Safety Precautions - Panasonic NN-CS896S Operating Instructions Manual

Steam convection microwave oven

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8) THERMOMETERS

• DO NOT use a conventional meat thermometer in your oven. Arcing may occur. Microwave-safe thermometers are

available for both meat and candy.

9) BABY FORMULA / BABY FOOD

• DO NOT heat baby formula or baby food in the microwave oven. The glass jar or surface of the food may appear

warm while the interior can be so hot as to burn the infant's mouth and esophagus.

10) REHEATING PASTRY PRODUCTS

• When reheating pastry products, check temperatures of any ﬁ llings before eating. Some foods have ﬁ llings which

heat faster and can be extremely hot, while the surface remains warm to the touch (e.g. jelly donuts).

11) GENERAL OVEN USAGE GUIDELINES

• DO NOT use the oven for any purpose other than the preparation of food. This oven is speciﬁ cally designed to heat

or cook food. DO NOT use this oven to heat chemicals or other non-food products.

• Before use, check that utensils/containers are suitable for use in microwave ovens.

• DO NOT attempt to use this microwave oven to dry newspaper, clothing or any other materials. They may catch ﬁ re.

• When the oven is not being used, DO NOT store any objects other than oven accessories inside the oven in case it is

accidentally turned on.

• The appliance shall not be operated by Microwave or Combination WITHOUT FOOD IN THE OVEN.

Operation in this manner may damage the appliance.

• If smoke or a ﬁ re occurs in the oven, touch the Stop/Reset Pad and leave the door closed in order to extinguish the

ﬂ ames. Disconnect the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse.

• During and after cooking with the steam function, do not open the oven door when your face is very close to the

oven. Care must be taken when opening the door as steam may cause injury.

CAUTION!: Hot steam will escape when the door is opened. If there is steam in the oven, use caution when

taking containers out of the oven. Always use oven gloves to remove items from the oven TO AVOID THE

RISK OF SCALDING. Do Not reach in with your bare hands.

• Extreme caution must be used when moving hot liquids.

• When handling cooking containers take care not to let the contents spill.

• Avoid hot steam, serious burns and scalds could result.

• To prevent injury, Do not allow anyone to lean, hang, sit or place heavy items on the open door of the appliance.

Severe personal injury could result.

• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean this appliance. The steam from the cleaning appliance could penetrate live

components and permanently damage the oven or cause injury.

• The use of accessories not recommended by Panasonic may cause injury.

12) HEATER OPERATION

• Exterior oven surfaces, including air vents on the cabinet and the oven door will get hot during Convection,

Combination or Grill functions. To prevent burns, take care when opening or closing the door and when inserting or

removing food and accessories.

• The oven has heaters situated in the top and rear of the oven. During and after using either the Convection,

Combination or Grill functions, all inside surfaces of the oven will be very hot. To prevent burns, care should be taken

to avoid touching the inside surfaces of the oven.

• TO AVOID THE RISK OF SCALDING, please use caution when touching accessible parts when oven is operated in

Convection,Grill or Combination mode, because the accessible parts may become extremely hot.

13) BEFORE USING YOUR OVEN

• Before using the oven for the ﬁ rst time, wipe excessive oil off in the oven cavity and operate the oven without food

and accessories on Convection at 230°C (450°F), for 10 minutes. This will allow the oil that is used for rust

protection to be burned off. This is the only time the oven is used empty. (with the exception of preheating on

Convection)

• DO NOT use the water tank without the sealed lid and never remove the sealing band from around the water tank lid,

as leaking water could result in electrical failure and danger of electric shock.

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