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AWARNING!
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.
_: .MwayskeeI) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holde*s
and other linens a safe distance flom your
i'ange.
iJii:i.MwayskeeI) wooden and plastic utensils and
canned fbod a safe distance fiom
yO/lI" I_]Ilge.
iJii:i_MwayskeeI) combustible wall coxerings,
cu**ains or drapes a safe distance fiom your
i'ange.
_: Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
mateiials accumulate in or ileal the iange.
_: Keep the hood and grease filte,s clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
_: Do not use water oil grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls ofi_ Smother a
flaming pan oil a surfilce unit by cove,ing tile
pail completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat u'a> Use a multi-pu,pose d,w
chemical or fbam-rype fire extinguisher
Flaming g,ease outside a pan can be put out by
cove,ing it with baking soda o*, if available, by
using a muld-puipose dUchemical or fioain-
type fire extinguisher
Flame in the oven can be smothe,ed completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
off or by using a multi-pu,pose d Uchendcal or
fbamWpe fire extinguisher.
iJii:iDo not touch tile surfi/ce units, tile heating
dements or tile inteiior surfilce of tile oven.
These surfilces may be hot enough to burn
even though they are dark in color Du,ing and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact tile surfilce units,
areas nearby the surfilce units or am' inte,ior
area of tile oven; allow sufficient time fbr
cooling fi,st.
Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop,
areas fi_cing tile cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfilces near the opening, crevices around the
oven door
REMEMBER:Tile inside surfi_ce of tile oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
_: Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapois and liquids
in tile vicinity of this or aW other appliance.
COOKMEATANDPOULTRYTHOROUGHLY...
Cookmeatandpoultrythoroughly--meattoat/eastanINTERNALtemperatureof 160°Fandpoultrytoat/eastan
INTERNALtemperatureof I80°ECookingtothesetemperaturesusua//yprotectsagainstfoodbomei//ness.
SURFACECOOKINGUNITS
Useproperpansize--select cookwarehavingflat bottomslargeenoughtocover thesurfaceunitheating
element.Theuseofundersizedcookwarewill exposea portionofthe surfaceunitto direct contact andmay
resultin ignitionof clothing.Properrelationshipof co&ware to surfaceunitwill alsoimproveefficiency.
iJii:iNever leave tile surfi/ce units unattended
at high heat settings. Boilove,s cause smoking
and gieasy spillove,s that may catch oil fire.
_: Do not use alundnum fbil to line the &ip pails
or anywhere in the oven, except as desc*ibed in
this manual. Misuse could result in a shock, file
hazard or damage to the ,'ange.
iJi;:iBe sure the &ip pans and the vent duct are not
coxered and are in place. Their absence du,ing
cooking could damage ,'ange parts and wi,ing.
iJii:iOnly ce,min t}pes of glass, glass/ce,amic,
earthenware or other glazed containe,s are
suitable fbr cooktop service; otheis may break
because of the sudden change in temperature.
_: To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of
flmnmable materials and spillage, the handle of
a container should be turned toward tile center
of the ,'ange without extending over nearby
surfi/ce units.
iJii:i.Mwaysturn tile surfi/ce units off befbre
removing cookware. 3