GE EGR3000 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 5

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A WARNING!
SURFACE BURNERS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms
large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain
the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since
heavy spattering or spiflovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped
and remain cool
;_;Always use the LITE position when igniting
the top burners and make sure the burners
hax.e ignimd.
_::Nex.er leave file snrlCace l)nrners unattended
at high flame settings. Boilox.ers cause
smoking and greasy spillox.ers that m W
catch oil fii.e.
;fi:,i Adjust tile top burner flame size so it
does not exmnd 1)evond file edg.e of tile
cookware. Excessix.e flame is hazardous.
_7{_: Use only d U pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders oil hot surfaces may result in
bnrlls from smam. Do not let pot holders
come ileal open flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder
_?{:_
V_]mn using glass cookware, make sni.e it
is designed for mI>of-rang-e cooking.
_:_ To minimize tile possibility of bm_ls,
ignition of flammable materials and spillag.e,
turn cookware handles toward tile side or
back of tile rang> without exMnding ox.er
adjacent burners.
_7_: Carefldly watch foods being fcied at a high
flame setting.
;f; Always heat laat slowly, and watch as it heats.
;f; Do not leave any imms oil the cooktop. Tile
hot air from tile x.ent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase pressure in closed
containers, which may cause tilem to bnrst.
_7_: If a combination of oils or l_atswill be used in
flTing, sill tog.ether before heating or as fats
melt slowl>
_fi:,i Use a deep fat fl/ermomemr whenever
possil)le to i)i.ex.ent ox.erheating fat l)eyond
file smoking point.
q?{:_ Use tile least possible amotmt of fat for
eflective shallow or deep-fat flTing. Filling
the pan mo fldl of t_atcan cause spillovers
when food is added.
_?{:_ Do not flame foods on die cooktop. If you do
flame foods trader die hood, turn die t_anon.
Do not use a wok oil die cooking surface
if die wok has a rotmd metal ring fllat is
placed ox.er tile burner gxam to support
file wok. This i_ing acts as a heat trap,
which m W damag.e tile burner gram and
1)nrner head. Also, it m W cause tile burner
to work imi)roperly. This may cause a
carbon monoxide lex.el above that
allowed 1)y cmxent standards, resnlung
in a heahh hazard.
_?{:_ Foods fbr flTing should be as dry as possil)le.
Frost oil frozen foods or moisture oil fresh
foods can cause hot flit to 1)ut)l)le up and
o_.er tile sides of the pan.
_:_ Never
tIT to
mo\.e a pan of hot
fat,
especially
a deep fat flTer V(ait tmtil tile fat is cool.
_i:,: D o not leax.e plastic imms oil tile cookmI>---
they m W melt if left mo close m tile x.ent.
;f; Kee I) all plastics aw W from tile surt_ace
bnrne rs.
_fi:,: To axoid tile possibility of a burn, always be
certain tilat tile controls for all bniilers are
at the OFF position and all grams are cool
before atmmpdng to remove tilem.
;fi:,; If rang.e is located near a windo_, do not
hang long curtains that could blow ox.er tile
surface burners and cream a fire hazard.
q_{_: If you smell gas, turn off tile gas to tile rang.e
and call a qualified service mchnician. Nex.er
use an open flame to locate a leak.
N Always aim tile surfl_ce burner controls off
before removing cookware.
_f):': Do not lift the cookmp, i,ifting the cookmp
can lead m damag.e and improper operation
of tile rang.e.