GE JBP87GD - Manual (Page 4)

Safety Tips
When You Get Your Range
# Have ihe instailer show you the iocation
of the range circuit breaker or fuse, and
mark it for easy reference.
© Have it installed and properly grounded
by a qualified installer.
Using Your Range
® Don’t leave children alone or unat­
tended where a range is hot or in opera­
tion. They could be seriously burned.
® Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or
hang on the door, drawer or range top.
They could damage the range and even
tip it over causing severe personal
injury.
® CAUTION: DO NOT STORE ITEMS OF
INTEREST TO CHILDREN IN CABINETS
ABOVE A RANGE OR ON THE BACK-
SPLASH
OF A RANGE—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACH
I T E M S C O U L D B E S E R I O U S L Y
INJURED.
® Do not touch heating elements or inte­
rior surface of oven. These surfaces
may be hot enough to burn even though
they are dark in color. During and after
use, do not touch, or let clothing or
other flammable materials contact sur­
face cooking areas, areas nearby sur­
face areas or any interior area of the
oven;
allow sufficient time for cooling
first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the
cooktop and areas facing the cooktop,
oven
vent opening and'surfaces near
the openings, and crevices around the
oven door.
Remember: The inside surface of the
oven may be hot when the door is
opened.
® W ear proper clothing. Loose fitting or
hanging garments should never be worn
while using the appliance.
® Never use your appliance for warming
or heating the room.
® Do not use water on grease fires. Never
pick up a flaming pan. Smother flaming
pan on surface area by covering pan
completely with well fitting lid, cookie
sheet or fiat tray. Flaming grease out­
side a pan be put out by covering with
baking soda or, if available, a multi­
purpose dry chemical or loam.
® Do not use your oven to dry news­
papers. If overheated, they can catch
fire.
® Do not store flammable materials in an
oven or near the cooktop.
® Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable materials accumufate In the
range or near it.
Surface Cooking
® Never leave surface cooking areas at
high heat settings. Boilover causes
smoking and greasy spillovers that may
catch on fire. Boil dry situations can
cause damage to utensil or glass sur­
face area.
• Only certain types of glass, glass/
ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other
glazed containers are suitable for range­
top service; others may break because
of the sudden change in temperature.
(See Section on “Mow to Use Your
Range-Top” for suggestions.)
© Use only dry potho!dsrs==moist or
damp potholders on hot surfaces may
result in burns from steam. Do not let
potholders touch heated areas. Do not
use a towel or other bulky cloth.
• To minimize burns, ignition of flam­
mable materials, and spillage, the handle
of a container should be positioned so
that it is turned toward the center of the
range without extending over nearby
surface units.
® Always turn surface unit to OFF before
removing utensil.
@ Keep an eye on foods being fried at
HIGH or MEDIUM HIGH heats.
® Foods for frying should be as dry as
possible. Frost on frozen foods or mois­
ture on fresh foods can cause hot fat to
bubble up and over sides of pan.
@ Use little fat for effective shallow or
deep-fat frying. Filling the pan too full of
fat can cause spillovers when food is
added.