GE 164D2966P079 - Manual (Page 4)

• Do not leave children alone or unattended
where a range is hot or in operation.
They could be seriously burned.
• Teach children not to play with the controls
or any other part of the range.
• Never leave the oven door open when you are
not watching the range.
• Keep the range clean and free of accumulation
of grease or spillovers which may ignite.
• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on
the door, broiler drawer or range top. They
could damage the range and even tip it over,
causing severe personal injury.
• 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
cooktop. Flammable material could be ignited if
brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe burns.
• For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
• Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn
the controls OFF. Smother a flaming
pan on the surface unit by covering the pan
completely with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or
flat tray. Use a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out
by covering with baking soda or, if available, by
using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the Oven
Temperature knob to OFF or by using a dry
chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
• Do not store flammable materials in an oven or
near a cooktop.
• Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids
in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
• When cooking pork, follow the directions exactly
and always cook the meat to an internal temperature
of at least 170°F. 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.
Cleaning Your Range
• Clean only parts listed in this Use and Care
Guide.
• Keep the range clean and free of accumulations of
grease or spillovers, which may ignite.
Surface Cooking
• Always use the LITE position (on electric
ignition models) or the HI position (on standing
pilot models) when igniting top burners and
make sure the burners have ignited.
• Never leave the surface burners unattended at
high flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking and
greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
• Adjust the top burner flame size so it does not
extend beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
• Use only dry pot holders—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. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder. Such cloths can
catch fire on a hot burner.
• Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot holders
and other linens a safe distance from your range.
• Always keep wooden and plastic utensils and
canned foods a safe distance away from your
range.
• 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.
• Never block the vents (air openings) of the
range. They provide the air inlet and outlet that
are necessary for the range to operate properly
with correct combustion. Air openings are located
at the rear of the cooktop, at the top and bottom of
the oven door, and at the bottom of the range
under the kick panel.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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