GE EER3000 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
E:,I F or your safety, nexer use your appliance
for warming or heating the room.
E:,I D o not let cooking grease or other
flammable materials accumulate in or
near the range.
q?{:_ Do not touch file surfiwe units, file
heating elements or the inmrior surface
of the ox>n. These sur/_aces may be hot
enough to 1)111171 even though they are
dark in color During and after use, do not
much, or let clofl/ing or other flammable
materials contact the sm/_ace units, areas
nearby tile sur/_ace units
or any
inmrior
area of file oxen; allow sufficient time for
cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the
cooktop, areas thcing the cooktop, oxen
xent opening, sniiCdces near the opening,
crevices around the oxen door.
REMEMBER: Tile inside smPace of the oxen
ma'v be hot xdlen the door is opened.
E:,I D o not store or use combnsuble mamfials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
E:,I K ee I) the hood and grease filters clean
to maintain g_od xenting and to moid
grease fires.
q_{_: Teach children not to play with tim
controls or any other part of the range.
E:,: A lways kee I) dish towels, dishcloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance
fiom your range.
E:,I A lways kee I) wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance from
your range.
_{:_ Always kee I) combustible _ all coxefings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance fiom
vonr
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 temperaturesusuaflypretects against foodboreeillness.
RADIANT 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.
_{_Nexer leme the surface units unattended
at high heat settings, Boiloxers cause
smoking and greasy spilloxers that may
catch on fire.
_{:_ O nly certain wpes of glass, glassA:eramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers
are suitable for cooktop service; others
m W break because of the sndden chang_
in temperature.
_?{:_ To minimize the possibility of
bni771s,
ignidon of flammable mamrials and
spillage, the handle of a container
should be unned toward the cenmr of
the rang_ without exmnding ox_r nearby
surface units.
q_{_ Always turn the surface units off before
removing cookware.
E:,: W hen preparing
flaming foods under
file hood, mm the/_an on.
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