Why won't my gas stove ignite?

Why won't my gas stove ignite? I have a Modern Maid KGT-693 U Gas Stove. Yesterday, I removed the drip pan and cleaned out tons of leftover food and grease. However, when I put it back, only one of the burners would ignite. The other one worked fine. I thought that it might be because it was wet, so I waited one day. Unfortunately, after 24 hours, one of them still isn't working.
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"Ok, I finally fixed it...(sigh of relief). I'm not entirely sure which solution fixed it. I used a pair of tweezers on the ignitor to put them closer together. Although, it looked like it just moved back into place.

After, I removed the drip pan, I turned it upside down to empty some crumbs that were left over. When I did this, some ""black powder"" came out from the burner. I shook the dust pan and more black powder came out...followed by more and more. I kept on shaking until it finally stopped. Then I put it back into place and it worked. I'm thinking that there was so much black powder, that it was blocking the airways or something.

Thank you for your help MrJimPhelps.

Update: There is one thing odd though...when I turn it on, the flames come up one after the other. As for the one that worked previously, the flames for that one come up all at once. Is there a way to fix this?"