GE JGBP38GES manual Mportant Safety ~STRUCTIONS, Flames when lifting cookware. Do not use a towel

MPORTANT SAFETY ~STRUCTIONS

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●Let the burner grates and other surfaces cool before touching them or leaving them where children can reach them.

●Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments

while 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 flame or hot oven surfaces and may cause severe burns.

●For your safety, never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.

* Do not use water on grease fires.

Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn off burner, then smother flaming pan by covering pan completely with well-

fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray. Hating grease outside a pan can be put out by covering with baking soda or, if available, a multi-pu~ose dry chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.

●Do not store flammable materials in an oven, a range storage drawer or near a 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 exactly and always cook the meat to an internal temperature of at least 170°F. 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.

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c Always use the LITE position when igniting top burners and make sure the burners have ignited.

●Never leave surface burners unattended at high flame settings. Boilover causes smoking

and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.

●Adjust 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 potholders on hot surfaces

-may result in bums from steam. 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.

●To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage, turn cookware handles toward the side or back of the range without extending over adjacent burners.

●Always turn surface burner 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 at the rear of the cooktop, at the top and bottom of the oven door, and at the bottom of the range, under the kick panel, storage drawer or broiler drawer (depending on the model).

●Do not use a wok on models with sealed burners if the wok has a round metal ring that is placed

over the burner grate to support the wok. This

ring acts as a heat trap, which may damage the burner grate and burner head. Also, it may cause the burner to work improperly. This may cause a carbon monoxide level above that allowed by current standards, resulting in a health hazard.

●Foods for frying should be as dry as possible. Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh foods can cause hot fat to bubble up and over sides

of pan.

. Use least possible amount of fat for effective shallow or deep-fat frying. Filling the pan too full of fat can cause spillovels when food is added.

●If a combination of oils or fats will be used in frying, stir together before heating or as fats melt slowly.

Q Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.

●Use a deep fat thermometer whenever possible to prevent overheating fat beyond the smoking point.

●When using glass cookware, make sure it is designed for top-of-range cooking.

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