Surface Cooking - Hotpoint RGH846GEJ Use And Care Manual

Avoid heating baby food in
glass jars, even without their lids;
especially meat and egg mixtures.
Spontaneous boiling—Under
certain special circumstances,
liquids may start to boil during or
shortly after removal from the
microwave oven. To prevent burns
from splashing liquid, stir the
liquid briefly before removing the
container from the microwave
oven.

Surface Cooking

Always use the LITE position
when igniting top burners and
make
sure the burners have ignited.
Never leave surface burners
unattended at HI flame settings,
greasy spillovers that may catch
on fire.
Adjust top burner flame size
so it does not extend beyond the
edge of the cooking utensil.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
Use only dry pot holders—
moist or damp pot holders on hot
surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holdFrs come
near open flames when lifting
utensils. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth in place of a
pot holder.
To minimize the possibility of
burns,
ignition of flammable
materials, and spillage, turn the
cookware handles toward the side
or back of the cooktop without
extending over adjacent burners.
Always turn surface burner
to OFF before removing utensil.
Carefully watch foods being
fried at HI flame setting.
Never block the vents (air
openings) of the cooking center.
They provide the air inlet and
outlet which is necessary for the
cooking center to operate
properly with correct combustion.
Do not use a wok on the
cooking surface if the wok has a
round metal ring which is placed
over the burner grate to support
the wok.
This ring acts as a heat
trap which may damage the
burner grate and burner head.
Also, it may cause the burner to
work improperly. This may cause
a carbon monoxide level above
that allowed by current standards,
resulting in a health hazard.
Foods for frying should be as
dry as possible.
Frost on frozen
foods or moisture on fresh foods
can cause hot fat to bubble up and
over sides of pan.
Use least possible amount of
fat for effective shallow or deep-
fat frying.
Filling the pan too full
of fat can cause spillovers when
food is added.
If a combination of oils or
fats will be used in frying,
together before heating, or as
fats melt slowly.
Always heat fat slowly,
watch as it heats.
Use deep fat thermometer
whenever possible
to prevent
overheating fat beyond the
smoking point.
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Use proper pan
pans that are unstable or easily
tipped. Select utensils having flat
bottoms large enough to properly
contain food avoiding boilovers
and spillovers, and large enough
to cover burner grate. This will
both save cleaning and prevent
hazardous accumulations of food,
since heavy spattering or spillovers
left on cooktop can ignite. Use
pans with handles that can be
easily grasped and remain cool.
Use only glass cookware that
is recommended
burners.
Keep all plastics away from
top burners.
. To avoid the possibility of a
burn, always be certain that the
controls for all burners are at
OFF position and all grates are
cool before attempting to
remove a grate.
When flaming foods under
the hood, turn the fan off. The
fan, if operating, may spread
the flame.
If cooking center is located
near a window, do not
curtains which could blow over
the top burners and create a fire
hazard.
If you smell gas,
stir
gas to the range and call a qualified
service technician. Never use an
open flame to locate a leak.
and
size—Avoid
for use on gas
use long
turn off the