GE JD968 Owner's Manual page 3

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A 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 or cooktop and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a
qualified technician immediately should your glass control panel or cooktop become broken.
_fi:,i Do not store flammable materials in an
oven or near tile cooktop.
CAUTION: tems ofinterest
to
children should not be stored in cal)inets
aboxe a range or on tile back of a range--
children climbing on the range to reach
items could he seiiously i_jured.
_i:,: Never wear loose-fitting or hanging
garments while using tim appliance.
Be careflll when reaching for items stored
o_er the range. Flammable mateiial could
he ignimd if brought in contact wifl_ hot
surPace units or heating elements and may
cause
sex>re bnrlls.
_i:,i Use only d U pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders on hot snrtaces may result in
hums from smam. Do not let pot holders
touch hot surface units or headng
elements. Do
not
use a towel or odler
hulky cloth in place of pot holders.
_i:,i Do not use wamr on grease fires. Nexer
pick up a flaming pan. Turn die conuols
off. Smother a flaming pan on a surfi_ce
unit 1)y coxeiing the pan complemly with
a well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or fiat ua>
Use a mulfiq)urpose dt T chemical or
%am-type file extinguisher
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
out hy covering it with baking soda oi,
if available, by nsing a multi-puq)ose d_T
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher
Flame in tile oxen can be smofllered
completely by closing tile o_en door
and ulming the o_en off or by using
a mulfi-puq)ose d U chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher
_?{:_ For your safety, nexer use your appliance
for wam_ing or heating tile room.
Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable mateiials accumulate in or
near tile range.
Do not touch file suitZace units, file
heating elements or the inmiior surface
of the oxen. These surfimes may be hot
enough to hum exen though they are
dark in colon During and after use, do not
milch, or let clothing or other flammable
mamrials contact the surPace units, areas
nearby the surPace units or any inmrior
area of the oxen; allow sufficient time for
cooling first.
Potentially hot snrfaces include the
cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oxen
xent opening, surPaces near the opening,
crevices around tile oxen door
REMEMBER: The inside surPace of tile oven
may be hot when tile door is opened.
Do not store or use combustible mateiials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in tile vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
Kee I) the hood and gTease filters clean
to maintain good xenting and to axoid
grease fires.
Teach children
not to
play with tile
controls or any other part of the range.
_: Always kee I) dish towels, dish cloths, pot
holders and other linens a satb distance
fi'om yonr
range.
_i:,: Always kee I) wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance flom
your range.
_i:,: Mways kee I) comhustible wall cox eiings,
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 INTERNALtemperatureof 180°ECookingto these temperaturesusuallyprotects against
foodbome illness.
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