important
Safety
instructions
(cont,°°ed)
• Never wear loose fitting
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ginggarm
tswhil
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or
an
en
e
using
the appliance.
Be
careful when reaching for
items stored
in cabinets
over
the cooktop.
Flammable
material
could
be ignited
if'
brought
in contact
with flames or
hot oven sutfimes and may cause severe burns.
• Do not use water
on
grease fires. Never pick
up a flaming
pan. Turn
the controls
off_ Smother
a
flaming pan on a surface
unit by covering
the pan
completely
with a welb
fitting lid, cookie sheet or
flat tra?_ Use a multi-
purpose
dry chemical
or
foam-type
fire extinguisher:
Flaming
grease outside a pan can be put out by covering
it with baking soda or, if'available,
by using a multi-
propose
ck'y chemical
or- foam-type
fire extinguisher;
Flame
in the oven can be smothered
completely
by
closing
the oven door and turning
the oven offor
by
using a multi-purpose
dry chemical
or foam-type
fire
extinguisher.
° Do not store
flammable
.....
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"
"I'1'_*'_.'1
materials
in an oven,
_'" : :
range broiler or storage
drawer, or near the
cooktop.
• Do not store or use
combustible
materials,
gasoline
or other
flammable
vapors
and liquids
in
the vicinity
of this or any other
appliance.
= Do not let cooking
grease
or other
flammable
materials
accumulate
in or near the range.
° When
cooking
pork,
follow the directions
exacdy
and always cook
the meat
to an internal
temperature
of at least 170°E
(77°C.).
This assures that, in the
remote
possibility
that trichina
may be present
in the
meat, it will be killed
and the meat will be safe to eat.
Surface
Cooking
°
Always
use the
LITE position
(on models
with
electric
ignition)
or the HI position
(on models
with
standing
pilots)
when
igniting
the top
burners
and make sure the burners
have ignited.
° Never
leave the surface
burners
unattended
at
high
flame
settings.
Boilovers
cause smoking
and
greasy
spillovers
that may catch on fire.
= Adjust
the top burner flame
size so it does not
extend
beyond
the edge of the cookware.
Excessive
flame is hazardous_
" Use only dry pot holders--moist
or' damp pot holdem
on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam
o 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.
* _b minimize
the possibility
of burns,
ignition
of
flammable
materials
and spillage,
turn
cookware
handles
toward
the side or back of the range without
letting
them extend
over adjacent
burners°
o Always
turn
the surface
burners
to OFF
before
removing
cookware.
° Carefully
watch
foods
being
fried
at a high
flame
setting.
° Never
block the vents (air openings)
of the range.
'They provide
the air inlet and outlet
that are
necessary
for the range to operate
properly
with
correct
combustion.
Air' openings
are located
in the
following
places:
--Oven
vent at the tear of the cooktop.
--Air
intake
under' the broiler' drawer.
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vent at the top of' the oven door.