GE Monogram ZDP48N4G Owner's Manual page 8

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAP;r2 T Y PRE CA UJTONS
, Do not use water on grease fires. Never
pick up a flaming pan. Turn tile controls
off. Smother a flaming pan on a sur/hce
unit by coveling the pan completely with
a well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray.
[)sea m ulti-purpose dry chemical or
flmm-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming giease outside a pan can be put
out by covering it with baking soda o_,
if available, by using a multi-purpose dry
chemical or loam-type fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven call be smothered
completely by closing tile oven door and
turning the oven off or by using a m ulti-
purpose dry chemical or loam-type fire
extinguisher.
, DO NOT STORE OR USE COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN
THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
APPLIANCE.
" Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
Clean drip trays and liners after every use.
, If you smell gas, tile installer has not done a
proper job of checking flw leaks. You call have
a small leak and theretbre a thint gas smell if
tile connections are not completely tight.
Finding a gas leak is NOT a do-itwourself
procedure. Some leaks call only be timnd
with the burner control ill tile ON position
and fiw your protection it must be done by
a qualilied se_wice technician. Never use all
open flame to locate a leak.
, If by some chance a burner goes out and
gas escapes, open a window or a door to
let the room air out. Do slot attempt to use
tile appliance until tile gas has had time
to dissipate. Follow tile instructions ill
"What to do if You Smell Gas" on page 2.
" Do not use aluminum foil to line any part of
the oven or cooktop.
Using
a fl_il liner could
result ill a fire hazard or tile obstiuction of
the flow of combustion and ventilation air.
Foil is all excellent heat insulator and heat
will be trapped underneath it. This trapped
heat can upset tile cooking perti)rmance and
call damage the finish of the oven or the
cooktop.
SUPd ACE COOKING
* Do not heat unopened food containers;
a build-up of pressure may cause tile
container to bm_t.
* Set the burner control so that the flame
heats only the bottom of the pan and does
slot extend beyond the bottom of tile pan.
Excessive flame is hazardous. Tile high BTU
burnel_ call easily melt cookware handles.
" Hold the handle of the pan, using a dry pot
holder, to prevent movement of the utensil
when stirring or turning fl_od.
, Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
, Always use the LITE position when igniting
the surface burners and make sure tile
burnel_ have ignited.
, Never leave the surface burners unattended
at high flame settings. Boilovers cause
smoking and greasy spillovers that may catch
on fire. If tile burner flames are smothered
bv a severe boilover which affects tile ignitor,
unburned gas will escape into tile room.
" Do not let pot holders come near open
flames when rifling cookware. Do not use
a towel or other bulky cloth ill place of a
pot holder.
" To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward tile side or back of
tile range without extending over ac!jacent
btlrnelN.
" Never block the vents (air openings) of the
range. They provide the air inlet and outlet
that are necessary till the range to operate
properly with correct combustion. Air
openings are located at tile top and bottom
of tile oven dooL ill tile fl'ont portion of the
drip tray and at tile bottom of tile backguard.