SAFETY PRACTICES TO AVOID PERSONAL INJURY
Never let clothing, pot holders, or other flammable
materials come in contact with, or too close to, any
burner or burner grate until it has cooled.
Fabric
may ignite
and result in personal injury.
Be certain to use
only dry pot holders
: moist or
damp pot holders on hot surfaces may cause burns
from steam. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth
in place of pot holders. Do not let pot holders touch
hot burners, or burner grates.
For personal safety,
wear proper apparel.
Loose fit-
ting garments or hanging sleeves should never be
worn while using this appliance. Some synthetic fab-
rics are highly flammable and should not be worn
while cooking.
Do not use aluminum foil
to line any part of the
oven or cooktop. Using a foil liner could result in a
fire hazard, or the obstruction of the flow of com-
bustion and ventilation air. Foil is an excellent heat
insulator and heat will be trapped underneath it.
This trapped heat can upset the cooking perfor-
mance and can damage the finish of the oven or the
cooktop parts.
Warning:
This appliance is for cooking.
Based on safety considerations, never use the
oven or cooktop to warm or heat a room.
Also, such use can damage the cooktop or
oven parts.
When using the cooktop:
DO NOT TOUCH
THE BURNER GRATES or THE IMMEDIATE
SURROUNDING AREA
. Areas adjacent to the
burners may become hot enough to cause burns.
When using the oven:
DO NOT TOUCH THE
INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE OVEN, THE
EXTERIOR AREA IMMEDIATELY SUR-
ROUNDING THE DOOR or THE BACK
TRIM.
The drip tray handles directly above the
oven door may be hot if the oven has been operated
with the door open, or if something has prevented
the door from sealing.
Always use caution when pulling out the drip trays
when the oven has been on, or is currently on. The
drip trays get hot when the oven is on. Do not
remove drip trays until they are cool.
Never leave the cooktop unattended
when using
high flame settings. Boil overs cause smoking and
greasy spill overs that may ignite. More importantly,
if the burner flames are smothered by a severe boil
over which effects the igniter, unburned gas will
escape into the room. See page 1.
Only certain types of glass, heat-proof glass-ceram-
ic, ceramic, earthen ware, or other glazes utensils
are suitable for cooktop use
. This type of utensil
may break with sudden temperature changes. Use
only on low or medium flames settings according to
the manufacturer’s directions.
Do not heat unopened food containers;
a build up
of pressure may cause the container to burst.
During cooking,
set the burner control so that the
flame heats only the bottom of the pan
and does
not extend beyond the bottom of the pan. This
could heat and/or melt the handles.
Always use utensils that have flat bottoms large
enough to cover the burner
. The use of undersized
utensils will expose a portion of the flame to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing.
To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials
and unintentional spill overs, position handles of
utensils inward
so they do not extend over adjacent
work areas, cooking areas, or the edge of the cook-
top.
Hold the handle of the pan
to prevent movement
of the utensil when stirring or turning food.
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