GE JGP326 Owner's Manual 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. To avoid spiflovers, 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 cooktop can ignite. Use pans
with handles that can be eas@ grasped and remain cooL
Always use die LITE posit,ion when igniting
file top burners and make sure the burners
haxe ignited.
Nexer leaxe tile surface burners
unattended at high flame setting:s.
Boilo_>5_ cause smoking and greasy
spillovers flint m W catch on fire.
Use only &T pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders on hot surfaces m W resu]t in
burns flom smam. Do ,lot let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookwase. Do ,lot use a rowel or oilier
bulky cloth in place of a pot holden Such
cloths can catch fire on a hot burnen
_.Almn using glass cookware, make sHI'e it
is designed for cooktop cooking.
To minimize the possibility of burns,
ignition of flammable mamrials and
spillage, turn cookware handles toward
the side or back of the cooktop without
exmnding ox_r adjacent burners.
a]wavs t/si'll tile surlhce burner controls
off before 5emoving cookware.
Careflflly watch foods being fl-Jed at a high
flame setting.
Alwws heat fi_t slowly, and watch as it heats.
Do ,lot leaxe any imms on tile cooktop.
The hot air flom tile vent m W ig_)im
flammable imms and will increase pressure
in closed containers, which may cause
them to
burst.
If a combination of oils 05 fats will be used
in fl?'ing, stir mg>ther before heating or as
t:ats meh slowly.
Do not use a wok on the cooking surfitce
if dse wok has a round metal ring dlat is
placed ox>r the burner gram to support
the wok. This ring acts as a heat trap, which
may damag> tile burner grate, and burner
head. Also, it may cause tile burner to work
improperly. This may cause a carbon
monoxide level abox> that allowed by
cmTent standards, resulting in a heahh
hazard.
Foods for flTing should be as d,w as
possible. Frost on flozen foods 05 moisture
on fresh foods can cause hot tht m bubble
up and ox_r flse sides of the pan.
Use file least
possible amount
of fat for
effective shallow 05 deep-l_at fixing. Filling
tile pan too flfll of l_atcan cause spilloxers
when food is added.
Use a deep/_at them/omemr whenever
possible to prex>nt oveflseafing fat beyond
the smoking point,
Ne_r t5 T to mo\_ a pan of hot tilt,
especially a deep l_at riTer _'ait until the l_at
is cool.
When preparing flaming foods under the
hood, turn file l_an on.
i,arge scratches 05 impacts to glass
cooktops can lead to broken 05 shattered
glass,
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