IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
(continued)
Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on
the door, storage drawer, kick panel or cooktop.
They
could damage the range and even tip it over,
causing severe personal injury.
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Let the burner grates and other surfaces cool
before touching them or leaving them where
children can reach them.
Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments
while
using the appliance. Be careful when
reaching for items stored in cabinets over the
range. Flammable material could be ignited if
brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe burns.
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For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
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Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan.
Turn the controls off. Smother a
flaming pan on a surface burner by covering
the pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or fiat tray. Use a multi-purpose dry chemical
or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out
by covering it with baking soda or, if available,
by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or
type fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven off
or by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or
type fire extinguisher.
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Do not leave children alone or unattended
where a range is hot or in operation.
They
could be seriously burned.
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Teach children not to play with the controls
or any other part of the range.
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Never
the
door open
when you are not
watching the range.
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Always keep combustible
curtains or drapes a safe distance from your
range.
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Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, potholders
and other linens a safe distance from your
range.
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Always keep wooden and plastic utensils and
canned food a safe distance away from your
range.
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Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in use.
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Do not store flammable materials in an oven,
a range storage drawer or near a cooktop.
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Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids
in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
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Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
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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 trichina may be present in the meat,
it will be killed and the meat will be safe to eat.
Surface Cooking
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Always use the LITE position when igniting the
surface burners
and make sure the burners have
ignited.
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Never leave surface burners unattended at
high flame settings.
cause smoking
and greasy
that may catch on fire.
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Adjust the surface burner flame size so it does
not extend beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
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Use only dry potholders-moist
or damp pot holders 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. Such cloths can catch
fire on hot surface burner.
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To minimize the possibility of burns,
ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn cookware
handles toward the side or back of the range
without extending over adjacent burners.
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Always turn the surface burners off before
removing the cookware.
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Carefully watch foods being fried at a high
flame setting.
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