Important Safety Instructions
cause burns. After oven is turned off, do not touch theNEVER wear garments made of flammable material or
oven vent or surrounding areas until they have hadloose fitting or long-sleeved apparel while cooking.
sufficient time to cool.Clothing may ignite or catch utensil handles.
Other potentially hot surfaces include cooktop, areasAlways place oven racks in the desired positions while
facing the cooktop, oven vent, surfaces near the ventoven is cool. Slide oven rack out to add or remove food,
opening, oven door, areas around the oven door andusing dry, sturdy potholders. Always avoid reaching into
oven window.the oven to add or remove food. If a rack must be moved
while hot, use a dry potholder. Always turn the oven off at
Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth as
the bulb could break. Should the bulb break, disconnectthe end of cooking.
power to the appliance before removing bulb to avoidUse racks only in the oven in which they were shipped/
electrical shock.purchased.
Do not use the cooktop or ovens as a storage area forUse care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or
food or cooking utensils.steam escape before moving or replacing food.
PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food
manufacturers instructions. If a plastic frozen food
Cooking Safetycontainer and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise
Always place a pan on a surface burner before turning it
on. Be sure you know which knob controls whichdamaged during cooking, immediately discard the food
surface burner. Make sure the correct burner is turnedand its container. The food could be contaminated.
on and that the burner has ignited. When cooking isNEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks or oven
completed, turn burner off before removing pan tobottom. This could result in risk of electric shock, fire, or
prevent exposure to burner flame.damage to the appliance. Use foil only as directed in this
guide.
Always adjust surface burner flame so that it does not
extend beyond the bottom edge of the pan. An exces-
sive flame is hazardous, wastes energy and may damageUtensil Safety
the appliance, pan or cabinets above the appliance.
Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily
NEVER leave a surface cooking operation unattendedgrasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable, warped,
especially when using a high heat setting or when deepeasily tipped or loose-handled pans. Also avoid using
fat frying. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spilloverspans, especially small pans, with heavy handles as they
may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible.could be unstable and easily tip. Pans that are heavy to
Do not use high heat for extended cooking operations.move when filled with food may also be hazardous.
NEVER heat an unopened container on the surfaceBe sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food
burner or in the oven. Pressure build-up may causeand avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in
container to burst resulting in serious personal injury ordeep fat frying. Be sure pan will accommodate the
damage to the appliance.volume of food that is to be added as well as the bubble
action of fat.
Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may cause
burns from steam. Dish towels or other substitutesTo minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and
should never be used as potholders because they canspillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do
trail across hot surface burners and ignite or get caughtnot extend handles over adjacent surface burners. Always
on appliance parts.turn pan handles toward the side or back of the
Always let quantities of hot fat used for deep fat fryingappliance, not out into the room where they are easily hit
or reached by small children.
cool before attempting to move or handle.
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materialsNever let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil
accumulate in or near the appliance, hood or vent fan.and the appliance.
Clean hood frequently to prevent grease from accumu-Follow the manufacturers directions when using oven
lating on hood or filter. When flaming foods under thecooking bags.
hood turn the fan on.
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