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
E:,I A lways use the LITE position when igniting
the top burners and make sure the burners
haw ignimd.
_::Nexer leave file snrlCace l)nrners unattended
at high flame setting:s. Boiloxers cause
smoking and greasy spillox>rs that m W
catch oil file.
;fi:,i Adjust tile top burner flame size so it
does not exmnd 1)evond file edge of tile
cookware. Excessixe flame is hazardous.
_7{;: Use only d U pot holders--moist or damp
pot holders oil hot surfaces may result in
burns from smam. Do not let pot holders
come near open flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder
_?{:_
_]mn using g]ass cookware, make snie it
is designed for mp-of-rang_ cooking.
_:_ To minimize tile possibility of bni_ls,
ignition of flammable materials and spillag>,
turn cookware handles toward tile side or
back of tile rang> without exMnding ox>r
adjacent burners.
_7_;: Careflflly watch foods being flied at a higil
flame setting.
;f; Always heat lCatslowly, and watch as it heats.
E:,: D o not leave any imms oil the cooktop. Tile
hot air from tile lent m W igniM flammal)le
imms and will increase pressure in closed
containers, which may cause them to burst.
_{;; If a coml)ination of oils or Pats will be used in
flTing, sdr mg>ther 1)efore headng or as fats
melt slowl>
E:,: U se a deep fat fl/emlomemr whenever
possil)le to i)iex_nt ox_rheating fat 1)eyond
die smoking point.
q?{:_ Use tile least possible amount of fat for
effective shallow or deep-fat flTing. Filling
the pan mo flfll of tzat can cause spillovers
when food is added.
_?{:_ Do not flame foods on die cooktop. If you do
flame foods under die hood, turn die tZanon.
Do not use a wok oil die cooking surface
if die wok has a round metal ring fllat is
placed ox>i tile burner gTam to support
file wok. This ring acts as a heat trap,
which m W damag> tile lmmer gram and
1)urner head. Also, it m W cause tile burner
to work imi)roperly. This may cause a
carbon monoxide lex>l above that
allowed 1)y CUlTent standards, resnlung
in a heahh hazard.
_?{:_ Foods fbr flTing should be as di T as possil)le.
Frost oil flozen foods or moisture oil flesh
foods can cause hot flit to 1)ut)l)le up and
o_er tile sides of the pan.
_?{:_ Never u T to mole a pan of hot fat, especially
a deep fat flTer V(ait until the flit is cool.
E:,I D o not leave plastic imms on file cooktoI>--
they m W melt if left too close m file x>nt.
;f; Kee I) all plastics away' flom the surtZace
1)nrne rs.
E:,I T o axoid tile possibility of a burn, always be
certain that tile controls for all bnlilers are
at the OFFposition and all grams are cool
1)efore atMmpdng to remove fllem.
E:,I I f rang> is located ,lear a windo_, do not
hang long curtains that could blow oxei file
surface burners and cream a file hazard.
q_{;_ If you smell gas, ulrn off tile gas to tile range
and call a qualified service technician. Ne_>r
use an open flame to locam a leak.
_):Alwws nn_n tile surfl_ce burner controls off
before removing cookware.
_f):': Do not lift the cookmp. Lifting the cookmp
call lead m damag> and improper operation
of tile rang>.