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A WARNIN6!
SURFACEBURNERS
Use proper pan size--avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms
large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain
the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since
heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Usepans with handles that can be easily grasped
and remain cool
Always use the LITE I)osifion when igniting
the top burners and make sure the burners
haxe ignimd.
Nexer leaxe file surface 1)nrners unattended
at high flame setting:s. Boiloxers cause
smoking and greasy spilloxers that m W
catch on file.
Adjust tile top burner flame size so it
does not exmnd 1)evond file edge of tile
cookware. Excessixe flame is hazardous.
Use only d U pot holders--moist or dam I)
pot holders on hot surfaces may resuh in
bnrlls from smam. Do not let pot holders
come near oi)en flames when lifting
cookware. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder
V_]mn using g]ass cookware, make snle it
is designed for tOlyof-range cooking.
To minimize tile i)ossibility of bums,
ignition of flammable materials and spillage,
turn cookware handles toward tile side or
back of tile rang> without exmnding oxer
adjacent 1)umers.
Carefldly watch foods being ft-ied at a high
flame setting.
Always heat l_at slowly, and watch as it heats.
Do not ]eaxe any imms on tile cookmp. Tile
hot air flom tile xent m W ignim flammable
imms and will increase i)ressure in closed
containers, which may cause them to 1)nrst.
If a combination of oils or t_atswill be used in
flTing, sfis together before heating or as fats
melt slow]>
Use a deep fat fl/ermomemr whenexer
i)ossible m i)_exent oxerheating fat beyond
file smoking I)oint.
Use tile least possible amount of t_at for
eflective shallow or deep-fat flTing. Filling
tile I)an mo fldl of t_atcan cause sI)illovers
when food is added.
V_lmn flaming %ods are under die hood,
mm die fan off. Tile t_an, if oi)eraung, may
si)read tile flames.
Do not use a wok on dm cooking surface
if tile wok has a round metal ling that is
placed oxer tile burner gxam to sui)i)ort
tile wok. Tiffs ring acts as a heat trap,
which m W damage tile burner gram and
burner head. Also, it m W cause tile bm_ler
to work imi)roi)erly. Tills may cause a
carbon monoxide level aboxe that
allowed by ctment standards, iesulting
in a heahh hazard.
Foods for flying should be as d U as possil)le.
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh
foods can cause hot l_atto 1)ut)l)le u I) and
o_er tile sides of the I)an.
Nexer ti_vm moxe a i)an of hot t_at,especially
a deep t:at riTer _'ait nnfil file t:at is cool.
Do *lot leme plastic imms on die cookmI>---
they may meh if left too close to tile xent.
Kee I) all plastics away flom die sniPace
bnrners.
To ax_id tile possibility of a burn, ahvays be
certain fllat tile controls for all burners are
at the OFF i)osition and all grams are cool
before atmmpfing to remoxe them.
If range is located near a windoxx, do not
hang long curtains that could blow oxer tile
surface burners and creak a fire hazard.
If you smell gas, ulrn off the gas to die range
and call a qualified service technician. Nexer
use an oi)en flame to locam a leak.
Alwws mm file surflme 1)urner controls off
before iemoving cookware.
Do not lift tile cookmp, iJfting tile cookmp
can lead m damage and imi)roi)er oi)eradon
of the range.
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