GE JCBS55 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
WARNING'!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
For your safety, hexer use your appliance
for warming or heating tile room.
Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable mateiia]s accumulate in or
near the range,
Do trot touch tim sur/_ace units, file
heating elements oi fire irrmrior surface
of tire oven. These surPaces may be hot
enough to bum even though they are
dark in coloi: During arrd after use, do not
touch, oi let cloflring oi oflrer flammable
materials corrmct fire surfi_ce units, areas
nearby tim sur/_ace units oi any interior
area of file oxen; allow sufficient time for
cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces irrclude tire
cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oxen
xent opening, stliJ_aces near tile opening,
crevices around the oxen door.
REMEMBER: The irrside sui/_ace of die o_en
may be hot when tile door is opened.
Do not store or use combustible mamfials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in tile vicinity of this or arp_'other
appliance.
Kee I) tire hood arrd grease filters clean
to maintain g_od xenting arrd to mold
grease fires.
Teach children not to play with tire
corrtrols or arty other part of tile range.
Always kee I) dish towels, dishcloths, pot
holders arrd other linens a safe distance
fiom your range.
Ahvays kee I) wooden arrd plastic utensils
arrd canned food a safe distance fiom
yo/lr range.
Always kee I) combustible wall coxerings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance fiom
your range.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cookmeat and poultry thoroughly--meat to at least an INTERNAL temperatureof 160°Fand poultry to at least
an INTERNAL temperatureof 180°ECookingto these temperaturesusuaflypmtects against foodbomeillness.
RADIANT SURFACE UNITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface un#
heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface un# to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationshJ _ of cookware to surface un# will
also improve efficiency.
Nexer leme tile surface units unattended
at high heat settings. Boiloxers cause
smoking arrd greasy spilloxers that may
catch on fire.
Only certain types of glass, glassAeramic,
earthenware or other glazed corrtainers
are suitable for cooktop service; others
may break because of tile sudden chang_
in temperature.
To minimize tire possibility of
burns,
ignition of flammable mamrials arrd
spillage, tire handle of a container
should be turned toward tire cenmr of
file range without exmnding oxer nearl)v
surface units.
Always turn tile surface units off before
reirlovirrg cookware.
When preparing flaming foods under
file hood, mm tile Pan on.
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