GE JGSP30 Range User Manual


 
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
(continued)
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Ngver
wear
loose
fitting or hanging garments
while
using
the appliance.
Be
careful when
reaching for items stored in cabinets over the
range. Flammable material could be ignited if
brought
in
contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and
may cause, severe burns.
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Teach children
not
to play with the
controis
or any other part of the range.
*
Never
leave
the
oven door
opin
when you are
not watching the range.
Al-ways
keep combustible
wall
coverings,
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curtains
or
drapes a safe distance from
your range.
For your safety,. never use. your appliance
for warming
or
heating
the
room.
Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot
holders
and
other linens a safe distance
from your range.
Always
keep wooden and plastic utensils
md
cmmed
food
a
safe
distance away from
your range.
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Do
not
use
water on grease
fi’res.
Never
pick up a flaming pan.
Turn
the
controls off. Smother a
flaming pan on a surface burner by
covering
the pan completely with a well-fitting
lid,
cookie
sheet or flat tray. Use a multi-purpose
dry
che~cal or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can
be
put out by
covering it with baking soda or, if available, by
using
a
rimlti-pu,~oiw
dry chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher,
.Flaine
in
the
oven
can
be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
off or by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher.
Do
not
leave
paper
products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven
when
not in use.
Q
DQ
not store
flammabIe
materials
in
an
oven?
a range
storage
drawer 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.
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 maybe
present in the meat, it will be killed and the meat
will
be safe to eat,
Surface Cooking
*
Always use the
LITE
position when
igniting the top burners and make
sum
the
burners have ignited.
Never leave the surface burners unattended at
high flame settings.
130ilovers
cause smoking and
greasy
spillovers
that may catch
on
fire.
Q
Adjust the top burner flame size so it does not
extend
beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive
fIame
is hazardous.
Use only dry pot holders—
moist
or damp potholders 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 -
buIky
cloth in place of a pot holder. Such cloths
can catch
fire
on a hot burner.
s
When using glass cookware, make sure it is
designed for top-of-range cooking.
To minimize the possibility of
burns,
ignitio~
of
flammab~e
materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward the side
or
back
of the range without extending over adjacent
burners.
Q
Always turn the surface burners off before
removing cookware.
Carefully watch foods being fried at a high
flame setting.
Never block
the
vents (air openings) of the
range,
They provide the
aii
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 of the oven
door, and under the storage drawer..
Q
Do
not
let
cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
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