Child Safety; About Your Appliance; Cooking Safety - Maytag 8113P299-60 User Manual

Child Safety

NEVER leave children alone or unsu-
pervised near the appliance when it is
in use or is still hot.
NEVER allow children to sit or stand
on any part of the appliance as they
could be injured or burned.
Children must be taught that the appli-
ance and utensils in it can be hot. Let
hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of
reach of small children. Children
should be taught that an appliance is
not a toy. Children should not be
allowed to play with controls or other
parts of the unit.
CAUTION: NEVER store items of in-
terest to children in cabinets above an
appliance or on backguard of a range.
Children climbing on the appliance
door to reach items could be serious-
ly injured.

About Your Appliance

NEVER use appliance as a space
heater to heat or warm a room to pre-
vent potential hazard to the user and
damage to the appliance. Also, do not
use the cooktop or oven as a storage
area for food or cooking utensils.
Do not obstruct the flow of combustion
and ventilation air by blocking the
oven vent or air intakes. Restriction of
air flow to the burner prevents proper
performance and increases carbon
monoxide emission to unsafe levels.
Avoid touching oven vent area while
oven is on and for several minutes
after oven is turned off. Some parts of
the vent and surrounding area
become hot enough to cause burns.
After oven is turned off, do not touch
the oven vent or surrounding areas
until they have had sufficient time to
cool.
Other potentially hot surfaces include
cooktop, areas facing the cooktop,
oven vent, surfaces near the vent
opening, oven door and areas around
door and window.
WARNING: NEVER use appliance
door, or drawer, if equipped, as a step
stool or seat as this may result in pos-
sible tipping of the appliance, damage
to the appliance, and serious injuries.
Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with
a damp cloth as the bulb could break.
Should the bulb break, disconnect
power to the appliance before remov-
ing bulb to avoid electrical shock.

Cooking Safety

Always place a pan on a surface burn-
er before turning it on. Be sure you
know which knob controls which sur-
face burner. Make sure the correct
burner is turned on and that the burn-
er has ignited. When cooking is com-
pleted, turn burner off before remov-
ing pan to prevent exposure to burner
flame.
Always adjust surface burner flame so
that it does not extend beyond the bot-
tom edge of the pan. An excessive
flame is hazardous, wastes energy
and may damage the appliance, pan
or cabinets above the appliance.
NEVER leave a surface-cooking oper-
ation unattended, especially when
using a high heat setting or when
deep fat frying. Boilovers cause smok-
ing and greasy spillovers may ignite.
Clean up greasy spills as soon as
possible. Do not use high heat for ex-
tended cooking operations.
NEVER heat an unopened container
on the surface burner or in the oven.
Pressure build up may cause contain-
er to burst, resulting in serious per-
sonal injury or damage to the appli-
ance.
Use dry, sturdy pot holders. Damp pot
holders may cause burns from steam.
Dishtowels or other substitutes should
never be used as pot holders because
they can trail across hot surface burn-
ers and ignite or get caught on appli-
ance parts.
Always let quantities of hot fat used
for deep fat frying cool before attempt-
ing to move or handle.
Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable materials accumulate in or
near the appliance, hood or vent fan.
Clean hood frequently to prevent
grease from accumulating on hood or
filter. When flaming foods under the
hood, turn the fan on.
NEVER wear garments made of flam-
mable material or loose-fitting or long-
sleeved apparel while cooking. Cloth-
ing may ignite or catch utensil han-
dles.
Always place oven racks in the
desired positions while oven is cool.
Slide oven rack out to add or remove
food, using dry, sturdy pot holders. Al-
ways avoid reaching into the oven to
add or remove food. If a rack must be
moved while hot, use a dry pot holder.
Always turn the oven off at the end of
cooking.
Use care when opening the oven
door. Let hot air or steam escape
before moving or replacing food.
PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Fol-
low food manufacturer's instructions.
If a plastic frozen food container
and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is
otherwise damaged during cooking,
immediately discard the food and its
container. The food could be contami-
nated.
NEVER use aluminum foil to cover an
oven rack or oven bottom. Misuse
could result in risk of electric shock,
fire, or damage to the appliance. Use
foil only as directed in this guide.
Utensil Safety
Use pans with flat bottoms and han-
dles that are easily grasped and stay
cool. Avoid using unstable, warped,
easily tipped or loose-handled pans.
Also avoid using pans, especially
small pans, with heavy handles as
they could be unstable and easily tip.
Pans that are heavy to move when
filled with food may also be hazard-
ous.
Be sure utensil is large enough to
properly contain food and avoid
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