Use & Care Manual
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PERSONAL SAFETY
| WARNING | WARNING | |
| To reduce the risk of burn injuries during | ||
To reduce the risk of injury to persons, in the | |||
cooktop use, observe the following: | |||
event of a grease fire, observe the following: | |||
Never use the cooktop to warm or heat a room. | |||
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Grease is flammable and should be handled | Children or pets should not be left alone or | ||
| carefully. | unattended in an area where appliances are in | |
Do not use water on grease fires. | use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand | ||
Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother sheet or | on any part of the appliance. | ||
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flat tray. | CAUTION | ||
Flaming grease outside of utensil can be | Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets | ||
| extinguished with baking soda or, if available, a | above a range or on the backguard of a range; | |
| multipurpose dry chemical or foam type | children climbing on the range to reach items could be | |
| extinguisher. | seriously injured. |
Let fat cool before attempting to handle it.
Wipe up spill over immediately. | When using the cooktop | ||
Do not touch surface units or areas near | |||
If you are "flaming" liquors or other spirits under | |||
units. Surface areas may become hot enough | |||
| an exhaust, turn the fan off. The draft could | ||
| to cause burns. Surface elements may be hot | ||
| cause the flames to spread out of control. | ||
even though they are dark in color. During and | |||
Never leave the surface area unattended at | |||
after use, do not touch or let flammable | |||
| high heat setting. Boil over cause smoking and | ||
| materials contact heating elements until they | ||
| greasy spill over, which may ignite. | ||
| have had time to cool. | ||
CAUTION | |||
When using the cooktop installed over oven | |||
Do not allow aluminum foil, plastic, paper or cloth to | |||
Do not touch heating elements or interior | |||
come in contact with a hot Surface. Do not allow pans | surfaces of oven. Heating elements may be | ||
to boil dry. | hot even though they are dark in color. Interior | ||
Be careful to prevent burns. If the flames do | surfaces of an oven become hot enough to | ||
cause burns. During and after use, do not | |||
| not go out immediately, evacuate and call the | ||
| touch, or let clothing or other flammable | ||
| fire department. | ||
materials contact heating elements or interior | |||
Always have a working smoke detector near the | |||
surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient | |||
| kitchen. | ||
time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance | |||
Leave the hood ventilator on when flambéing | |||
may become hot enough to cause burns – | |||
| food only if there is smoke without flames. | ||
| among these surfaces are (identification of | ||
Use an extinguisher only if | |||
surfaces – for example, oven vent openings | |||
You know you have a Class ABC extinguisher, | |||
and surfaces near these openings, oven | |||
| and you already know how to operate it. | ||
doors, and windows of oven doors). | |||
The fire is small and contained in the area | |||
To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of | |||
| where it started. | ||
flammable materials and spillage, the handle | |||
The fire department is being called. | |||
of a container should be turned toward the | |||
You can fight the fire with your back to an exit. | |||
center of the cooktop without extending over | |||
Never use water on cooking fires. | any nearby surface units. | ||
In the event that personal clothing catches fire, | Use only certain types of glass, heatproof | ||
| drop and roll immediately to extinguish | glass ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other | |
| flames. | glazed utensils that are suitable for cooktop |
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