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WARNING!
SAFETYPRECAUTIONS
_ For your safety, never use your appliance %r
wa,ming or heating the morn.
_ Teach children not to play with the controls or
any other part of the range.
_ .Mwayskee I) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holders
and other linens a safe distance flom your
i'ange.
iJii:iAlways keeI) wooden and plastic utensils and
canned fbod a safe distance flom your _'ange.
iJii:i.Mwayskeq) combustible wall coverings,
cu_*ains or &'apes a safe distance fiom your
Fange.
_: Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the _'ange.
_: Keep the hood and grease filte_s clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
_: Do not use water on grease fires. Nexvr pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls off_Smother a
flaming pan on a surfi_ce unit by coveting tile
pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat tin> Use a multi-pu,pose d_"
chemical or fbamwpe fire extinguisher
lqaming g_ease outside a pan can be put out by
coveting it with baking soda o_, if available, by
using a mulfi-puq)ose dUchemical or
fbam-type fire extinguisher
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
by closing tile oven door and turning tile oven
of{or by using a muhi-puq)ose dUchemical or
foamWpe fire extinguisher.
iJii:iDo not touch tile surfi_ce units, the heating
elements or tile interior surfilce of tile oven.
These surfilces may be hot enough to burn
even though they are dark in color During and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact tile surfilce units,
areas nearby the surfilce units or any interior
area of tile oven; allow sufficient time for
cooling fi_st.
Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop,
areas fi_cing the cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfilces near the opening, crevices around the
oven door
REMEMBER:Tile inside surfi_ce of the oven Inav
be hot when the door is opened.
_ Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapo,s and liquids
in tile vicinity of this or any other appliance.
COOKMEATANDPOULTRYTHOROUGHLY...
Cookmeatandpoultrythoroughly--meattoat leastanINTERNALtemperatureof 160°Fandpoultrytoatleastan
INTERNALtemperatureof I80°ECookingtothesetemperaturesusuallyprotectsagainstfoodborneillness.
SURFACECOOKINGUNITS
Useproperpansize--select cookwarehavingfiat bottomslargeenoughtocover thesurfaceunitheating
element.Theuseofundersizedcookwarewill exposea portionofthe surfaceunitto direct contact andmay
resultin ignitionof clothing.Properrelationshipof cookwareto surfaceunitwill alsoimproveefficiencf.
_: Never leave tile surfi_ce units unattended
at high heat settings. Boilove_s cause smoking
and greasy spillove_s that may catch on fire.
_: Do not use aluminum fbil to line the drip pans
or anywhere in the oven except as described in
this manual. Misuse could result in a shock, fire
hazard or damage to the _'ange.
iJii:iBe sure the drip pans and the vent duct are not
covered and are in place. Their absence during
cooking could damage _'ange parts and wiring.
_: Only certain t}pes of glass, glass/ce,_amic,
earthenware or other glazed containers are
suitable fbr cooktop service; others may break
because of the sudden change in tempemt/ue.
_: To minilnize the possibility of burns, ignition of
flammable materials and spillage, the handle of
a container should be turned toward tile center
of the _'ange without extending over nearby
surfilce units.
iJii:iAlways turn tile sur[iace units off befbre
removing cookware.
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