About your appliance, Cooking safety, Utensil safety – Maytag GEMINI User Manual

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Child Safety

NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised
in area where appliance is in use or is still hot.

NEVER allow children to sit or stand on any part
of appliance as they could be injured or burned.

NEVER store items of interest to children in
cabinets above an appliance or on backguard
of a range. Children climbing on appliance,
door or drawer to reach items could damage
appliance or be burned or seriously injured.

Children must be taught that the appliance and
utensils in or on it can be hot. Let hot utensils
cool in a safe place, out of reach of small chil-
dren. Children should be taught that an appli-
ance is not a toy. Children should not be allowed
to play with controls or other parts of the unit.

About Your Appliance

Do not obstruct the flow of combustion and
ventilation air by blocking the oven vent or
air intakes. Restriction of air flow to the burner
prevents proper performance and increases
carbon monoxide emission to unsafe levels.

The oven vent is located at the base of the
control panel.

Avoid touching oven vent area while oven is
on and for several minutes after oven is turned
off. Some parts of the vent and surrounding
area become hot enough to cause burns. Af-
ter oven is turned off, do not touch the oven
vent or surrounding areas until they have had
sufficient time to cool.

Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp
cloth as the bulb could break. Should the bulb
break, disconnect power to the appliance be-
fore removing bulb to avoid electrical shock.

Other potentially hot surfaces include:
Cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oven vent
and surfaces near the vent opening, oven
door, areas around the door and oven win-
dow.

Cooking Safety

Always place a pan on a surface burner be-
fore turning it on. Be sure you know which
knob controls which surface burner. Make
sure the correct burner is turned on and that
the burner has ignited. When cooking is com-
pleted, turn burner off before removing pan
to prevent exposure to burner flame.

Always adjust surface burner flame so that it
does not extend beyond the bottom edge of
the pan. An excessive flame is hazardous,
wastes energy and may damage the appli-
ance, pan or cabinets above the appliance.

NEVER leave a surface cooking operation
unattended especially when using a high heat
setting or when deep fat frying. Boilovers
cause smoking and greasy spillovers may ig-
nite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as pos-
sible. Do not use high heat for extended cook-
ing operations.

NEVER heat an unopened container on the
surface burner or in the oven. Pressure build-
up may cause container to burst resulting in
serious personal injury or damage to the ap-
pliance.

Utensil Safety

Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that
are easily grasped and stay cool. Avoid using
unstable, warped, easily tipped or loose-
handled pans. Also avoid using pans, espe-
cially small pans, with heavy handles as they

Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders
may cause burns from steam. Dishtowels or
other substitutes should never be used as
potholders because they can trail across hot
surface burners 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 flammable
materials accumulate in or near the appliance,
hood or vent fan. Clean hood frequently to pre-
vent grease from accumulating on hood or
filter. When flaming foods under the hood turn
the fan on.

NEVER wear garments made of flammable
material or loose fitting or long-sleeved apparel
while cooking. Clothing may ignite or catch
utensil handles.

Ovens

Always place oven racks in the desired posi-
tions while oven is cool. Slide oven rack out to
add or remove food, using dry, sturdy
potholders. Always avoid reaching into the
oven to add or remove food. If a rack must be
moved while hot, use a dry potholder. Always
turn the oven off at the end of cooking.

Use care when opening the oven door. Let hot
air or steam escape before moving or replac-
ing food.

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, im-
mediately discard the food and its container.
The food could be contaminated.

NEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks
or oven bottom. This could result in risk of
electric shock, fire, or damage to the appli-
ance. Use foil only as directed in this guide.

NEVER use appliance as a space heater to
heat or warm a room to prevent potential haz-
ard to the user and damage to the appliance.
Also, do not use the cooktop or oven as a
storage area for food or cooking utensils.

CAUTION

WARNING

In Case of Fire

Turn off appliance and ventilating hood to avoid
spreading the flame. Extinguish flame then turn
on hood to remove smoke and odor.
Cooktop: Smother fire or flame in a pan

with a lid or cookie sheet.

NEVER pick up or move a flaming pan.

Oven: Smother fire or flame by closing the

oven door.

Do not use water on grease fires. Use baking
soda, a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher
to smother fire or flame.

NEVER use appliance door, or drawer, if
equipped, as a step stool or seat as this
may result in possible tipping of the appli-
ance, damage to the appliance, and seri-
ous injuries.

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