GE JGBP86 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 5

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WARNING!
SURFACE BURNERS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms
large enough to cover burner grates. Toavoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain
the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since
heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped
and remain cooL
_{;_ Always use the LITE position when ignidng
the top burners and make sure the burners
hax> ignited.
_:_ Never leave tile sm£_ce bun_ers unatmnded
at high flame settinKs. Boilo_>rs cause smoMng
and greasy spillox>rs tilat m W catch on fire.
;_i:': Adjust tile top burner flame size so it
does not exmnd beyond ti_e edge of the
cookware. Excessive flame is hazardous.
N Use only dry pot holders-- moist or damp
pot holders on hot surtZaces may result ill
bun_s from smam. Do not let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other bulky
cloth in place of a pot holder
N When using glass cookware, make sure it
is designed for top-of-rang> cooking.
N To n/inimize tile possibility of bums, ignition
of flammable mateiials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward tim side or back
of the range without extending over
adjacent burnel_.
_:: CaIefldly wamh foods being fded at a high
flame setting.
;F Alwws heat fat slow]> and watch as it heats.
;_?:': Do not leave ally' items on dm cookmp. Tile
hot air flom the xent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase p_essure in closed
containers, which m W cause diem m burst.
;_i:,: If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in fl;ving, stir mg>ther before heating or
as fats melt slowly.
_::Use a deep fat thei_nometer
whenever
possible m prevent ovedleafing fat beyond
tile smoMng point.
;_i:,i Use tile least possible amount of fat for
eftecdxe shallow or deeI>lZat flTing. Filling
tim pan mo fill of fiat can cause spilloxers
when food is added.
_?_:: Do not flame %ods on tile cooktop. If you
do flame foods under tile hood, turn tile
lqaI] on.
N Do not use a wok on tile cooking sur/aace
if the wok has a round metal
ling
timt is
placed ox>r the burner gxam m support the
wok. Tiffs ring acts as a heat trap, which may
damag_ the burner gram and burner head.
Also, it may cause tile burner m work
improperly. Tilis may cause a carbon
monoxide level abox> that allowed by
cunent standards, resulting in a healtii
hazard.
;_?:': Foods for flTing should be as d_T as possible.
Frost on flozen foods or moisun_e on fresh
tbods call cause hot t_t m bubble up and
ox>r tile sides of the pan.
_?_:: Never taT to move a pan of hot fat, especially
a deep fat flTer V(ait until tile fat is cool.
_?_:: Do not leme plastic items on tile cooktop--
tiley m W melt if left too close to tile x>nt.
;_?:': Kee I) all plastics aw W from tile surface
btliTleFs.
_;:To ax_id the possibility of a bum, always be
certain that tile controls for all bulllers are
at the OFF position and all grams are cool
before atmmpting to remox> ti_em.
_;:If rang> is locamd near a window, do not
hang long curtains that could blow oxer tile
surfi_ce burners and cream a fire hazard.
;f; If you smell gas,
troll
off tile gas to the rang_
and call a qualified service mchnician. Nex>r
use an open flame to locate a leak.
;_?:': Always um_ the surfl_ce burner controls off
before removing cool<ware.
;f?:': Do not lilt the cooktop. Lifting the cooktop
can lead to damag> and improper operation
of the rang_.