Surface Burners - GE Profile JGB900 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

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WARNING!
SURFACE BURNERS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware ha ving flat bottoms
large enough to cover burner grates. Toavoid 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 spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped
and remain cool.
Alwavs use tile LITE position when ignidng
the top burners and make s/lie the burners
have ignited.
Never leme die surtZace burners unatmnded
at hiOa flame setting:s. Boilox>rs cause smoMng
and greasy spillox>rs that mav catch on rixe.
Adjust file mp bun_er flame size so it
does not exmnd bevond the edge of fl_e
cool<ware. Excessixe flame is hazardous.
Use only d U pot holders-- moist or damp
pot holders on hot surthces may xesult in
bums from smam. Do not let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other bulkv
clofll in place of a pot holder
When using glass cool<ware, make sure it
is designed for rap-of-rang> cooking.
To minimize the possibility of bums, igniuon
of flammable mamrials and spillage, utrn
cookware handles toward the side or back
of the range without extending ox_r
adjacent burners.
Carefldly wamh foods being fl_ied at a high
flame setting.
Alwws heat fat slowl> and wamh as it heats.
Do not leaxe any imms on tim cookmp. The
hot air flom the xent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase pressure in closed
containers, which may cause them to burst.
If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in flTing, stir mg>ther before heating or
as fats meh slowly.
Use a deep fat them/ometer whenexer
possible to p_exent ox_rheafing fat beyond
the smoMng point.
Use file least possible amount of fat for
effbcfixe shallow or deep-tZat flTing. Filling
the pan mo rid] of fht can cause spillox>rs
when food is added.
_4]mn flaming foods are under d_e hood,
turn the fan off'. The tzan, if operating, may
spread the flames.
Do
not
use a wok on dm cooldng surPace
if fl_e wok has a round metal ring that is
placed ox>r tim burner gxam to support the
wok. This ring acts as a heat trap, which m W
damag_ the burner gram and burner head.
Also, it m W cause the burner to work
improperly. This may cause a carbon
monoxide lexel abox> that allowed by
cmxent standards, resulting in a heahh
hazard.
Foods fox flTing should be as di y as possible.
Frost on flozen foods or moisun_e on fresh
foods can cause hot tZatto bubble up and
oxer the sides of the pan.
Nexer uy to moxe a pan of hot tzat, especially
a deep fat flyer YVaituntil the fat is cool.
Do not leme plastic items on the cooktop--
fl/ey m W meh if left too close to the x>nt.
Kee I) all plastics aw W from the surtZace
buF/lers.
To ax_id the possibility of a bum, always be
certain that the controls fox all bun_ers are
at the OR: position and all grams are cool
before atmmpdng to remove fl_em.
If rang> is locamd near a windo_x, do not
hang long curtains that could blow oxer file
surfi_ce burners and cream a fire hazard.
If you smell gas, troll off" the gas to fl_e rang_
and call a qualified service mchnician. Nex>r
use an open flame to locate a leak.
Always tttlXl the surtZace builder controls off
before removing cool<ware.
Do not lilt the cooktop. Lifting the cooktop
can lead to damag> and improper operation
of the rang>.