GE 862A300PI, JVM57, 49-4492 manual Safetv Tim to Follow, The Hood

Safetv Tim to Follow

1.For personal safety the oven must be properly grounded. See grounding instructions on Page 3 of this book.

2.Cooking utensils may become hot because of heat transferred from the heated food. This is espe- cially true if plastic wrap has been covering the top and handles of the utensil. Pot holders may be needed.

3.Sometimes, the oven shelf can become too hot to touch. Be careful when touching the shelf during and after cooking.

4.“Boilable” cooking pouches and tightly closed plastic bags should be slit, pricked or vented as di- rected in Cookbook. If they are not, plastic could burst during or immediately after cooking, possibly resulting in injury. Also, plastic storage containers should be at least partially uncovered because they form a tight seal. When cooking with containers, tightly covered with plastic wrap, remove covering carefully and direct steam away from hands and face.

5.Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow necked bottles especially carbonated ones. Even if the con- tainer is opened, pressure can build up. This can cause the container to burst, resulting in injury.

6.Don’t overcook. Excessive overcooking dehy- drates potatoes, and may cause them to catch fire causing damage.

7.If food shouid ever ignite, keep the oven door closed. Turn off the power immediately. Touch

CLEAR/OFF or disconnect power cord or shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.

8.Remove the temperature probe from the oven when not using it to cook with. If you leave the probe inside the oven without inserting it in food or liquid and turn on microwave energy, it can create elec- trical arcing in the oven, and damage oven walls or shelf.

9.Remove wire twist-tieson paper and plastic bags before placing in oven. Twist-ties sometimes cause bag to heat, and may cause fire.

10.Boiiing eggs (in or out of the sheil) is not recom- mended for microwave cooking. Pressure can build up inside egg yolk and cause it to burst, resulting in injury.

11.Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven unless in a special microwave popcorn accessory or unless you use popcorn in a package labeled for microwave ovens. Because of the heat generated, without these precautions, the container could catch fire.

12.Use metai oniy as directed in cookbook. Metal strips as used on meat roasts are helpful in cooking food when used as directed. Metal trays may be used

for TV dinners. However, when using metal in the

microwave oven, keep metai at least l-inch away from sides of microwave oven.

13.Do not use any thermometer in food you are microwaving unless that thermometer is designed or recommended for use in the microwave oven.

14.Do not store flammabie materiais in an oven. Also, do not use flammable fluids in the vicinity of your oven.

15.Do not use your microwave oven to dry news- papers. If overheated, they can catch fire.

16.Piastic Utensiis–Plastic utensils designed for microwave cooking are very useful, but should be used carefully. Even microwave plastic may not be as

tolerant of overcooking conditions as are glass or ceramic materials and may soften or char if sub- jected to short periods of overcooking. In longer ex- posures to overcooking, the food and utensils may even ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use microwave plastics only and use them in strict compliance with

the utensil manufacturer’s recommendations. 2) Do not subject empty utensils to microwaving. 3) Do not permit children to use plastic utensils without com- plete supervision.

17, Don’t operate the oven whiie empty in order t @ prolong the life of the oven and save energy. If, by accident, the oven should run empty a minute or two, no harm is done.

THE HOOD:

1.Have it instailed and properly grounded by a qual- ified instaiier. See the special installation booklet packed with the microwave oven.

2.The vent fan in your Spacemaker oven wiii oper-

ate automatically under certain conditions (see Automatic Fan Feature, page 7). Whiie the fan is op- erating caution is required to prevent the starting and spreading of accidental cooking fires whiie the vent fan is in use. For this reason:

A.Never ieave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite and spread if vent fan is operating. To minimize automatic fan operation, use adequate sized utensils and use high heat set- tings only when necessary.

B.in the event of a grease fire, smother flaming pan on surface unit by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray.

C.Never frame foods under the oven with the vent fan operating because it may spread the flames.

D.Keep hood and grease fiiters clean, accordin a to instructions on pages 17 and 19, to maintain

good venting and avoid grease fires.

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