GE JBP62 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
_t_:; For your safety, ne_er use your appliance
for warming or heating tile room.
_?{:_ Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable matelials accumulate in or
near tile range.
_fi:,i Do not touch tim sur/_ace units, file
heating elements or fl_e inmiJor surface
of fl_e oven. These surflu:es may be hot
enough m hum even though fl_ey are
dark in coloi: During and after use, do not
touch, or let clofl_ing or oilier flammable
materials contact fl_e surfi_ce units, areas
nearby tim sur/_ace units or any interior
area of file oxen; allow sufficient time for
cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the
cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oxen
xent opening, suiJCaces near the opening,
crevices around the oven door.
REMEMBER: The inside suiiCace of die o_en
may be hot when tile door is opened.
_{_ Do not store or use combustible mamfials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in tile vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
_{_: Kee I) the hood and grease filters clean
to maintain g_od xenting and to mold
grease fires.
;_i:,: Teach children not to play with the
controls or any other part of tile range.
_{_: Ahvays kee I) dish towels, dishcloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance
fiom your range.
_{:_ Ahvays kee I) wooden and plastic utensils
and canned tbod a safe distance fiom
your range.
_i:,i Always kee I) combustible wall coxerings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance fiom
your range.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cookmeat and poultry thoroughly--meat to at least an INTERNAL temperatureof 160°Fand poultry to at least
an INTERNAL temperatureof 180°ECookingto these temperaturesusuaflypretects against foodboreeillness.
RADIANT SURFACE UNITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit
heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of cookware to surface unit will
also improve efficiency.
q_{_; Nexer leme tile surface units unattended
at high heat settings, Boiloxers cause
smoking and greasy spilloxers that may
catch on fire.
_; Only certain types of glass, glassAeramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers
are suitable for cooktop service; others
may hreak because of tile sudden chang_
in temperature.
_{_ To minimize the possihilitv of
burns,
ignition of flammahle mamrials and
spillage, the handle of a container
should be turned toward the cenmr of
file range without exmnding oxer nearhy
surface units.
_{_ Always turn tile surface units off hefore
removing cookware.
;_i:,: When preparing
flaming foods under
file hood, mm the/_an on.
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