GE JBP77 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
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WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
Do not operate the oven or cooktop controls if the glass is broken. Food splatter or cleaning solution
may penetrate a broken control panel and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified
technician immediately should your glass control panel become broken.
;f; Do not let cooking grease or oilier
flammable mamfials accumulam in or
near tile range.
q_{_ Do not touch tim surfiwe units, die
heating elements or the inmiior surface
of the ox>n. These surt_aces may be hot
enough to btlI'll even though they are
dark in colon During and after use, do not
much, or let cloflfing or oilier flammable
mamrials contact fl_e surfi_ce units, areas
nearby tim surt_ace units or any intexior
area of file oxen; allow suflScient time for
cooling first.
;f; Do not store or use combustible mamfials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
_?_:: Kee I) file hood and grease filters clean
to maintain g_od x>nting and to axoid
giease fires.
q?{:_ Teach children not to play with the
controls or any other part of tile rang>.
;_;Always keep dish towels, dish cloflls, pot
holders and od_er linens a safe distance
flom your rang_.
Potentially hot surfaces include the
cooktop, areas t:acing the cooktop, oven
\ent opening, s/li_aces near the opening,
crevices around tile oven door.
REMEMBER: The inside surface of d_e o_en
m W be hot when tile door is opened.
_]{_ Always kee I) wooden and plastic umnsils
and canned food a safe distance from
your rang_.
_:;Alwws kee I) combustible wall cox_ring_s,
curtains or drapes a safe distance flom
your rang_.
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 temperaturesusuallyprotects against
foodbomeillness.
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SURFACE UNITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit
heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of cookware to surface unit will
also improve efficiency.
q_{_: Ne_r leaxe tile StliiCace units unattended at
high heat setting:s. Boiloxers cause smoking
and greasy spillox_rs that may catch on fire.
_fi:,i Only certain types of glass, glassA;eramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop service; others m W
break because of tile sudden change in
temperature.
_fi:,i To minimize the possibility of bums,
ignition of flammable mamrials and
spillage, the handle of a container should
be mined toward file center of the range
without exmnding oxer nearby surt_ace units.
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Always t/li'll
tile surt_ace units off before
removing cool<ware.
_fi:,i When preparing flaming foods under die
hood, turn the t_anon.
q_{_: Use care when touching tile cooktop. The
glass surfiace of tile cooktop will retain heat
after the controls haxe been turned off'.
_; Kee I) an eye on foods being flied at high
or medium high heat setting:s.