GE JGB900 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 bumer grates. Toavoid 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
_{_ Always use the LITE position when ignidng
the top burners and make sure file burners
hax> ignited.
_:_ Never leaxe tile sm£_ce bun_ers unatmnded
at high flame settinKs. Boilo_ers cause smoMng
and greasy spilloxers tilat m W catch on fire.
;_i:': Adjust tile m I) burner flame size so it
does not exmnd beyond ti_e edge of the
cool<ware. Excessive flame is hazardous.
N Use only dry pot holders-- moist or damp
pot holders on hot surlaaces may result ill
bun_s from steam. Do not let pot hoMers
come near open flames when lifting
cool<ware. Do not use a towel or other bulky
cloth in place of a pot holder
N When using glass cookware, make sure it
is designed for rap-of-range cooking.
N To minimize the possibility of bums, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward tim side or back
of the range without extending over
adjacent burnel_.
_:: CaIeflflly wamh foods being fded at a high
flame setting.
;F Alwws heat fat slow]> and watch as it heats.
E:,: D o not leave ally' items on dm cookmp. Tile
hot air flom the xent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase p_essure in closed
containers, which m W cause diem m burst.
E:,: I f a combination of oils or fats will be used
in fEving, stir together before heating or
as fats melt slowly.
_::Use a deep fat thennomemr
whenever
possible m prevent ovedleafing fat beyond
tile smoMng point.
;_i:,i Use tile least possible amount of fat for
eftecdxe shallow or deeI>lzat flTing. Filling
tim pan mo fill of t_atcan cause spilloxers
when food is added.
_:: Do not flame %ods on die cooktop, gyou do
flame foods under tile hood, turn file fan on.
_:; Do not use a wok on tile cooking sur£_ce
if the wok has a round metal ling timt is
placed oxer the burner g_am m support the
wok. Tiffs ring acts as a heat trap, which m W
damag_ the burner gram and burner head.
Also, it m W cause tile burner m work
improperly. Tilis may cause a carl)on
monoxide lexel aboxe that allowed by
cmxent standards, resulting ill a healtiI
hazard.
_: Foods for flTing should be as di T as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh
foods can cause hot tilt m bubble up and
oxer the sides of tile pan.
E:,I N ever uT m move a pan of hot t_at, especially
a deep fat flTer V(ait until tile fat is cool.
_]_3 Do not leaxe plastic items on tile cookmp--
tiley m W melt if left mo close m tile xent.
_]_3 Kee I) all plastics away flom tile suiPace
l)lll_lleFs.
N To ax_id the possibility of a bum, always be
certain that tile controls for all bui_lers are
at tile OFFposition and all grates are cool
before atmmpting m remove them.
N If range is locamd near a windo_, do not
hang long curtains that could blow over the
smPace burners and create a fire hazard.
N If you smell gas, uml off tile gas m the rang_
and call a qualified service mchnician. Nexer
use an open flame m locate a leak.
N Always
t/llTl
the surlaace b/llTlei conuols off
before removing cookware.
N Do not 1N the cookmp. IJfting the cooktop
call lead m damage and improper operation
of tile range.