When using the cooktop
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Make sure the utensils you use
are large enough to contain food
and avoid boilovers and spillovers.
Heavy splattering or spillovers left
on a cooktop can ignite and burn
you. Pan size is especially impor-
tant in deep fat frying.
•
Check to be sure glass cooking
utensils are safe for use on the
cooktop. Only certain types of
glass, glass-ceramic, ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed
utensils are suitable for cooktops
without breaking due to the sud-
den change in temperature.
•
Never leave surface burners
unattended at high heat settings. A
boilover could result and cause
smoking and greasy spillovers that
may ignite.
•
Turn pan handles inward, but not
over other surface burners. This
will help reduce the chance of
burns, igniting of flammable mate-
rials, and spills due to bumping of
the pan.
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Do not use decorative covers or
trivets over the surface burners.
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Grease
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Grease is flammable. Do not allow
grease to collect around cooktop.
Wipe spillovers immediately.
•
Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan.
Smother flaming pan by covering
with a well-fitted lid, cookie sheet
or flat tray. Flaming grease outside
of pan can be extinguished with
baking soda or, if available, a
multipurpose dry chemical or
foam-type extinguisher.
Care and cleaning
•
Do not repair or replace any part
of the cooktop unless specifically
recommended in this manual. All
other servicing should be referred
to a qualified technician.
•
Any additions, changes or conver-
sions required in order for this
appliance to satisfactorily meet the
application needs must be made
by an authorized Whirlpool
service technician or Qualified
Agency.
•
Disconnect the electrical supply
and the gas supply at the shutoff
valve near the cooktop before
servicing the cooktop.
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