GE JDR39 Owner's Manual page 3

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WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
Never weal loose-fitting or hanging garments
while using tile appliance. Be carefld when
reaching fbr items stored over tile range.
Hammable mateiial could be ignited if brought
ill contact with hot surfi/ce units or heating
dements and may cause severe bums.
Use only dU pot holdei.s--moist or damp pot
holdeIs on hot surfi/ces may result ill burns
flom steam. Do not let pot holdei._ touch hot
surface units or heating elements. Do not use
a towel or other bulky cloth ill place of pot
holdeIs.
For your safety, never use your appliance %r
wamling or heating the room.
Teach chil&en not to play with tile controls or
ally other part of the range.
Always keel) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holdeis
and other linens a safe distance flom your
I_lnge.
Alwa> kee I) wooden and plastic utensils and
canned fbod a safe distance flom
VO/lI" I)1Ilge.
Always keq) combustible wall coxefings,
cm*ains or drapes a safe distance fiom your
I_lnge.
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate ill or near the range.
Kee I) the hood and grease filteis clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls off_ Smother a
flaming pan on a surfi/ce unit by coveting tile
pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat tia}: Use a muld-puq)ose dU
chendcal or foam-t}pe file extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan call be put out by
coveting it with baking soda oI, if available, by
using a muhi-l)Uq)ose dU cllemical or fbam-
Cpe fire extinguishei:
Flame ill tile oven call be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
of{ or by using a multi-propose d U chelnical or
fbamWpe fire extinguisher.
Do not touch tile surfi/ce units, tile heating
dements or tile interior surfi/ce of tile oven.
These surfilces may be hot enough m burn
even though they are dark ill color Dining and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact tile surfi/ce units,
areas nearby tile surfilce units or a W inteiior
area of tile oven; allow sufficient time for
cooling fiist.
Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop,
areas fi/cing the cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfi/ces near the opening, crevices around the
oven door
REMEMBER: T ile inside surfilce of tile oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapois and liquids
ill tile vicinity of this or any other appliance.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cook meatandpoultrythoroughly--meat t oat/east an INTERNAL temperature o f 160°F andpoultrytoat/east an
INTERNAL temperature o f 180°E Cooking to thesetemperatures usua//y protects against f oodbome i//ness.
SURFACE COOKING U NITS
Use proper pan size--select co&ware havingflat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating
element.Theuse of undersizedcookware will exposea portion of the surface unitto direct contact and may
result in ignition of clothing.Properrelationship of cookwareto surface unit will also improveefficiency.
Never leave tile surfilce units unattended
at high heat settings. Boiloveis cause smoking
and greasy spilloveIs that may catch on fire.
Do not use almninum fbil to lille the dil I) pans
or am:where ill tile oven except as described ill
this manual. Misuse could result ill a shock, file
hazard or damage to the range.
Be sure tile dil I) pans and tile vent duct are not
covered and are ill place. Their absence during
cooking could damage range parts and wiring.
Only certain t}pes of glass, glass/ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed containeis are
suitable fbr cooktop service; othei.s ma} break 3
because of the sudden change ill tempevamie.