GE JSP39 Owner's Manual page 3

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A WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
_: For your safety, never use your appliance %r
wa,ming or heating the morn.
_: Teach children not to play with the controls or
any other part of the range.
_: .Mways kee I) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holde*s
and other linens a safe distance flom your
i'ange.
iJii:i .Mways kee I) wooden and plastic utensils and
canned fbod a safe distance fiom
yO/lI" I_]Ilge.
iJii:i _Mwayskee I) combustible wall coxerings,
cu**ains or drapes a safe distance fiom your
i'ange.
_: Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
mateiials accumulate in or ileal the iange.
_: Keep the hood and grease filte,s clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
_: Do not use water oil grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls ofi_ Smother a
flaming pan oil a surfilce unit by cove,ing tile
pail completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat u'a> Use a multi-pu,pose d,w
chemical or fbam-rype fire extinguisher
Flaming g,ease outside a pan can be put out by
cove,ing it with baking soda o*, if available, by
using a muld-puipose dU chemical or fioain-
type fire extinguisher
Flame in the oven can be smothe,ed completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
off or by using a multi-pu,pose d U chendcal or
fbamWpe fire extinguisher.
iJii:i Do not touch tile surfi/ce units, tile heating
dements or tile inteiior surfilce of tile oven.
These surfilces may be hot enough to burn
even though they are dark in color Du,ing and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact tile surfilce units,
areas nearby the surfilce units or am' inte,ior
area of tile oven; allow sufficient time fbr
cooling fi,st.
Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop,
areas fi_cing tile cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfilces near the opening, crevices around the
oven
door
REMEMBER: T ile inside surfi_ce of tile oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
_: Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapois and liquids
in tile vicinity of this or a W other appliance.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cook meatandpoultrythoroughly--meat t oat/east an INTERNAL temperature o f 160°F andpoultrytoat/east an
INTERNAL temperature o f I80°ECooking to thesetemperatures usua//y protects against f oodbome i//ness.
SURFACE COOKING U NITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware havingflat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating
element.Theuse of undersizedcookware will exposea portion of the surface unitto direct contact and may
result in ignition of clothing.Properrelationship of co&ware to surface unit will also improveefficiency.
iJii:i Never leave tile surfi/ce units unattended
at high heat settings. Boilove,s cause smoking
and gieasy spillove,s that may catch oil fire.
_: Do not use alundnum fbil to line the &ip pails
or anywhere in the oven, except as desc*ibed in
this manual. Misuse could result in a shock, file
hazard or damage to the ,'ange.
iJi;:i Be sure the &ip pans and the vent duct are not
coxered and are in place. Their absence du,ing
cooking could damage ,'ange parts and wi,ing.
iJii:i Only ce,min t}pes of glass, glass/ce,amic,
earthenware or other glazed containe,s are
suitable fbr cooktop service; otheis may break
because of the sudden change in temperature.
_: To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of
flmnmable materials and spillage, the handle of
a container should be turned toward tile center
of the ,'ange without extending over nearby
surfi/ce units.
iJii:i .Mways turn tile surfi/ce units off befbre
removing cookware.
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