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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Clean the appliance regularly to keep all parts free of grease that could catch fire.
Exhaust fan ventilation hoods and grease filters should be kept clean. Do not allow grease
to accumulate on hood or filter. Greasy deposits in the fan could catch fire. Refer to hood
manufacturer's instructions for cleaning.
• Use Proper Pan Sizes. This appliance is equipped with one or more surface units of
different size.
• Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the cooking zones. The
pan detection sensors will not allow the affected cooking zones to operate without a pan
present.
• Do not place any object on or near the display area in order to prevent accidental
activation of the cooktop controls.
• Cookware handles should be turned inward and not extend over adjacent surface
units. To reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage due to
unintentional contact with the cookware, the handles of cookware should be positioned so
that they are turned inward, and do not extend over adjacent surface units.
• Never leave prepared food on the cooking zones. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite, or a pan that has boiled dry may melt or become damaged.
• Protective liners: Do not use aluminum foil to line any part of the cooktop. Only use
aluminum foil as recommended after the cooking process, if used as a cover to be placed
over the food. Any other use of aluminum foil may result in the risk of electric shock, fire or
short circuit.
• Glazed cookware: Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware,
or other glazed cookware are suitable for rangetop service without breaking due
to the sudden change in temperature. Check the manufacturer's recommendations for
cooktop use.
• Do not clean or operate a broken cooktop. If cooktop should break, cleaning solutions
and spillovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of electric shock.
Contact a qualified technician immediately.
• Do not place hot cookware on cold cooktop glass. This could cause glass to break.
• Do not slide pans across the cooktop surface. They may scratch the cooktop surface.
• Do not let pans boil dry. This may cause permanent damage in the form of breakage,
fusion, or marking that can affect the ceramic-glass cooktop. (This type of damage is not
covered by your warranty.)
• Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking
and greasy spillovers that may ignite.
• Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.
NOTE
Keep pets away from the product to avoid risk of fire or burns. Do not allow pets to climb
on the product even when it is not in operation.
• Liquids such as water, coffee or tea are able to be overheated beyond the boiling point
without appearing to be boiling, due to surface tension of the liquid. Visible bubbling or
boiling is not always present when the container is removed from the cooktop.
This could result in very hot liquids suddenly boiling over when the container is disturbed
or a spoon or other utensil is inserted into the liquid.
To reduce the risk of injury to persons.
- Do not overheat the liquid.
- Stir the liquid both before and halfway through heating it.
- Do not use straight-sided containers with narrow necks.
- After heating, allow the container to stand on the cooktop for a short time before moving
the container.
- Use extreme care when inserting a spoon or other utensil into the container after heating.