GE EER2000 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
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A WARNING'!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
Do not operate the oven or cooktop controls ff the glass is broken. Food splatter or cleaning solution
may penetrate a broken control panel and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified
technician immediately should your glass control panel become broken.
Do not store flammable materials in an
oven or near the cooktop.
CAUTION:.emsofinterest to
children shouM not be stored in cabinets
above a range or on the backsplash of a
range-children climbing on tile range to
reach items couM be seriously iqjured.
Never wear loose4itting or hanging
garments while using die appliance. 1_
carefld when reaching f_r items stored over
the range. Flammable material could be
ignited ifbrought in contact with hot
smthce units or beating elemenLs and m W
cause severe bums.
Use only (hy pot holders-moist or damp
pot holders on hot surfaces m W,>sult in
bums from steam. Do
not
let pot holders
touch hot smtace units or beating elemenLs.
Do not use a u)wel or other bulky doth in
place of pot holders.
Do not use water on gTease fires. Never
pick up a flaming pan. Turn tile controls
off. Smother a flaming pan on a snrface
unit by
covering tile pan completely
with
a
x_ll4itting lid, cookie sheet or flat u W. Use
a multi-purpose (hy chemical or f{mm-type
fire exting_fisher.
Flaming g_ease outside a pan can be put
out by covering it wifll baking soda or, if
available, by using a multi-purpose (hy
chemical or fkmm-type fire exfing_fisher.
Flame in tile oven can be smodmred
completely by dosing die oven door and
mining tile oven off or by using a muhi-
purpose (hy chemical or f_mm-type fire
extinglfisher.
For _x)ur safety, never use your appliance
ft_r warming or heating die morn.
Do not let cooldng g_ease or other
flammable materials accumulate in or
near the range.
Do not touch tile snrface units, tile heating
elements or the interior surface of tile
oven. These surfaces may be hot enougil to
burn even though they are daft{ in color.
During and after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable materials
contact tile surface units, areas nearby the
smtace uniLs or any interior area of tile
oven; allow sufficient time fk)r cooling first.
Potentially hot smtaces include dm
cooktop, areas facing dm cooktop, oven
vent opening, smthces near the opening,
crevices around tile oven door.
REMEMBER: T ile inside smta(:e of tile oven
may be hot when the door is opened.
Do not sto,e or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liqukls in the vicinity of this or aW other
appliance.
Keep dm hood and gTease filters clean
to maintain good venting and to avoid
g_ease fires.
Teach cllildren not to playwith dm
conm)ls or any other part of tile range.
Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot
hoMers and ()tiler linens a safe distance
from _)ur range.
Always keep wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance fiom
your range.
Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or (kapes a safe distance from
your range.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cookmeat and poultry thoroughly--meat to at least an INTERNAL temperatureof 160°Eand poultry
to at least an INTERNAL temperatureof 180°ECookingto these temperaturesusuallypmtects against
foodbomeillness.