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, surface near the ventoven is cool. Slide oven rack out to add or remove food,
opening, oven door, area 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
Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth asoven off at the end of cooking.
the bulb could break. Should the bulb break, disconnect
power to the appliance before removing bulb to avoidUse care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or
electrical shock.steam escape before moving or replacing food.
Do not use the cooktop or oven as a storage area for foodPREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food
or cooking utensils.manufacturerOs instructions. If a plastic frozen food
container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise
damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food
Cooking Safetyand its container. The food could be contaminated.
Always place a pan on a surface burner before turning itNEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks or oven
on. Be sure you know which knob controls whichbottom. This could result in risk of electric shock, fire, or
surface burner. Make sure the correct burner is turneddamage to the appliance. Use foil only as directed in this
on and that the burner has ignited. When cooking isguide.
completed, turn burner off before removing pan to
prevent exposure to burner flame.
Always adjust surface burner flame so that it does notUtensil Safety
extend beyond the bottom edge of the pan. An exces-Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily
sive flame is hazardous, wastes energy and may damagegrasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable, warped,
the appliance, pan or cabinets above the appliance.easily tipped or loose-handled pans. Also avoid using
pans, especially small pans, with heavy handles as they
NEVER leave a surface cooking operation unattendedcould be unstable and easily tip. Pans that are heavy to
especially when using a high heat setting or when deepmove when filled with food may also be hazardous.
fat frying. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers
may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible.Be sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food
Do not use high heat for extended cooking operations.and avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in
NEVER heat an unopened container on the surfacedeep fat frying. Be sure pan will accommodate the
burner or in the oven. Pressure build-up may causevolume of food that is to be added as well as the bubble
container to burst resulting in serious personal injury oraction of fat.
damage to the appliance.To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and
spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do
Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may causenot extend handles over adjacent surface burners.
burns from steam. Dish towels or other substitutesAlways turn pan handles toward the side or back of the
should never be used as potholders because they canappliance, not out into the room where they are easily
trail across hot surface burners and ignite or get caughthit or reached by small children.
on appliance parts.
Always let quantities of hot fat used for deep fat fryingNever let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil
cool before attempting to move or handle.and the appliance.
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materialsFollow the manufacturerOs directions when using oven
accumulate in or near the appliance, hood or vent fan.cooking bags.
Clean hood frequently to prevent grease from accumu-
lating on hood or filter. When flaming foods under the
hood turn the fan on.
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