GE ZGW124EN, User Manual

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SAFETY
(continued)
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CAUTION: ITEMS OF
INTEREST TO CHILDREN
SHOULD NOT BE STORED
IN CABINETS INSTALLED
ABOVE THE
SYSTEM—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE
SYSTEM
REACH ITEMS COULD BE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
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Never wear loose-fitting or
hanging garments while
the
system. Flammable
material could be ignited if
brought in contact with hot
cooking elements or
burners
and may cause severe burns.
. If the near
a window, do not use long
curtains, which could blow over
the gas burners or elements,
creating a fire hazard.
. Use only pot
moist or damp pot holders on hot
surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holders
touch hot cooking elements
gas burners and grates. Do not
use a towel or other bulky cloth
in place of a pot holder.
* For your safety, never use any
electric or gas components of
the
system for
heating the room.
. Do not store flammable
materials in an oven or near
the
system components.
. Do not store or use combustible
materials, gasoline or other
flammable vapors and liquids
in the vicinity of this or any
other gas or electric appliance.
Do not cooking grease or
other flammable materials
accumulate in or near the
system components.
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Never leave kitchen while
the grill or griddle.
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Do not replace the grease
collector jar with a mayonnaise
jar which could break when hot
drips into it. Replace with
any mouth canning jar.
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NEVER USE WATER ON A
GREASE FIRE. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Smother
flaming cookware on
by covering cookware
completely with well-fitting lid,
cookie sheet or flat tray.
Flaming grease outside
cookware can put out by
with baking soda or,
if available, a multi-purpose
dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.
* the drip pan and
grease well clean to reduce
smoking and avoid grease fires.
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To flame-ups, turn
down the heat setting to low,
rather than off (0). This keeps
the downdraft vent blower
Or, turn
Variable Vent
blower to HI, then turn the grill
off
Use a long-handled utensil to
carefully remove the food from
These steps should control the
flame until it eventually goes out.
If it does not, cover
entire
grill module with a cookie sheet
or
lid from a roasting
pan. Use a pot holder to remove
this later because it will be hot.
not touch cooking elements.
These surfaces may be hot
enough to bum even though they
are dark in
During and
after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable
materials contact cooking
elements,
surfaces or
nearby cooking elements. Allow
sufficient time for cooling of the
cooking surfaces.
Potentially hot surfaces include
the grill grates, griddle and all
components with electric cooking
elements or gas burners and grates,
. When cooking pork, follow
the directions exactly and always
cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least
This assures that, in the remote
possibility that
maybe
present in the meat, it will be killed
and meat will be safe to eat.
Solid Elements
and Burners
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Use proper pan size—This
system has
equipped with heating elements
or gas burners. Select cookware
having flat bottoms large enough
cover the selected cooking
element or burner. use of
undersized will expose
portions of the heating elements
or gas burners direct contact
and may result in ignition
clothing. Proper relationship of
cookware to the element
burner will also improve
efficiency.
* certain types of glass,
glass/ceramic, earthenware or
other glazed containers are
suitable for
service;
others may break because of the
sudden change in temperature.
Never elements or gas
burners unattended at high
settings. cause
smoking and greasy
that may catch fire.
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To minimize the possibility of
burns, ignition of flammable
materials and spillage, the
handles of cookware should be
turned without extending over
nearby elements or burners,
. Always turn electric element
or gas burner controls off(0)
before removing cookware.