance here.  Not trying to scare anyone, just sayin' to KNOW your limitations.

Likewise, for those not already familiar with these devices, DO NOT TOUCH THE HEATING ELEMENT WITH YOUR FINGERS!!!  Handle such units by the metal casing ONLY.  Think of these things like you would modern halogen car headlights - the natural oils in your skin WILL destroy the ceramic element on such units and in a few months, you'll be back in the same boat!

I will also suggest one use CAUTION when ordering this item with other items off Amazon.  In my case, we ordered this ignitor with our regular monthly shipment of dog food...low and behold, some idiot at an Amazon warehouse tossed this unit in the box UNDER a 30lb bag of dog food!!!  I was fortunate in that the shipping box for the ignitor was not damaged, however as they say, "your mileage may vary".  If at all possible, because of the ceramic heating element, have this unit shipped separately...you just might save yourself some frustration.

Alrighty...in my case, again installation was a breeze...I already had the oven torn down to determine what was wrong with it (if you're not sure, ask Mr. Google as there's some good stuff out there to determine if it's the ignitor or the valve).  Upon pulling it out of the box, the unit looked identical (same size heating element) to the original, so all I had to do was install the two screws that secure it, plug it in and put the rest of the oven back together...took all of 10 minutes.  That said, if your oven is even older than mine or you find the wires in the old oven to be pretty "baked" (no pun intended), this did come with spare pig tails and connectors and such to splice it in if needed.  Remember, such units are typically located in the broiler of your oven, so wires and connectors can become brittle...and a wad of electrical tape will probably melt!  Please use the proper connectors if you need to splice.

Now with all that out of the way, thus far I'm quite pleased with this item.  Again, we don't do a lot of baking in my house, however since the install, I've made a large lasagna, a batch of brownies and of course, the t-day dinner...and so far, the oven seems to be operating flawlessly!  One fact of life today is that if you have an oven that uses one of these ignitors (most do today), it's like the harddrive on your computer...it's not a matter of "if" it will go bad, just a matter of "when"...sooner or later, these ignitors fail.  That said, the last oven I replaced one of these on (the oven at our old house) has worked perfect for over 10 years, so I'm hoping this oven in the new house will do just as well....only time will tell.

So there we go...give or take what I've already mentioned (KNOW what you're doing, order the right part, do NOT touch the heating element, understand that yes, these units go bad, etc), I would highly recommend this ignitor.  I suspect the universal generic units similar to this probably work fine, but for the difference of a few bucks it's hard to go wrong with genuine Maytag parts.