GE Range manual Cookmeatandpoultrythoroughly

WARNING!

SAFETYPRECAUTIONS

For your safety, never use your appliance %r wa,ming or heating the morn.

Teach children not to play with the controls or any other part of the cange.

.Mways kee I) dish towels, dish cloths, pot holders and other linens a safe distance flom your

i'ange.

.Mways kee I) wooden and plastic utensils and canned fbod a safe distance flora

VO/lI" I_1Ilge.

_Mwayskee I) combustible wall coverings, clmains or drapes a safe distance fiom your

i'ange.

Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials accumulate in or near the cange.

Keep the hood and grease filte_s clean to maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.

Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn the controls off_ Smother a flalning pan on a surfilce unit by coveting tile pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tea> Use a multi-purpose d_w chemical or fbam-rype fire extinguisher

Flaming g_ease outside a pan can be put out by cove_ing it with baking soda o_, if available, by

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using a inuld-puipose dU chemical or foam- type fire extinguisher

Flame in the oxen can be smothered completely by closing the oven door and turning the oven off or by using a muhi-pu_pose d U chemical or fbamwpe fire extinguisher.

Do not touch tile surfi/ce units, tile heating elements or the intedor surfilce of tile oven.

These surfilces may be hot enough m burn even though they are dark in color Du_ing and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact tile surfilce units, areas nearby the surfilce units or any intedor area of tile oven; allow sufficient time fur cooling fi_st.

Potentially hot surfilces include the cooktop, areas fiMng the cooktop, oven vent opening,

surfilces near the opening, crevices around the oven door

REMEMBER:Tile inside smfi_ce of tile oven may be hot when the door is opened.

Do not store or use combustible matexials, gasoline or other flammable vapois and liquids in tile viciniw of this or a W other appliance.

COOKMEATANDPOULTRYTHOROUGHLY...

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SURFACECOOKINGUNITS

Use proper pan size--selectcookware havingflat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element.Theuse of undersizedcookware will exposea portion of the surface unitto direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing.Properrelationship of cookwareto surface unit will also improveefficiency.

Never leave tile surfi/ce units unattended

at high heat settings. Boilove_s cause smoking and g_easy spillove_s that may catch on fire.

Do not use aluminum fbil to line the &ip pans or anywhere in the oven except as described in this manual. Misuse could resuh in a shock, fi_e hazard or damage to the cange.

Be sure the dii I) pans and the vent duct are not covered and are in place. Their absence du_ing cooking could damage range parts and winng.

Only certain t_pes of glass, glass/ceramic, earthenware or other glazed containers a_e

suitable fbr cooktop service; others may break because of the sudden change in temi)emt/ue.

To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of

flammable materials and spillage, the handle of a container should be turned toward tile center

of the cange without extending over nearby surfilce units.

Always turn tile sur[i/ce units off befbre removing cookware.

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