Safety Precautions
•Set the burner control so that the flame heats only the bottom of the pan and does not extend beyond the bottom of the pan.
Excessive flame is hazardous. The high BTU burners can easily melt cookware handles.
•Hold the handle of the pan, using a dry potholder, to prevent movement of the utensil when stirring or turning food.
•Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
•Never leave the burners unattended at high flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire. If the burner flames are smothered by a severe boilover, which affects the igniter, unburned gas will escape into the room.
•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 cooktop without extending over adjacent burners.
•Never block the vents (air openings) of the cooktop. They provide the air inlet and outlet that are necessary for the cooktop to operate properly with correct combustion. Air openings are located on the bottom of the front control panel.
•Always turn the burners to OFF before removing cookware.
•Carefully watch foods being fried at a high flame setting.
•Foods for frying should be as dry as possible. Frost on frozen food or moisture on fresh foods can cause hot fat to bubble up and over the sides of the pan.
•Use the least possible amount of fat for effective shallow or deep fat frying. Filling the pan too full of fat can cause spillovers when food is added.
•Use a deep fat thermometer whenever possible to prevent overheating fat beyond the smoking point.
•Never try to move a pan of hot fat. Wait until the fat is cool.
•When using glass cookware, make sure it is designed for cooktop use.
•If a combination of oils or fats will be used in frying, stir together before heating or as fats melt slowly.
•Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot air from the vent may ignite flamma- ble items and will increase pressure in closed containers, which may cause them to burst.
•Keep all plastics away from the burners.
•Do not leave plastic items on the cooktop
– they may melt if left too close to the vent.
•To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be certain that the controls for all burners are at the OFF position and all grates are cool before attempting to remove them.
•When flaming foods are under the hood, turn the fan off. The fan, if operating, may spread the flames.
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