GE Monogram ZGU36K Owner's Manual page 6

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate on or near the cooktop.
• Never leave surface burners unattended at
high flame settings. Boihwers cause smoking
and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
• Adjust surface burner flmne size so it does
not extend beyond the edge of the cookwaJce.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
• Use only dry pot holders--m oist or (lamp pot
holders on hot suriaces may result in btu'ns
fl'om steam. Do not let pot holders come near
open flalnes when litiing cookware. Do not
use a towel or other bulky cloth in place of
a pot holder.
• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward tile side or center of
tile cooktop without extending ()vet"
a@_cent
b/n'nei" oi"
vent
area.
• Always turn the surface burners to OFF
before removing the cookware.
• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
Frost (711 frozen foods or u/oisttlre 1)11 fresh
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Catlse hot fi_t to btlbble tip and
over the sides of the pan.
• Use least possible amount of fat for effective
shallow or deep-fat frying. Filling tile pan too
lull of fiat can cause spillove_s when tood is
added.
• Carefully watch foods being fried at high
flame setting.
• If a combination of oils or fats will be used in
frying, stir together before heatin.,, or as tats
melt slowly,
• Do not use a wok on the cooking surface
if the wok has a round metal ring that is
placed over tile burner grate to support
tile wok. This ring acts as a heat trap, which
nlay daulage tile burner grate and burner
head. Also,
it ulav cause tile
b/lI'neI"
to
work improperly. This may cause a carbon
monoxide level above that allowed by cmTent
standards, resulting in a health hazard.
• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
• Use a deep-fat thermometer whenever
possible to prevent overheating tat beyond
tile smoking point.
• Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are
trustable or easily tipped, Select cookware
having fiat bottoms large enough to properly
contain tood and avoid boilovers and
spillovers, and large enough to cover burner
grate. This will both save cleaning tilne and
prevent hazardous accuumlations of tood,
since heavy spattering or spillovers lett on
cooktop can ignite. Use pans with handles
that can be easily grasped and remain cool.
• Keep all plastics away from burners.
• To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be
certain that the controls for all burners are at
the off position and all grates are cool before
attempting to remove a grate.
• If the cooktop is located near a window,
do not rise long c/irtains which could blow
over tile burners and create a fire hazard.
• If you smell gas, turn off tile gas to
tile cooktop and call a qualified service
technician. Never use an open flaule to
locate a leak.
• Do not cover or block the area around the
cooktop knobs. This area must be kept clear
fi)r proper ventilation and burner
l) ei'J[O i'illa i1 ce,
• Cook meat and poultry thoroughly--ineat to
at least an INTERNAl, temperature of 160°F
and poultry to at least an INTERNAl,
temperature of 180°E Cooking to these
temperatures usually protects against
toodborne illness.