GE JVM64 manual Important ‘SAFETY Instructions

IMPORTANT ‘SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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●Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even without their lids; especially meat and egg mixtures.

●Don’t defrost frozen Nver- ages in narrow necked bottles; especially carbonated ones. Even if the container is opened, pressure can build up. This can cause the container to burst, resulting in injury.

●Use metal only as dire@ed in Cookbook Metal strips a$ used on meat roasts are helpful when used as shown in Cookbook.

TV dinners may be cooked in metal tfays but when usinp shelf they must be replaced in their box. However, when using metal in microwave oven, keep metal (other than metal shelf) at least l-inch away from sides of oven.

●Cooking utensils may become hot because of heat transferred from the heated food. This is especially true if plastic wrap has been covering the top and handles of the utensil. Potholders may be needed to handle the uten~il.

●Sometimes, the oven fl@r can become too hot to touph. Be careful touching the floor during and after cooking.

●Do not use any thermometer in food you are microwaving unless that thermometer is designed or recommended for use in the microwave oven.

●Remove the temperature probe from the oven when not using it to cook with. If you leave the probe inside the oven without inserting it in food or liquid, and turn on microwave energy, it can create electrical arcing in the oven, and damage oven walls.

●Plastic Utensils—Plastic utensils designed for microwave cooking are ve~ useful, but should be used carefully. Even microwave plastic may not be as tolerant of overcooking co~di- tions as are glass or ceramic materials and may soften or char if subjected to short p$riods of overcooking. In longer expo- sures to overcooking, the faod and utensils could ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use micro-

wave plastics ‘only “and use them” in strict compliance with the utensil manufacturers recommendations. 2) Do not subject empty utensils to micro- waving. 3) Do not permit children to use plastic utensils without complete supemision.

●When cooking pork follow our directions exactly and always cook the meat to at least 170°. This assures that, in the remote possibility that trichina may be present in the meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe to eat.

●Boiling eggs (in and out of

shell) is not recommended for microwave cooking. Pressure can buiid up inside egg yolk and may cause it to burst, resulting in injury.

●Foods with unbroken outer “skin” such as potatoes, hot dogs or sausages, tomatoes, apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and eggs (see above) should be pierced to allow steam to escape during cooking.

●“Boilable” cooking pouches and tightly closed plastic bags should be slit, pierced or vented as directed in Cookbook. If they ‘are not, plastic could burst dur- ing or immediately after cooking, possibly resulting in injury. Also, plastic storage containers should beat least partially uncovered because they form a tight seal. When cooking with containers tightly covered with plastic wrap, remove covering carefully and direct steam away from hands and face.

●Use of the shelf accessory. (See your Cookbook for proper use.)

—Remove the shelf from oven when not in use.

—Do not store or cook with shelf on floor of oven. Product damage may result.

—Use potholders when handling the shelf and utensils. They may be hot.

—Do not use microwave browning dish on shejf. The shelf could overheat. Use of shelf with Automatic Cooking feature is not recommended.

THE HOOD:

●Have it installed and properly grounded by a qualified installer. See the special installation book. let packed with the microwave oven.

●The vent fan in your Space- maker@ oven will operate automatically under certain conditions (see Automatic Fan Feature, page 7). While the fan is operating caution is required to prevent the starting and spread- ing of accidental cooking fir= while the vent fan is in use. For this reason:

—Never leave surface unib unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite and spread if vent fan is oper- ating. To minimize automatic fan

operation, use adequate sized

utensils and use high heat set- tings only when necessary.

—In the event of a grease fire, smother flaming pan on surface unit by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet

or flat tray..

—Never flame foods under the oven with the vent fan operating because it may spread the flames.

—Keep hood and grease filters ciean, according to instructions on pages 27 and 29, to maintain good venting and avoid grease fires.

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