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Warnings
Getting Starte
Getting Starte
To Prevent Fire or Smoke Damage
• Be sure all packing materials are remove from the appliance before
operating it.
• Keep area aroun appliance clear an free from combustible materials,
gasoline, an other flammable vapors an materials.
• If appliance is installe near a win ow, proper precautions shoul be taken
to prevent curtains from blowing over burners.
•
NEVER leave any items on the rangetop. The hot air from the vent may ignite
flammable items an may increase pressure in close containers which may
cause them to burst.
• Many aerosol-type spray cans are EXPLOSIVE when expose to heat an
may be highly flammable. Avoi their use or storage near an appliance.
• Many plastics are vulnerable to heat. Keep plastics away from parts of the
appliance that may become warm or hot. DO NOT leave plastic items on the
rangetop as they may melt or soften if left too close to the vent or a surface
element.
• Combustible items (paper, plastic, etc.) may ignite an metallic items may
become hot an cause burns.
DO NOT
pour spirits over hot foo s.
DO NOT
leave oven unsupervise when rying herbs, brea s, mushrooms, etc; fire
hazar .
In Case of Fire
Turn off appliance an ventilating hoo to avoi sprea ing the flame. Extinguish
flame then turn on hoo to remove smoke an o or.
•Cooking Surface: Smother fire or flame in a pan with a li or cookie sheet.
• NEVER pick up or move a flaming pan.
• Oven: Smother fire or flame by closing the oven oor.
DO NOT use water on grease fires. Use baking so a, a ry chemical or
foam-type extinguisher to smother fire or flame.
Chil Safety
• To eliminate the hazar of reaching over hot surface elements, cabinet
storage shoul not be provi e irectly above a unit. If storage is provi e ,
it shoul be limite to items which are use infrequently an which are safely
store in an area subjecte to heat from an appliance. Temperatures may be
unsafe for some items, such as volatile liqui s, cleaners or aerosol sprays.
• NEVER leave chil ren alone or unsupervise near the appliance when it is in
use or is still hot.
• NEVER allow chil ren to sit or stan on any part of the appliance as they
coul be injure or burne .
•DO NOT store items of interest to chil ren over the unit. Chil ren climbing
to reach items coul be seriously injure .
Chil Safety (cont.)
• Chil ren must be taught that the appliance an utensils in it can be hot.
Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small chil ren. Chil ren
shoul be taught that an appliance is not a toy. Chil ren shoul not be
allowe to play with controls or other parts of the appliance.
Cooking Safety
•ALWAYS place a pan on a surface element before turning it on. Be sure you
know which knob controls which surface element. Make sure the correct
element is turne on. When cooking is complete , turn element off before
removing pan.
• NEVER leave a surface cooking operation unatten e especially
when using a high heat setting or when eep fat frying. Boilovers cause
smoking an greasy spillovers may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as
possible. DO NOT use high heat for exten e cooking operations.
• NEVER heat an unopene container on the surface element or in the oven.
Pressure buil -up may cause container to burst resulting in serious personal
injury or amage to the appliance.
• Use ry, stur y pot-hol ers. Damp pot-hol ers may cause burns from steam.
Dishtowels or other substitutes shoul NEVER be use as pothol ers
because they can trail across hot surface elements an ignite or get caught
on appliance parts.
•ALWAYS let quantities of hot fat use for eep fat frying cool before
attempting to move or han le.
•DO NOT let cooking grease or other flammable materials accumulate in or
near the appliance, hoo or vent fan. Clean hoo frequently to prevent
grease from accumulating on hoo or filter. When flaming foo s un er the
hoo turn the fan off.
•NEVER wear garments ma e of flammable material or loose fitting or long-
sleeve apparel while cooking. Clothing may ignite or catch utensil han les.
•ALWAYS place oven racks in the esire positions while oven is cool.
Sli e oven rack out to a or remove foo , using ry, stur y pothol ers.
ALWAYS avoi reaching into the oven to a or remove foo . If a rack must
be move while hot, use a ry pothol er.
•ALWAYS turn the oven off at the en of cooking.
• Use care when opening the oven oor. Let hot air or steam escape before
moving or replacing foo .
•NEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks or oven bottom. This coul
result in risk of electric shock, fire, or amage to the appliance. Use foil only
as irecte in this gui e.
•PREPARED FOOD WARNING:
Follow foo manufacturer's instructions. If a
plastic frozen foo container an /or its cover istorts, warps, or is otherwise
amage uring cooking, imme iately iscar the foo an its container.
The foo coul be contaminate
.