Heating Elements - Maytag PER5510 User Manual

To prevent damage to removable heating
elements, do not immerse, soak or clean in
a dishwasher or self-clean oven. A dam-
aged element could short resulting in a
fire or shock hazard.
Make sure drip bowls are in place as ab-
sence of these bowls during cooking could
damage wiring.
Protective Liners: Do not use aluminum
foil to line surface unit drip bowls or oven
bottoms, except as suggested in the
manual. Improper installation of these lin-
ers may result in a risk of electric shock or
fire.
Deep Fat Fryers
Use extreme caution when moving the
grease pan or disposing of hot grease.
Allow grease to cool before attempting to
move pan.
Oven
Use care when opening oven door. Let hot
air or steam escape before removing or
replacing food.
For proper oven operation and perfor-
mance, do not block or obstruct oven vent
duct. When oven is in use, the area near
the vent may feel hot or warm to the touch.
Always place oven racks in desired loca-
tions while oven is cool. If rack must be
moved while oven is hot, do not let
potholder touch hot heating element.
Self-Cleaning
Oven
Clean only parts listed in this guide. Do
not clean door gasket. The gasket is essen-
tial for a good seal. Do not rub, damage, or
move the gasket.
Do not use oven cleaners. No commercial
oven cleaner or oven liner protective coat-
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ing of any kind should be used in or around
any part of the oven.
Before self-cleaning the oven, remove
broiler pan, oven racks and other utensils
to prevent excessive smoking, discolora-
tion of the oven racks or possible damage
to utensils.
Wipe up excessive spillovers, especially
greasy spills, before the clean cycle to pre-
vent smoking, flare-ups or flaming.
It is normal for the cooktop to become hot
during a clean cycle. Therefore, avoid
touching the cooktop, door, window or
oven vent during a clean cycle.

Heating Elements

NEVER touch surface or oven heating
elements, areas near elements, or interior
surfaces of oven.
Heating elements may be hot even though
they are dark in color. Areas near surface
elements and interior surfaces of an oven
may become hot enough to cause burns.
During and after use, do not touch or let
clothing or other flammable materials con-
tact heating elements, areas near elements,
or interior surfaces of oven until they have
had sufficient time to cool.
Other potentially hot surfaces include:
Cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oven
vent, and surfaces near the vent opening,
oven door, areas around the door and
oven window.
Child Safety
NEVER leave children alone or unsuper-
vised where appliance is in use or is hot.
CAUTION: NEVER store items of inter-
est to children in cabinets above an appli-
ance or on backguard of a range. Children
climbing on appliance, door or drawer to
reach items could damage the appliance
or be burned or seriously injured.
NEVER allow children to sit or stand on
any part of appliance.
Children must be taught that the appliance
and utensils in or on it can be hot. Let hot
utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of
children. Children should be taught that
an appliance is not a toy and not to play
with controls or other parts of the unit.
Ventilating Hoods
Clean range hood and filters frequently to
prevent grease or other flammable materi-
als from accumulating to avoid fires.
Turn the fan on when flambéing foods
(such as Cherries Jubilee) under the hood.
Important Safety
Notice and
Warning
The California Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposi-
tion 65) requires the Governor of Califor-
nia to publish a list of substances known to
the State of California to cause cancer or
reproductive harm, and requires businesses
to warn customers of potential exposures
to such substances.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned
that when it is engaged in the self-clean
cycle, there may be low level exposure to
some of the listed substances, including
carbon monoxide. Exposure can be mini-
mized by properly venting the oven to the
outdoors during the self-clean cycle by
opening a window and/or door in the
room where the appliance is located.
IMPORTANT: Never keep pet birds in the
kitchen or in rooms where the fumes from
the kitchen could reach. Birds have a very
sensitive respiratory system. Fumes re-
leased during an oven self-cleaning cycle
may be harmful or fatal to birds. Fumes
released due to overheated cooking oil, fat,
margarine and overheated non-stick cook-
ware may be equally harmful.
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