GE EER3000 Owner's Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
WARNING'!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
For your safew, nexer use your appliance
for warming or heating the room.
Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable materials accumulate in or
near the range.
Do not touch the snrfi71ce units, the
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 clothing or other flammable
materials contact the sur/_ace units, areas
nearby the snr/_ace units
or any
inmrior
area of rite oxen; allow sufficient time for
cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the
cooktop, areas fiacing the cooktop, oxen
xent opening, sniiCaces near the opening,
crevices around the oxen door.
REMEMBER: The inside sur/_ace of the oxen
ma'v be hot xdlen the door is opened.
Do not store or use comhnsuhle mamfials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
Kee I) the hood and grease filters clean
to maintain g_od xenting and to mold
grease fires.
Teach children not to play xsdth tim
controls or any other part of the range.
Always kee I) dish towels, dishcloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance
fiom your range.
Always kee I) wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance from
your range.
Always kee I) comhnsdhle wall coxerings,
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 temperaturesusuaflypmtects against foodbomeillness.
RADIANT SURFACE UNITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface un#
heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface un# to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationshJ _ 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.
Only certain wpes of glass, glassA:eramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers
are suitable for cooktop service; others
m W break because of the sudden chang_
in temperature.
To minimize the possibility of
bnI_71s,
ignition of flammable mamrials and
spillage, the handle of a container
should be turned toward the cenmr of
the rang_ without exmnding ox_r nearby
surface units.
Always turn
the surface units off hefore
removing cookware.
When preparing flaming foods under
rite hood, mm the/_an on.
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