GE JGSP20GER, JGSP21GER operating instructions LlMPORTANT Safety Instructions

i	llMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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*Let burner grates and other surfaces cool before touching them or leaving them where children can reach them.

s Never wear loose fitting or hanghig 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, nevm 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. Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by covering with baking soda or, if available, a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type

fire extinguisher.

●Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils, or food in the oven when not in use.

*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, foIlow 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.

Surface Cooking

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 hazardcms,

●Use only dry pot holders— moist or damp pot holders cm hot

surfaces may result in burns from steam. Ih 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 mattwials, and spillage, turn cookware handles toward tlw side or back of the range without extending over adjacent burners.

●Always turn surface burner to OFF before removing cookware.

Q Careftily watch foods being fried at a high flame setting.

s 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 of the oven door, and under the storage drawer.

*Do not use a wok on the cooking surface 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
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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.

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