GE Range Owner's Manual page 3

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WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
For your safety, never use your appliance %r
wa,ming or heating the morn.
Teach children not to play with the controls or
any other part of the cange.
.Mways kee I) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holders
and other linens a safe distance flom your
i'ange.
.Mways kee I) wooden and plastic utensils and
canned fbod a safe distance flora
VO/lI" I_1Ilge.
_Mwayskee I) combustible wall coverings,
clmains or drapes a safe distance fiom your
i'ange.
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the cange.
Keep the hood and grease filte_s clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls off_ Smother a
flalning pan on a surfilce unit by coveting tile
pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat tea> Use a multi-purpose d_w
chemical or fbam-rype fire extinguisher
Flaming g_ease outside a pan can be put out by
cove_ing it with baking soda o_, if available, by
using a inuld-puipose dU chemical or foam-
type fire extinguisher
Flame in the oxen can be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
off or by using a muhi-pu_pose d U chemical or
fbamwpe fire extinguisher.
Do not touch tile surfi/ce units, tile heating
elements or the intedor surfilce of tile oven.
These surfilces may be hot enough m burn
even though they are dark in color Du_ing and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact tile surfilce units,
areas nearby the surfilce units or any intedor
area of tile oven; allow sufficient time fur
cooling fi_st.
Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop,
areas fiMng the cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfilces near the opening, crevices around the
oven
door
REMEMBER: T ile inside smfi_ce of tile oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
Do not store or use combustible matexials,
gasoline or other flammable vapois and liquids
in tile viciniw of this or a W other appliance.
COOK MEAT ANDPOULTRY THOROUGHLY...
Cook meatandpoultrythoroughly--meat t oat leastan INTERNAL temperature o f l GO°Eand poultrytoat leastan
INTERNAL temperature o f I80°ECooking to thesetemperatures usually protects against f oodbome illness.
SURFACE COOKING U NITS
Use proper pan size--select cookware havingflat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating
element.Theuse of undersizedcookware will exposea portion of the surface unitto direct contact and may
result in ignition of clothing.Properrelationship of cookwareto surface unit will also improveefficiency.
Never leave tile surfi/ce units unattended
at high heat settings. Boilove_s cause smoking
and g_easy spillove_s that may catch on fire.
Do not use aluminum fbil to line the &ip pans
or anywhere in the oven except as described in
this manual. Misuse could resuh in a shock, fi_e
hazard or damage to the cange.
Be sure the dii I) pans and the vent duct are not
covered and are in place. Their absence du_ing
cooking could damage range parts and winng.
Only certain t_pes of glass, glass/ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers a_e
suitable fbr cooktop service; others may break
because of the sudden change in temi)emt/ue.
To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of
flammable materials and spillage, the handle of
a container should be turned toward tile center
of the cange without extending over nearby
surfilce units.
Always turn tile sur[i/ce units off befbre
removing cookware.
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