GE JGP628 Owner's Manual page 5

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WARNING!
SURFACE BUflN£flS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat
bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spiflovers, 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 easily,grasped and remain cooL
E:,: A lways use die LifE posit.ion when
ignidng dm top burners and make sure
tile burners haw
ignited.
_:_Ne_ei lem_ tile surface bui_ners
unattended at high flame setting:s.
Boilox>rs cause smoking and greasy
spillox>rs that m W catch on file.
q_{:: Use only di T pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders on hot sur12aces In W resu]t ill
burns flom steam. Do not let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookwaie. Do not use a towel or odler
bulky cloth in place of a pot holden Such
cloths can catch fire on a hot burnen
may damag_ the burner grate and burner
head. Also, it may cause the burner to work
improperly. This mav cause a carbon
monoxide level abox> that allowed by
cunent standards, resnlfing in a health
hazard.
_i:,: Foods for flTing should be as d U as
possible. Fiost on flozen foods or moisulre
on flesh foods carl cause hot 12at t o bubble
up and ox>I the sides of tile pan.
_i:,: U se tile least possible amount of fat for
eflOcfive shallow or deep-fi_t flTing. Filling
tile pan too fllll of I:at carl cause spillox>rs
when food is added.
_!{,: V_]len using gtass cookware, make snre
it is designed tbr cooktop cooking.
_7_:: To minimize tile possibiliw of burns,
ignidon of flammable materials and
spillage, turn cool<ware handles toward
die side or back of tile cooktop without
extending ox>i adjacent burners.
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AlWaYStl.lI'll tile sur12ace burner conools off"
before removing cool<ware.
E:,: C areflflly watch foods being flied at a high
flame setting.
E:,: A lwws heat 12atslowly, and watch as it heats.
E:,: D o not leaxe a W items on the cooktop.
Tile hot air from tile vent m W ig_ite
flammable items and will inciease pressure
ill closed containers, which may cause
fllem to burst.
E:,: I f a combination of oils or 12ats will be used
in flTing, sill tog>ther before heating or as
flits melt slowlv.
_{:_ Do
not
use a wok on the cooking surface
if"tile wok has a round metal ling that is
placed ox_i the burner grate m support
tile wok. This ling acts as a heat trap, which
_i!_ii ' Use a deep 12at t hermometer whenever
possible to piexent ox>flleafing fat beyond
tile smoldng point.
_:; Nexer u T to moxe a pan of hot flit,
especially a deei>fat fl?'en VVait nnfil the
fat is cool.
_i:,: When prepaling flaming foods under file
hood, ulm file tim on.
_{:; D o not leaxe plastic items on file cooktoi>--
they may melt if left too close to tile \_nt.
_{:; K ee I) all plastics away flom tile surface
bnl_)ers.
_{:: I f you smell gas, t/lill off die gas to file
cooktop and call a qualified service
technician. Nex>r use an open flame to
locate a leak.
_:: To a_oid file possibility' of
a bnlxl,
always be
certain that file connols for all burners are
at the off position and all grates are cool
before attempting to remo\_ them.
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