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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Do not leave children alone or unsupervised near the appliance when it is in use or is still hot. Children
should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the appliance as they could be injured or burned.
• Children should not be allowed to play with controls or other parts of the appliance.
• DO NOT TOUCH HEATING ELEMENTS OR INTERIOR SURFACES OF OVEN. Heating elements may be hot
even though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of an oven become hot enough to cause burns.
During and after use, do not touch or let clothing or other flammable materials contact heating elements
or interior surfaces of the oven until they have had sufficient time to cool. Other surfaces, such as oven
vent openings and surfaces near these openings, oven doors, and windows of oven doors, also get hot
and may cause burns if not cooled.
• Use care when opening the oven door. The hot air and steam that escape can cause burns to hands, face
and eyes. Let hot air or steam escape from the oven before removing or replacing food in the oven.
• Do not use plastic to cover food. Use foil or oven-safe lids only.
• Never attempt to dry a pet in the oven.
• Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.
• Always use pot holders or oven mitts when removing food from the oven or the surface element.
Cookware will be hot. Use only dry pot holders. Moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces may result in
burns from steam. Do not let the pot holder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth to remove food.
• Do not heat unopened food containers. Pressure in the containers may cause them to burst which may
result in injury.
• Be certain that all packing materials are removed from the appliance before operating. Keep plastic,
clothes, paper, and other flammable materials away from parts of the appliance that may become hot.
• Do not allow aluminum foil or the temperature probe to contact heating elements.
• Do not touch the oven racks while they are hot.
• If a rack must be moved while the oven is hot, do not let the pot holder contact the hot heating element
in the oven.
• Pull the oven rack to the stop-lock position when loading and unloading food from the oven. This helps
prevent burns caused by touching hot surfaces of the door and oven walls.
• Do not use the oven if a heating element develops a glowing spot during use or shows other signs of
damage. A glowing spot indicates the heating element may fail and present a potential burn, fire, or
shock hazard. Turn the oven off immediately and have the heating element replaced by a qualified
service technician.
• Never use the appliance door as a step stool or seat, as this may result in tipping of the appliance and
serious injuries.
Maintenance
• Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets above a range or on the back guard of a range.
Children climbing on the range to reach items could be seriously injured.
• Do not allow children to crawl into the oven.
• Let hot cookware and utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small children.
• If the door glass, cooktop glass, surface, or oven heating unit of the range are damaged, discontinue use
of the range and call for service.
• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the door, storage drawer or cooktop. They could
damage the range and even tip it over, causing severe personal injury.
• Always disconnect power from the appliance before servicing.
• Before replacing the oven light, switch off the electrical power to the oven at the main fuse or circuit
breaker panel. Failure to do so can result in severe personal injury, death, or electrical shock.
• Never pour cold water over a hot oven for cleaning. Doing so may cause the oven to malfunction.
• Large scratches or impacts to glass doors can lead to broken or shattered glass.
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