GE JGBP30 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 5

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WARNING!
SURFACE BURNERS
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 spillovers, 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 range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped
and remain cool
_t{_; Always use tile LITE position
when igniting
file top burners and make sure the burners
hme ignited.
;_i:,: Nexer leave file sur/_ace burners/mattended
at high flame setfing:s. Boiloxers cause
smoking and greasy spilloxers that may
catch on fire,
q]_ Adjust tile top burner flame size so it
does not exmnd hevond tile edge of tile
cookware. Excessive flame is hazardous.
_i:,i Use only d U pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders on hot snrfaces may result ill
bln_ls from smam. Do not let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other
1)ulky cloth in place of a pot holden
;_?:': _4]mn using glass cookware, make sure it
is deogned for mI>of-range cooking.
;_;To minimize the possihility of hums,
ignition of flammable materials and spillage,
ulrn cookware handles toward tile side or
hack of file range without exmnding oxer
adjacent humers.
_{_ Careflllly watch fbods heing flied at a high
flame seuing.
_i_Always heat tilt slowly, and watch as it heats.
_{_ Do ,lot leme any imms on tile cooktop. Tile
hot air from tile xent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase pressure in closed
containers, which may cause fllem to hnrst.
;f; If a comhinafion of oils or/_ats will be used in
flTing, sill together before heating or as fats
melt slowly
q?{:_ Use a deep fat thermomemr whenexer
possihle to prexent oveflleafing/_t heyond
the smoking point.
;_i:,: Use file least possible amount of/_at for
effective shallow or deep-fat flTing. Filling
tile pan too fllll of/_at can cause spillovers
when food is added.
_fi:,: Do not flame foods on die cooktop. If you do
flame foods nnder file hood, mm tile tim on.
Do not use a wok on the cooking surface
if tile wok has a round metal ring that is
placed oxer the bunler gaam m support
tile wok. This ring acts as a heat trap,
which m W damage tile hnliler gram and
1)urner head. Also, it m W cause file burner
m work improped> This may cause a
carl)on monoxide lexel aboxe that
allowed 1)y cunent standards, iesulting
in a health hazard.
_i:,: Foods for flying should be as d U as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moisulre on fresh
foods call cause hot/_at to hubble up and
oxer tile sides of tile pan.
_i:,: Nexer tU m moxe a pan of hot/_at, especially
a deep fat flTer V(ait until file fat is cool.
_:_Do not leaxe plastic imms oil tile cookmI>--
they may melt if left too close to tile xent.
_?{:_ Kee I) all plastics away flom die sniPace
bnrners.
_: To mold tile possibility of a burn, always be
certain fllat the controls for all humers are
at the OFF position and all grates are cool
before attempting to remo\e fllem.
q_{_ If range is located near a windo_, do not
hang long curtains that could hlow oxer file
surface burners and create a fire hazard.
_fi:,: If you smell gas, ulrn off the gas to die range
and call a qualified service technician. Ne_er
use an open flame to locam a leak.
_:;Always tui_l tile surface hurner controls off
before removing cookware.
_7{_: Do not lift tile cooktop oil sealed burner
models. I,ifting file cooktop call lead
to damage and improper operation of
tile range.