Child Safety; Cleaning Safety; Cooking Safety - Amana ALZ8590AD User Manual

A faint gas odor may indicate a gas leak. If a
gas odor is detected, shut off the gas supply to
the cooktop. Call your installer or local gas
company to have the possible leak checked.
Never use a match or other flame to locate a
gas leak.

Child Safety

CAUTION
NEVER store items of interest to children in
cabinets above an appliance. Children climb-
ing on the appliance to reach items could be
seriously injured.
NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised
near the appliance when it is in use or is hot.
NEVER allow children to sit or stand on any
part of the appliance as they could be injured
or burned.
Children must be taught that the appliance
and utensils on it can be hot. Let hot utensils
cool in a safe place, out of reach of small
children. Children should be taught that an
appliance is not a toy. Children should not be
allowed to play with controls or other parts of
the unit.

Cooking Safety

Always place a pan on a surface burner before
turning it on. Be sure you know which knob
controls which surface burner. Make sure the
correct burner is turned on and that the burner
has ignited. When cooking is completed, turn
burner off before removing pan to prevent
exposure to burner flame.
Always adjust surface burner flame so that it
does not extend beyond the bottom edge of the
pan. An excessive flame is hazardous, wastes
energy and may damage the appliance, pan or
cabinets above the appliance.
NEVER leave a surface cooking operation
unattended especially when using a high heat
setting or when deep fat frying. Boilovers cause
smoking and greasy spillovers may ignite.
Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible. Do
not use high heat for extended cooking opera-
tions.
NEVER heat an unopened container on the
surface burner. Pressure build-up may cause
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container to burst resulting in serious per-
sonal injury or damage to the appliance.
Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp pot- hold-
ers may cause burns from steam. Dishtowels
or other substitutes should never be used as
potholders because they can trail across hot
surface burners and ignite or get caught on
appliance parts.
Always let quantities of hot fat used for deep
fat frying cool before attempting to move or
handle.
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the appliance,
hood or vent fan. Clean hood frequently to
prevent grease from accumulating on hood or
filter. When flaming foods under the hood
turn the fan on.
NEVER wear garments made of flammable
material or loose fitting or long-sleeved ap-
parel while cooking. Clothing may ignite or
catch utensil handles.
Utensil Safety
Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that
are easily grasped and stay cool. Avoid using
unstable, warped, easily tipped or loose-
handled pans. Also avoid using pans, espe-
cially small pans, with heavy handles as they
could be unstable and easily tip. Pans that are
heavy to move when filled with food may also
be hazardous.
Be sure utensil is large enough to properly
contain food and avoid boilovers. Pan size is
particularly important in deep fat frying. Be
sure pan will accommodate the volume of
food that is to be added as well as the bubble
action of fat.
To minimize burns, ignition of flammable
materials and spillage due to unintentional
contact with the utensil, do not extend handles
over adjacent surface burners. Always turn
pan handles toward the side or back of the
appliance, not out into the room where they
are easily hit or reached by small children.
Never let a pan boil dry as this could damage
the utensil and the appliance.
Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic,
ceramic or glazed utensils are suitable for
cooktop usage without breaking due to the
sudden change in temperature. Follow
manufacturer's instructions when using glass.
This appliance has been tested for safe perfor-
mance using conventional cookware. Do not
use any devices or accessories that are not
specifically recommended in this guide. Do
not use eyelid covers for the surface units or
stovetop grills. The use of devices or accesso-
ries that are not expressly recommended in
this manual can create serious safety hazards,
result in performance problems, and reduce
the life of the components of the appliance.

Cleaning Safety

Turn off all controls and wait for appliance
parts to cool before touching or cleaning them.
Do not touch the burner grates or surrounding
area until they have had sufficient time to cool.
Clean appliance with caution. Use care to avoid
steam burns if a wet sponge or cloth is used to
wipe spills on a hot surface. Some cleaners can
produce noxious fumes if applied to a hot
surface.
Important Safety
Notice and
Warning
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) re-
quires the Governor of California to publish a
list of substances known to the State of Califor-
nia to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and
requires businesses to warn customers of po-
tential exposures to such substances.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned that
the burning of gas can result in low-level expo-
sure to some of the listed substances, includ-
ing benzene, formaldehyde and soot, due pri-
marily to the incomplete combustion of natu-
ral gas or liquid petroleum (LP) fuels. Properly
adjusted burners will minimize incomplete
combustion. Exposure to these substances can
also be minimized by properly venting the
burners to the outdoors.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PET
BIRDS: Never keep pet birds in the kitchen or
in rooms where the fumes from the kitchen
could reach. Birds have a very sensitive respi-
ratory system. Fumes released during an oven
self-cleaning cycle may be harmful or fatal to
birds. Fumes released due to overheated cook-
ing oil, fat, margarine and overheated non-
stick cookware may be equally harmful.
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