(continued)
●
CAUTION: ITEMS
INTEREST TO
cooking
CHILDREN SHOULD
BE STORED
ABOVE A RANGE
THE
*
OF A
ON THE
REACH
SERIOUSLY
sure
burners have ignited.
Do
stand
●
Never
the surface burners unattended
hang on the
broiler
or
high
settings.
They
damage the
and
tip it
that
catch fire.
causing
personal injury.
the
size so it does
the burner
and other surfaces
of
cookware.
touching them or leaving them
flame
hazardous.
children
reach them.
.
holders—moist or damp pot
●
wear loose fitting or hanging garments
holders on
surfaces may
in burns from
while
appliance. Be careful when
steam.
for items stored in cabinets over the
*
potholders
near open
Flammable material could be ignited if
when
cookware. Do not
a
or
brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
other
cloth in place of a pot holder.
and may cause severe
minimize the possibility
ignition
●
For your safety, never use your appliance for
of
materials and spillage, turn
warming or heating the room.
cookware handles toward
side or back of
Do
on grease fires.
pick up
without extending over adjacent burners.
a
pan. Turn the controls off, Smother a
*
turn
surface burners to off
flaming pan on a surface unit by covering the
removing cookware.
pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
foods being fried at a
sheet or
tray. Use a multi-purpose dry
flame setting.
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can put out by
●
Never block the vents (air openings) of the
They provide
air
covering it with baking soda or, if available,
using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
are necessary for the range to operate properly
fire extinguisher.
with correct combustion. Air openings
located
at the rear of the
at the top and
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
the
door, and at the
of the range
by closing the oven door and turning the oven off
the broiler drawer or storage drawer.
or by
a multi-purpose
chemical or
type fire extinguisher.
use a wok on
sealed
if the wok has a round
ring that is
●
Do not store flammable
oven, a
over the burner grate to support the
This
range
or storage drawer or near a
ring acts as a heat trap, which may damage the
DO NOT STORE OR USE
burner grate and burner head. Also, it
cause
MATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHER
the burner work improperly. This may cause a
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN
carbon monoxide level above that allowed by
THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
current standards, resulting in a health hazard.
APPLIANCE.
●
Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
* Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh foods
materials accumulate in or near the range.
can cause hot fat to bubble up and over the sides
●
When cooking pork, follow the directions exactly
of the pan.
and always
the meat to an internal temperature
●
Use the least possible amount of fat for
of at least
This assures that, in the remote
shallow or deep-fat frying. Filling the pan too
possibility that trichina may be present in the meat,
full of fat can
when food is added,
it will be killed and the meat will be safe to eat.
●
Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
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