Important Safety Information
•Other areas of the oven can become hot enough to cause burns, such as vent openings, window, oven door and oven racks.
•To avoid steam burns, do not use a wet sponge or cloth to wipe up spills on hot cooking area.
•Do not store combustible or flammable materials, such as gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids near or in oven.
•Do not clean oven door gasket located on back of the door. Gasket is necessary to seal the oven and can be damaged as a result of rubbing or being moved.
•Do not drape towels or any materials on oven door handles. These items may ignite causing a fire.
Baking, Broiling, and Roasting
•Do not use oven area for storage.
•Stand back from range when opening a hot oven door. Hot air or steam can cause burns to hands, face, and eyes.
•Use only glass cookware appropriate for use in electric ovens.
•Always remove broiler pan from oven when finished broiling. Grease left in pan can catch fire if oven is used without removing grease from the broiler pan.
•Make sure broiler pan is placed correctly to reduce any possibility of grease fires.
•Should a grease fire occur in the broiler pan, turn off oven, and keep oven door closed until fire burns out.
Precautions
•Do not cook food directly on range top surface, always use cookware.
•Do not mix household cleaning products. Chemical mixtures may interact with hazardous results.
•Do not put plastic items on warm cooking areas.
•Do not slide rough objects across range top surface.
•Do not leave fat heating unless you remain nearby. Fat can ignite if overheated by spilling onto hot surfaces.
•Do not allow pots to boil dry as this can cause damage to cooking surface and pan.
•Do not use range top surface as a cutting board.
Product Safety Devices
Safety devices and features have been engineered into the product to protect consumer and servicer. Safety devices must never be removed, bypassed, or altered in such a manner as to defeat the purpose for which they were intended.
Listed below are various safety devices together with the reason each device is incorporated in the gas ranges.
Pressure Regulator | Maintains proper/steady |
| gas pressure oven |
| controls. Regulator must |
| be set for the type of |
| gas being used, either |
| Natural or LP. |
| After servicing regulator, |
| make certain it is set |
| properly before |
| completing service. |
Gas Burner Orifices | Universal orifices are |
| used on most valves. |
| They must be adjusted |
| or set for the type of gas |
| being used Natural or |
| LP. |
| After servicing a valve or |
| orifice verify it is |
| adjusted properly before |
| completing service. |
Grounded Oven Frame | Ground prong on power |
| cord is connected to the |
| frame, usually a green |
| lead fastened by a |
| screw. In addition, any |
| part or component |
| capable of conducting |
| an electric current is |
| grounded by its |
| mounting. |
| If any ground wire, |
| screw, strap, nut, etc. is |
| removed for service, or |
| any reason, it must be |
| reconnected to its |
| original position with |
| original fastener before |
| the appliance is put into |
| operation again. |
| Failure to do so can |
| create a possible shock |
| hazard. |
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