Use & Care Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PERSONAL SAFETY

 

 

 

 

WARNING

WARNING

 

To reduce the risk of burn injuries during

To reduce the risk of injury to persons, in the

cooktop use, observe the following:

event of a grease fire, observe the following:

￿￿ Never use the cooktop to warm or heat a room.

￿￿

Grease is flammable and should be handled

￿￿ Children or pets should not be left alone or

 

carefully.

unattended in an area where appliances are in

￿￿

Do not use water on grease fires.

use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand

￿￿

Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother sheet or

on any part of the appliance.

 

flat tray.

CAUTION

￿￿

Flaming grease outside of utensil can be

Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets

 

extinguished with baking soda or, if available, a

above a range or on the backguard of a range;

 

multipurpose dry chemical or foam type

children climbing on the range to reach items could be

 

extinguisher.

seriously injured.

￿￿

Let fat cool before attempting to handle it.

When using the cooktop

￿￿

Wipe up spill over immediately.

￿￿ Do not touch surface units or areas near

￿￿

If you are "flaming" liquors or other spirits under

units. Surface areas may become hot enough

 

an exhaust, turn the fan off. The draft could

 

to cause burns. Surface elements may be hot

 

cause the flames to spread out of control.

 

even though they are dark in color. During and

￿￿

Never leave the surface area unattended at

after use, do not touch or let flammable

 

high heat setting. Boil over cause smoking and

 

materials contact heating elements until they

 

greasy spill over, which may ignite.

 

have had time to cool.

CAUTION

When using the cooktop installed over oven

Do not allow aluminum foil, plastic, paper or cloth to

￿￿ Do not touch heating elements or interior

come in contact with a hot Surface. Do not allow pans

surfaces of oven. Heating elements may be

to boil dry.

hot even though they are dark in color. Interior

￿￿

Be careful to prevent burns. If the flames do

surfaces of an oven become hot enough to

cause burns. During and after use, do not

 

not go out immediately, evacuate and call the

 

touch, or let clothing or other flammable

 

fire department.

 

materials contact heating elements or interior

￿￿

Always have a working smoke detector near the

surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient

 

kitchen.

 

time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance

￿￿

Leave the hood ventilator on when flambéing

may become hot enough to cause burns –

 

food only if there is smoke without flames.

 

among these surfaces are (identification of

Use an extinguisher only if

surfaces – for example, oven vent openings

￿￿

You know you have a Class ABC extinguisher,

and surfaces near these openings, oven

 

and you already know how to operate it.

 

doors, and windows of oven doors).

￿￿

The fire is small and contained in the area

￿￿ To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of

 

where it started.

 

flammable materials and spillage, the handle

￿￿

The fire department is being called.

of a container should be turned toward the

￿￿

You can fight the fire with your back to an exit.

center of the cooktop without extending over

￿￿

Never use water on cooking fires.

any nearby surface units.

￿￿

In the event that personal clothing catches fire,

￿￿ Use only certain types of glass, heatproof

 

drop and roll immediately to extinguish

glass ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other

 

flames.

glazed utensils that are suitable for cooktop

use

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