AMERICANA Model ABS300 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions page 4

iMPORTANT SAFETY iNFORMATiON.
READALL iNSTRUCTiONS BEFORE USING
A WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
J; Nex.er wear loose-fitting or hanging garments J;
while using tile appliance. Be careflfl when
reaching for items stored ox.er file range.
Flammable material could be ig_limd if
brong]lt ill contact wifll hot surthce units
or heating elements and m W cause sex.ere
1)nt_/lS,
Use only d U pot holders-n/oist or damp pot
holders on hot surthces m W result ill bums
from smam. Do not let pot holders touch
hot surface units or heating elements. Do
not use a towel or other bulky cloth.
J; For your s;de U, hexer use your appliance
for wam/ing or heating the room.
J; Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumnlate ill or neat the range.
Do not use wamr on grease fires. Nex.er pick
up a flaming pan. Turn tile controls oft:
Smother a flaming pan on a surfitce unit by
cox.ering tile pan completely with a well-
fitting lid, cookie sheet or fiat tray. Use a
nnflfi-purpose d U chemical or foam-type
rite extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan call be put
out by cox.ering it with baking soda or;
if available, by rising a muhi-pmpose diy'
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flame ill the oven can be smothered
completely by closing the ox.en door and
atoning tile oven off or by using a multi-
puq)ose dl T chemica] or foam-type fire
extinguisher
Do not touch file snrtace units, rite heaung
elements or rite interior suithce of tile oven.
These surthces may be hot enough to bum
ex.en fllough they are dark in color During
and after use, do not touch, or let clothing
or oflter flammable materials contact, file
surface units, areas nearby the surthce units
or any interior area of tile ox.en; allow
sufficient Ome for cooling first.
Potentially hot surfitces include tile cooktop,
areas flaring the cooktop, ox.en vent opening,
sur_aces near tile opening, crevices around
the oven door and metal trim parts above
the door
REMEMBER: The inside surPace of dte oven
may be hot when the door is opened.
Do not store or use combnsuble mamtdals,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or ally' other
appliance.
Kee I) tile hood and grease filters clean
to maintain good xenting and to mold
grease fires.
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OVEN
Stand away from the range when opening
the oxen door Hot air or steam which
escapes call cause bums to hands, face
and/or eyes.
Do not heat unopened food containers.
Pressure could build up and the container
could burst, causing all item T.
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Kee I)
file ox.en x.ent unobstructed.
;)i:_ K ee I) file oven free fiom gTease buildnp.
_?{:_ Place the ox.en shelf ill tile desired position
while the oven is cool. If sheh,es
mnst
be
handled when hot, do not let pot holder
contact the heating elements.
J; Pulling out the shelf to file stop-lock is a
comenience ill lifting hem T foods. It is also
a precantion against burns from tonching
hot surfiaces of the door or oven walls.
J; X4]ten using cooking or roasting bags in the
oxen, follow tile manufacturer's directions.
_:: Do not use the oxen to dry newspapers.
If oxerheated, they call catch on fire.
J; Do not use the oxen for a storag.e area.
hems stored ill all oxen call ignite.
J; Do not leme paper products, cooking
utensils or food ill the oxen when not ill use.