(continued)
●
CAUTION: ITEMS
INTEREST TO
CHILDREN
NOT BE STORED IN
CABINETS ABOVE A RANGE
THE
BACKSPLASH
A
CLIMBING
THE RANGE
REACH
COULD BE SERIOUSLY
●
not
anyone
stand or hang
the door, broiler drawer or
They
could
range and even tip it over,
causing
personal injury.
Let the burner grates and other surfaces
before touching them or leaving
where
children
reach
●
Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments
while using
appliance. careful when
reaching
items stored in cabinets over the
Flammable material could be ignited if
brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe burns.
●
Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up
flaming
Turn
controls off. Smother a
flaming pan on a surface unit by covering the
pan completely with a well-fitting lid,
sheet
or flat tray. Use a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher,
Flaming grease outside a pan
be put out by
covering it
soda or, if available, by
using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely by
closing the oven
and turning the oven off or
by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or
type fire extinguisher,
●
Do
store flammable
in an oven, a
range broiler or storage drawer or near a
●
DO NOT STORE OR USE
GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN
THE VICINITY OF THIS
ANY OTHER
Do not cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate or near the range.
●
When cooking
follow the directions exactly
and always
the meat to an internal temperature
of at least
This assures that, in the
possibility that trichina may be present in the meat,
it will be killed and the meat will be safe to eat.
Surface Cooking
●
Always heat
slowly, and watch as it heats.
4
Always use the
position (on electric
ignition models) or the HI position (on standing
pilot models) when igniting the top burners and
make sure the burners have ignited,
●
Never
the surface burners unattended at
high flame settings.
cause smoking
and greasy
that may catch on fire.
●
Adjust the top burner flame size so does not
extend beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive flame is hazardous,
●
Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot
on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam.
●
Do not let pot holders come near open flames
when lifting cookware.
not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder.
●
To minimize the possibility of
ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn cookware
handles toward the side or back of the range
without extending over adjacent burners.
●
Always turn the surface burners to off before
removing cookware.
●
Carefully watch foods being fried at a high
flame setting.
●
Never
the vents (air openings) of the
range. They provide the air inlet and outlet that
are necessary for the range to operate properly
with correct
Air openings
at the rear of the
at the top and bottom of
the oven door, and at the bottom of the range under
the storage drawer or kick panel.
●
Do not use a wok on models with sealed burners
if the wok has a round
ring that is placed
over the burner grate to support the wok. This
ring acts as a heat trap, which may damage the
burner grate and burner head. Also, it may cause
the burner to work improperly.
may cause a
carbon monoxide level above that allowed by
current standards, resulting in a health hazard.
●
Foods for frying
be as dry as possible. Frost
on frozen foods 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
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
especially a
deep fat fryer. Wait until
fat is cool.
●
When using glass cookware, make sure it is
designed for top-of-range cooking.
