4
Getting Started
Cooking Safety
•
ALWAYS
place a pan on a surface element before turning it on. Be sure you know which knob controls which surface
element. Make sure the correct element is turned on. When cooking is completed, turn element off before removing pan.
•
NEVER
leave a surface cooking operation unattended, especially when using a high heat setting or when deep fat frying.
Boil overs cause smoking and greasy spillovers may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible.
DO NOT
use high
heat for extended cooking operations.
•
NEVER
heat an unopened container on the surface element. Pressure build-up may cause container to burst resulting in
serious personal injury or damage to the appliance.
• Use dry, sturdy pot holders. Damp pot holders may cause burns from steam. Dishtowels or other substitutes should
NEVER
be used as pot holders because they can trail across hot surface elements and ignite or get caught on appliance parts.
•
ALWAYS
let quantities of hot fat used for deep fat frying cool before attempting to move or handle.
•
DO NOT
let cooking grease or other fl ammable materials accumulate in or near the appliance, hood, or vent fan. Clean
hood frequently to prevent grease from accumulating on hood or fi lter. When fl aming foods under the hood, turn the fan
off.
•
NEVER
wear garments made of fl ammable material or loose fi tting or long-sleeved apparel while cooking. Clothing may
ignite or catch on cookware handles.
•
PREPARED FOOD WARNING:
Follow food manufacturer’s instructions. If a plastic frozen food container and/or its cover
distorts, warps, or is otherwise damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food and its container. The food could be
contaminated.
• If you are “fl aming” liquor or other spirits under an exhaust,
TURN THE FAN OFF
. The draft could cause the fl ames to
spread out of control.
• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities,
or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the
appliance. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• Use pans with fl at bottoms and handles that are easily grasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable, warped, easily tipped
or loose-handled pans. Pans with heavy handles (especially small pans) could be unstable and tip easily. Pans that are heavy
to move when fi lled with food may also be hazardous.
• Be sure cookware is large enough to properly contain food and avoid boil overs. Pan size is particularly important in deep
fat frying. Pan should accommodate the volume of food that is to be added as well as the bubble action of fat.
• To minimize burns, ignition of fl ammable materials and spillage due to unintentional contact with the cookware,
DO NOT
extend handles over adjacent burners.
ALWAYS
turn pan handles toward the side or back of the appliance, not out into the
room where they are easily hit or reached by children.
•
NEVER
let a pan boil dry as this could damage the cookware and the appliance.
• This appliance has been tested for safe performance using conventional cookware.
DO NOT
use any devices or accessories
that are not specifi cally recommended in this guide.
DO NOT
use eyelid covers for the surface units. The use of devices
or accessories that are not expressly recommended in this manual can create serious safety hazards, result in performance
problems, and reduce the life of the components of the appliance.
• Use proper pan material.
Refer to “Before Using Cooktop” section for recommended cookware.
Proper relationship of
cookware to surface unit will also improve effi ciency.
Important –
Please Read and Follow
CAUTION
DO NOT
store items of interest to children over the unit.
They could be seriously injured when climbing to reach these
items. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do
not play with the appliance.
WARNING
The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use.
Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements.
To avoid burns and scalds children should be kept away.
Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away unless
continuously supervised.
In Case of Fire
Turn off appliance and ventilating hood to avoid spreading the fl ame. Extinguish fl ame, then turn on hood to remove smoke
and odor.
• Smother fi re or fl ame in a pan with a lid or cookie sheet.
•
NEVER
pick up or move a fl aming pan.
•
DO NOT
use water on grease fi res. Use baking soda, a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher to smother fi re or fl ame.
