GE JCAS745 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions page 49

COOK MEAT AND POULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160° F and poultry to at
least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. Cooking to these temperatures usually protects against foodborne
illness.
WARNING
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments
while using the appliance. Be careful when reach-
ing for items stored over the range. Flammable
material could be ignited if brought in contact with
hot surface units or heating elements and may
cause severe burns.
• Use only dry pot holders-moist or damp pot hold-
ers on hot surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holders touch hot surface
units or heating elements. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth.
• For your safety never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable ma-
terials accumulate in or near the range.
• Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a
flaming pan. Turn the controls off. Smother a flam-
ing pan on a surface unit by covering the pan
completely with a well fitting lid, cookie sheet or
flat tray. Use a multipurpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by
covering it with baking soda or, if available, by us-
ing a multipurpose dry chemical or foam type fire
extinguisher. Flame in the oven can be smothered
completely by closing the door and turning the
oven off or by using a multipurpose dry chemical
or foam type fire extinguisher.
• Do not touch the surface units, the heating ele-
ments or the interior surface of the oven. These
surfaces may be hot enough to burn even though
they are dark in color. During and after use, do not
touch or let clothing or other flammable materials
contact, the surface units, areas nearby the sur-
face units or any interior area of the oven; allow
sufficient time for cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the cooktop, areas
facing the cooktop, oven vent opening, surfaces
near the opening, crevices around the oven door
and metal trim parts above the door.
REMEMBER: The inside surface of the oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
• Do not store or use combustible materials, gaso-
line or other flammable vapors and liquids in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
• Keep the hood and grease filters clean to maintain
good venting and to avoid grease fires.
• Never block the vents (air openings) of the range.
They provide the air inlet and outlet that are nec-
essary for the range to operate properly with cor-
rect combustion. Air openings are located at the
rear of the cooktop, at the top and bottom of the
oven door, and at the bottom of the range under
the storage drawer.
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