Save These Instructions, Utensil Safety, Cleaning Safety

Always place oven racks in the desired positions while

oven is cool. If a rack must be moved while hot, use a dry potholder. Always turn the oven off at the end of cooking,

Use care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or

steam escape before removing or replacing food.

PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food

manufacturer's instructions. If a plastic frozen food container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise

damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food and its container. The food could be contaminated.

Utensil Safety

Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily grasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable or loose handled pans.

Be sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food and avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in deep fat frying,

To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do

not extend handles over adjacent surface burners. Always turn pan handles toward the side or back of the

appliance, not out into the room where they are easily hit or reached by small children.

Never let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil and the appliance.

Follow the manufacturer's directions when using oven cooking bags.

Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, or

glazed utensils are suitable for eooktop or oven usage

without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature.

This appliance has been tested for safe performance using conventional cookware. Do not use any devices or accessories that are not specifically recommended in this manual. Do uot use eyelid covers for the surface units, stove top grills, or add-on oven convection

systems. The use of devices or accessories that are not

expressly recommended in this manual can create serious safety hazards, result in performance problems, and reduce the life of the components of the appliance.

Cleaning Safety

Turn off all controls and wait for appliance parts to cool before touching or cleaning them. Do not touch the burner grates or surrounding areas until they have had sufficient time to cool.

Clean appliance with caution. Use care to avoid steam burns if a wet sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot surface. Some cleaners can produce noxious fumes if applied to a hot surface.

Self-Clean Oven (select models)

Clean only parts listed in this booklet. Do not clean door gasket. The door gasket is essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage, or move the gasket. Do not use oven cleaners of any kind in or around any part of the self-clean oven.

Before self-cleaning the oven, remove broiler pan, oven racks, and other utensils, and wipe off excessive spillovers to prevent excessive smoke or flare-ups. CAUTION: Do not leave food or cooking utensils, etc., in the oven during the self-clean cycle.

It is normal for the cook'top of the range to become hot

during a self-clean cycle. Therefore, touching the cooktop during a clean cycle should be avoided.

Important Safety Notice and Warning

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic

Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) requires the

Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the State of California to cause cancer or

reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposures to such substances.

Users of this appliance are hereby warned that the burning of gas can result in low-level exposure to some

of the listed substances, including benzene, formaldehyde and soot, due primarily to the incomplete combustion of natural gas or liquid petroleum (LP)

fuels. Properly adjusted burners will minimize incomplete combustion. Exposure to these substances

can be minimized by properly venting the burners to the outdoors.