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Read before operating your cooktop
All appliances - regardless of the manufacturer - have the potential
throughimproperor careless use to create safety problems. Therefore
the followingsafety precautionsshould be observed:
1.
Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a
qualified technician.
2.
Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.
3.
Children should not be left alone or unattended in area where
appliance is in use or still hot. They should never be allowed to sit
or stand on any part of the appliance,
4.
Wear proper apparel, Loose-fittingor hanging garments should
never be worn while using the appliance.
5.
Do notrepairor replace any part ofthe appliance unlessspecifically
recommendedinthis manual. All otherservicing shouldbe referred
to an authorized Jenn-Air Service Contractor.
6.
Flammable materials should not be stored near surface units.
7.
Do not use water on grease fires. Smotherfire or flame or use dry
chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
8.
Use onlydry potholders. Moistordamp potholderson hotsurfaces
may result in bums from steam. Do not let potholdertouch hot
heating elements. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth.
9.
Use proper pan size. Many appliances are equipped with one or
more surface units of different size. Select cookware having flat
bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element.
The use of undersizedcookwarewillexposea portionofthe heating
element to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing.
Proper relationshipof cookware to heating element will also im-
prove efficiency and performance.
10. Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boil
over causes smoking and greasy spilloversthat may ignite.
11. Glazed cookware - only certain types of glass, glass-ceramic,
ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed cookpots are suitable for
cooktop surface without breaking due to the sudden change in
temperature. Use only such cookware as you know has been
approved for this purpose.
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