Important
Safety
Instructions
(co0t 00od)
•
Do
not use water
on grease
fires. Never
pick up a
flaming
pan. Turn
the
"-a,
controls
off, Smother
a
flaming
pan on a surface
unit by covering
the pan
completely
with a well-
fitting
lid, cookie
sheet or
fiat tray, 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-purpose
dry chemical
or foam-type
fire
extinguisher.
Flame
in the oven can be smothered
completely
by c!osing
the oven door and turning
the oven off or
by using
a multi-purpose
dry chemical
or foam-Wpe
fire extinguisher,
• Do not store
flarrm_able
.....' '_._.
materials
in an oven,
/
range broiler
or storage
drawer,
or near
the
coolctop.
• Do not store
or use
combustible
materials,
gasoline
or other
flammable
vapors
and
liquids
in the
vicinity of tbJs
or any
other appliance°
° Do not let cooking
grease or other flammable
materials
accumulate
in or near the range.
• Cook
meat and poultry
thoroughly--meat
to at
least an INTERNA_L
temperature
of 160°E and
poultry
to at least an INTERNAL
temperature
of 180°E Cooking
to these temperatures
usually
protects
against foodbome
illness.
° For your
safety, never use
your
appliance
for
warming
or heating
the
room.
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
spiiiovers 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
holders
on hot surfaces
may result in burns
from
'
stearn_
° Do not let pot holders
come
neax open
flames
when
lifting
coolcware. Do not use a towel or other bulky
cloth in place of a pot holder_
° To 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
coolcware.
° Carefully
watch
foods being
fried at a high flame
setting.
° Never block the vents (Mr openings)
of the range.
They provide the air inlet and oudet
that are
necessary
for the range
to operate properly
with
correct combustion°
Air openings
are located
in the
following
places:
--Oven
vent at the rear of the cooktop.
--Air
intake under
the broiler
drawer,
--Air vent at the top of the oven door.