Miele KM 251 Operating Instructions Manual page 6

Warning and safety instructions
Caution, danger of burning!
High temperatures are produced by
the hob cooking areas.
Great care should be taken to ensure
that small children do not touch the ap-
pliance when it is being used. The hob
can become quite hot. Turn pan
handles away from the edge to prevent
children from pulling pans over.
When switched on the cooking
areas heat up. A residual heat indi-
cator shows whether a cooking zone is
hot.
Apart from pans with contents do
not place any metallic object on
the hob. It could heat up. There is a
danger of burning.
In the event of any breakages or
cracks occurring in the ceramic
hob it must be switched off immediate-
ly and disconnected from the electricity
supply.
Contact the Service Department.
Do not use the hob until the damaged
ceramic plate has been replaced.
Continued use would be dangerous as
liquids etc. boiling over could pene-
trate to the electrical components
through any crack.
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Do not use the hob as a resting
place for any other objects. This
could lead to a danger of the article
catching fire or melting, if there is any
residual heat.
Do not drop anything on the ce-
ramic hob.
Even a light object such as an egg
cup, could cause damage in certain cir-
cumstances.
Do not allow either solid or liquid
sugar or pieces of plastic or alu-
mium foil to get on to the cooking
zones when they are hot. If this should
occur, turn to a lower setting but do not
switch off. Immediately scrape off all
the sugar, plastic or aluminium remains
from the hob with a shielded razor
blade scraper, taking care not to burn
yourself. If these residues are allowed
to cool before the hob surface has
been cleaned, the ceramic surface will
be susceptible to pitting or even crack-
ing.
Do not use any pots or pans on the
ceramic hob with bases with pro-
nounced edges or ridges.
These could scratch or scour the hob
surface permanently.
Do not push enamelled pots or
pans such as chip pans across the
ceramic hob as this can cause scrat-
ches to occur.