Safety, About your appliance, Cooking safety – Maytag 700 User Manual

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• NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised near the

appliance when it is in use or is still hot. Children
should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of
the appliance as they could be injured or burned.

Children must be taught that the appliance and

utensils in it can be hot. Let hot utensils cool in a safe
place, out of reach of small children. Children should
be taught that an appliance is not a toy. Children
should not be allowed to play with controls or other
parts of the appliance.

About Your Appliance

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 before removing bulb to avoid
electrical shock.

• NEVER use aluminum foil to cover an oven rack or

oven bottom. Misuse could result in risk of electric
shock, fire, or damage to the appliance. Use foil only as
directed in this guide.

Cooking Safety

Never heat an unopened food container in the oven.

Pressure build-up may cause container to burst result-
ing in serious personal injury or damage to the appli-
ance.

Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may cause

burns from steam. Dish towels or other substitutes
should never be used as potholders because they can
trail across hot elements and ignite or get caught on
appliance parts.

Wear proper apparel. Loose fitting or long hanging-

sleeved apparel should not be worn while cooking.
Clothing may ignite and cause burns if garment comes
in contact with heating elements.

Always place oven racks in the desired positions 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. Do not let
potholder contact hot element in oven.

Use racks only in the oven in which they were shipped/

purchased.

Use care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or

steam escape before removing or replacing food.

• PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food

manufacturer’s instructions. If a plastic frozen food
container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is other-
wise damaged during cooking, immediately discard the
food and its container. The food could be contaminated.

Do not allow aluminum foil or meat probe to contact

heating element.

Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.

CAUTION

NEVER use an appliance as a step to reach cabinets
above. Misuse of appliance doors, such as stepping,
leaning or sitting on the door, may result in possible
tipping of the appliance, breakage of door, and
serious injuries.

To prevent potential hazard to the user and damage to

the appliance, do not use appliance as a space heater
to heat or warm a room. Also, do not use the oven as a
storage area for food or cooking utensils.

Do not obstruct the flow of air by blocking the oven

vent.

DO NOT TOUCH HEATING ELEMENTS OR INTERIOR

SURFACES OF OVEN. Heating elements may be hot
even though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of
any oven become hot enough to cause burns. During
and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient
time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance may
become hot enough to cause burns – among these
surfaces are: oven vent openings and surfaces near
these openings, oven doors, windows of oven doors.

CAUTION

NEVER store items of interest to children in cabinets
above an appliance. Children climbing on the appli-
ance or on the appliance door to reach items could be
seriously injured.

Child Safety

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