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SURFACE
COOKING
•Always turn the surface burners to OFF before
removing cookware.
• Carefunywatch
foods being fried at a high
flame setting.
• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moislure on fresh
foods can cause hot fat to bubble up and over
the sides of the pan.
• Use the least possible amount of fat for
effective shallow or deep fat frying. Filling the
pan too full of fat can cause spill(wens when
food is added.
• Use a deep fat thermometer
whenever possible
to prevent overheating
Pat beyond the smoking
point.
• Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially
a
deep
fat flyer. Wait until the fat is cool.
•When using glass cookware, make sure it is
designed for top<if-range cooking.
• If a combination
of oils or fats will be used in
frying, stir together
before
heating
or msfats
melt slowly.
• Do not leave anyitems
on the cooktop. The hot
air from the vent may ignite flammable
items
and will increase pressure in closed containe_,
which may cause them to burst.
• Use proper pan size--avoid pans Ihat are
unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware
having flat bottoms large enough
to properly
contain food and avoid boilovers and spilloveL's
and large enough to cover burner grate. This
will bolh save cleaning time and prevent
hazardous
accumulations
of food, since heavy
spattering
or spillovers left on Ihe range can
ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily
grasped and remain cool.
• Keep all plastics
away from the top burners.
• Do not leave plastic items on the cooktoI>-they
may- melt if left to() close to the vent.
• To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be
cerlain that the controls for all burners" are at
the OFF position and all grales are cool before
attempting
It remove them.
• When
flaming
foods under
the hood, turn
the fan on.
• Grease is flammable.
Let hot grease
cool
before
atlempting
It handle
it. Aw)id letting
grease
deposiks
collect in Ihe container
under
the cooklop
burne_,
flae grille or Ihe griddle.
Clean
these areas after each use or boilover.
• For proper fighting and performance of the
cooktop burners, keep the burner ports dean.
It may be necessm 7 to clean these when there is
a boilover or when the burner does not light,
even though flae electronic
ignitors click.
• Clean the cooktop with cantion. Avoid sleam
bums; do not use a wet sponge or cloth u_ clean
the cooktop while it is hot. Some cleane_
produce
noxious fumes if applied to a hot
surface. Follow manufacturer's
directions.
• DO not use the grille for cooking excessively
fatty meats or products which promote flare-up.
• DO NOT use cookware
on the grille.
• If range is located
near a window,
do not hang
long curtains
flaat could blow over the surface
burners
and create
a fire hazard.
•Be sure all the range and/or
cooktop
controls
are turned off and the appliance
is cool beff)re
using any lype of aerosot
cleaner
or cooking
spray- on or around
the appliance.
The chemical
that produces
the spraying
action
could,
in Ihe
presence
of heat,
ignite or cause metal parts to
COITOde.
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