Maytag GEMINITM warranty Ventilating Hoods, Deep Fat Fryers, Ovens, Child Safety, Heating Elements

Protective Liners: Do not use aluminum foil to line surface unit drip bowls or oven bottoms, except as suggested in the manual. Improper installation of these liners may result in a risk of electric shock or fire.

Glass-Ceramic Cooktop

(select models)

NEVER cook on broken cooktop. If cooktop should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified tech- nician immediately.

Clean cooktop with caution. Some cleaners can

Do not use oven cleaners. No commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be used in or around any part of the oven.

Before self-cleaning the oven, remove broiler pan, oven racks and other utensils to prevent excessive smoking, discoloration of the oven racks or possible damage to utensils.

Wipe up excessive spillovers, especially greasy spills, before the clean cycle to prevent smok- ing, flare-ups or flaming.

It is normal for the cooktop to become hot dur- ing a clean cycle. Therefore, avoid touching the cooktop, door, window or oven vent during a clean cycle.

Children must be taught that the appliance and utensils in or on it can be hot. Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small chil- dren. Children should be taught that an appli- ance is not a toy. Children should not be allowed to play with controls or other parts of the unit.

Ventilating Hoods

Clean range hood and filters frequently to pre- vent grease or other flammable materials from accumulating on hood or filter and to avoid grease fires.

Turn the fan on when flambéing foods (such as Cherries Jubilee) under the hood.

produce noxious fumes if applied to a hot sur- face. If a wet sponge, cloth, or paper towel is used on a hot cooking area, be careful to avoid steam burn.

Deep Fat Fryers

Use extreme caution when moving the grease pan or disposing of hot grease. Allow grease to cool before attempting to move pan.

Oven(s)

Use care when opening door(s). Let hot air or steam escape before removing or replacing food.

For proper oven operation and performance, do not block or obstruct oven vent duct. When oven is in use, the vent and surrounding area near the vent may become hot enough to cause burns.

Always place oven racks in desired locations while oven is cool. If rack must be moved while oven is hot, do not let potholder contact hot element in oven.

Self-Cleaning Oven

Clean only parts listed in this guide. Do not clean door gasket. The gasket is essential for a good seal. Do not rub, damage, or move the gasket.

Heating Elements

NEVER touch surface or oven heating ele- ments, areas near elements, or interior sur- faces of oven.

Heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Areas near surface elements and interior surfaces of an oven may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch or let clothing or other flam- mable materials contact heating elements, ar- eas near elements, or interior surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient time to cool.

Other potentially hot surfaces include: Cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oven vent, and sur- faces near the vent opening, oven door(s), ar- eas around the door(s) and oven window(s).

Child Safety

NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised in area where appliance is in use or is still hot.

NEVER allow children to sit or stand on any part of the appliance as they could be injured or burned.

CAUTION: NEVER store items of interest to children in cabinets above an appliance or on backguard of a range. Children climbing on ap- pliance, door or drawer to reach items could damage the appliance or be burned or seriously injured.

Important Safety Notice and Warning

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) re- quires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the State of Califor- nia to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of po- tential exposures to such substances.

Users of this appliance are hereby warned that when the oven is engaged in the self-clean cycle, there may be some low level exposure to some of the listed substances, including carbon mon- oxide. Exposure to these substances can be minimized by properly venting the oven to the outdoors during the self-clean cycle by opening a window and/or door in the room where the ap- pliance is located.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PET BIRDS: Never keep pet birds in the kitchen or in rooms where the fumes from the kitchen could reach. Birds have a very sensitive respiratory system. Fumes released during an oven self- cleaning cycle may be harmful or fatal to birds. Fumes released due to overheated cooking oil, fat, margarine and overheated non-stick cook- ware may be equally harmful.

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