do not touch or let clothing or other flammable materials contact surface units, areas near units, heating elements, or interior surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient time to cool. Other surfaces of the range, such as the oven vent opening, the surface near the vent opening, the cooktop, and the oven door and window, could also become hot enough
to cause burns.
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aDo not wear loose or hanging garments when using the range. They could ignite if they touch a hot surface unit and you could be burned.
*Use only dry pot holders. Moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces could result in burns from steam. Do not let pot holder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or bulky cloth for a pot holder. It could catch on fire.
l Keep range vents unobstructed. @Do not heat unopened containers.
They could explode. The hot contents could cause burns and container particles could cause injury.
@Use only utensils approved for oven use. Follow utensil manufac- turer’s instructions, especially when using glass or plastic utensils.
@Do not store flammable materials on or near the range. The fumes could create an explosion and/or fire hazard.
When using the cooktop
@Make sure the reflector bowls are in place during cooking. Cooking without reflector bowls could sub- ject the wiring and components underneath them to damage.
ADO not line reflector bowls with aluminum foil or other liners. Im- proper installation of these liners could result in a risk of electric shock or fire.
@Select a pan with a flat bottom that is about the same size as the sur- face unit. If pan is smaller than the surface unit, some of the heating element will be exposed and could result in the igniting of clothing or pot holders. Correct pan size also improves cooking efficiency.
@Check to be sure glass cooking utensils are safe for use on the range. Only certain types of glass,
@Never leave surface units unat- tended at high heat settings. A boilover could result and cause smoking and greasy spillovers that could ignite.
l Turn pan handles inward, but not over other surface units. This will help reduce the chance of burns, igniting of flammable materials, and spills due to bumping of the pan.