Afety Instructions - Hotpoint RK960 Use And Care Manual

IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS
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e Do not touch heating
elements
or interiorsurfaceof oven.These
surfaces may be hot enough to
burn even though they are dark
in color. During and after use, do
not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact any
interior area of the oven; allow
sufficient time for cooling, first.
Other potentially hot surfaces
include the oven vent openings
and surfaces near the open-
ings, crevices around the oven
door and the edges of the door
window.
Remernbe~
The inside surface of
the oven may be hot when the
door is opened.
Microwave CM?ri:
e Read and follow the specific
"PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
POSSIBLE EXPOSURETO
EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE
ENERGY" found on page 2.
~ To reduce the risk of fire in
the oven cavity:
—Do not overcook food. Care-
fully attend appliance if paper,
plastic, or other combustible
materials are placed inside the
oven to facilitate cooking.
—Remove wire twist-ties from
paper or plastic bags before
placing bag in oven.
—Do not use your microwave
oven to dry newspapers.
—Paper towels and napkins,
wax paper.
Recycled paper
products can contain metal
flecks which may cause arcing
or ignite. Paper products con-
taining nylon or nylon filaments
should be avoided, as they may
also ignite.
—Do not pop popcorn in your
microwaveoven unless in a
special microwave popcorn
accessory or unless
popcorn labeled for
microwave ovens.
you use
use in
—Do not operatethe oven while
empty to avoid damage to the
oven and the danger of fire. If by
accident the oven should run
empty a minute or two, no harm
is done. However, try to avoid
operating the oven empty at all
times—it saves energy and pro-
longs life of the oven.
—If materials inside the oven
should ignite, keep oven door
closed, turn oven off, and dis-
connect the power cord, or shut
off power at the fuse or circuit
breaker panel.
e Some p~oducts such as
whole eggs and sealed con-
tainers—for example, closed
glass jars—may explode and
should not be heated in this
oven.
~ Avoidheating baby food in
glass jars, even without their
lids; especially meat and egg
mixtures.
e See door surface cleaning
instructions on page 20.
e Don'tdefrostfrozen bever-
ages in narrow necked bottles;
especially carbonated ones.
Even if the container is opened,
pressure can build up. This can
cause the container to burst,
resulting in injury.
~ Use metal only as directedin
Cookbook. Metal strips as used
on meat, roasts are helpful when
used as shown in Cookbook.
TV dinners may be cooked in
metal trays. However, when
using metal in microwave oven,
keep metal (except for DOUBLE
DUTYTM shelf) at leastl-inch
away from sidesof oven.
~ Cooking utensilsmay
become hot because of heat
transferred from the heated
food. This is especially true if
plastic wrap has been covering
the top and handles of the
utensil. Potholders may be
needed to handle the utensil.
s Sometimes,the oven floor
can become too hot to touch.
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Be careful touching the floor
during and after cooking. o
s Do not use any thermometer
in food you are microwaving
unless that thermometer is
designed or recommended for
use in the microwave oven.
~ Removethe temperature
probe from the ovenwhen not
~sing it to cook with. If you leave
the probe inside the oven without
inserting it in food or liquid, and
turn on microwave energy, it can
create electrical arcing in the
oven, and damage oven walls.
~ Boilingeggs (in and out of
shell) is not recommendedfor
microwave cooking. Pressure
can build up inside egg yolk and
may cause it to burst, resulting
in injury.
~ Foodswith unbrokenouter
"skin"such as potatoes, hot
dogs or sausages,tomatoes,
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apples, chicken livers and other
giblets, and eggs (see above)
should be pierced to allow
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steam to escape during cooking.
~ Plastic
LJtensils-Plastic
utensils designed for microwave
cooking are very useful, but
should-be used'carefully. Even
microwave plastic may not be as
tolerant of overcooking condi-
tions as are glass or ceramic
materials and may soften or
char if subjected to short periods
of overcooking. In longer expo-
sures to overcooking, the food
and utensils could ignite. For
these reasons: 1) Use micro-
wave plastics only "and use
them'; in strict co-mpliance with
the utensil manufacturer's
recommendations. 2) Do not
subject empty utensils to micro-
waving. 3) Do not permit children
to use plastic utensils without
complete supervision.
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