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WARNING!
SURFACEBURNERS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat
bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. Toavoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large
enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous
accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on cooktop can ignite. Use pans
with handles that can be eas@ grasped and remain cooL
Alwavs use die LITE posit,ion when igniting
die top burners and make sure the 1)umers
haxe ignited.
Never leaxe tile surface burners
unattended at high flame setting:s.
Boilo_>5_ cause smoking and greasy
spillovers flint m W catch on fire.
Use only &T pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders on hot surfaces m W 5esuh in
burns flom smam. Do ,lot let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookwase. Do ,lot use a rowel or oilier
bulky cloth in place of a pot holden Such
cloths can catch fire on a hot burnen
When using glass cookware, make sHI'e it
is designed for cooktop cooking.
To minimize the possibility of burns,
ignition of flammable mamrials and
spillage, turn cookware handles toward
the side or back of the cooktop without
exmnding ox_r adjacent 1)urners.
a]wavs t/sill tile surface burner controls
off before 5emoving cookware.
Careflflly watch foods being fl-ied at a high
flame setting.
Alwws heat fi_t slowly, and watch as it heats.
Do ,lot leaxe anv items on the cooktop.
If a combination of oils or fi_ts will be used
in flTing, stir mg_ther before heating or as
fitts meh slowlv.
Do not use a wok on the cooking surl_ace
if dse wok has a round metal ring dlat is
placed ox>r the burner gram to support
the wok. This ring acts as a heat trap, which
may damag> tile burner grate, and burner
head. Also, it may cause file burner to work
imi)ioperly. This may cause a carl)on
monoxide level abo_> that allowed by
cmxent standards, resulting in a heahh
hazard.
Foods for flTingshould be as dry as
possible. Frost on frozen foods or moisture
on flesh fbods can cause hot fat to bubble
up and ox>r the sides of the pan.
Use tile least possible amount of fat for
eflbcdve shallow or deep-fiat flTing. Filling
tile pan too flfll of fiat can cause spillox>rs
when food is added.
Use a deep fi_tthem/omemr whenever
possible to prex>nt oveflseafing fat beyond
the smoking point.
Nexer t5T to mow a pan of hot fiat,
especially a deep l_atriTer X_'aituntil the l_at
is cool.
When piei)afing flaming foods under the
hood, turn file l_anon.
i,arge scratches 05 impacts to glass
cooktops can lead to broken 05 shattered
glass.
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