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Use and Care
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AFETY
• Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth
as the bulb could break. Should the bulb break,
disconnect power to the appliance before removing
bulb to avoid electrical shock.
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 operations.
• NEVER heat an unopened container on the surface
burner or in the oven. Pressure build-up may cause
container to burst resulting in serious personal injury
or damage to the appliance.
• Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp pot- holders 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.
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• NEVER wear garments made of flammable material or
loose fitting or long-sleeved apparel while cooking.
Clothing may ignite or catch utensil handles.
• Always place oven racks in the desired positions
while oven is cool. Slide oven rack out to add or
remove food, using dry, sturdy potholders. Always
avoid reaching into the oven to add or remove food. If
a rack must be moved while hot, use a dry potholder.
Always turn the oven off at the end of cooking.
• Use care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or
steam escape before moving or replacing food.
• NEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks or oven
bottom. This could result in risk of electric shock, fire,
or damage to the appliance. Use foil only as directed
in this guide.
PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food
manufacturer's instructions. If a plastic frozen food
container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is
otherwise damaged during cooking, immediately
discard the food and its container. The food could be
contaminated.
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, especially 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.
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