A gas burner has a burner deck having a first face and an opposite second face and a plurality of ports extending therethrough. A burner skin is coupled to the second face of the burner deck and covers the plurality of ports. The gas burner includes an igniter, and part of the igniter is located on the second face of the burner deck adjacent the burner skin. A burner tube extends from the second face of the burner deck and surrounds the plurality of ports, the burner skin, and the part of the igniter that is on the second face of the burner deck. The ports are arranged such that a perimeter thereabout formed tangent to each outermost port has a non-circular shape having a first dimension and a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension, the first dimension being greater than the second dimension.