GE JGBP38 Use And Care & Installation Manual

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS(continued)• CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TOCHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED INCABINETS ABOVE A RANGE OR ON THEBACKSPLASH OF A RANGE—CHILDRENCLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACHITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hangon the door, storage drawer or cooktop. Theycould damage the range and even tip it over,causing severe personal injury.• Let the burner grates and other surfaces coolbefore touching them or leaving them wherechildren can reach them.• Never wear loose fitting or hanging garmentswhile using the appliance. Be careful whenreaching for items stored in cabinets over thecooktop. Flammable material could be ignited ifbrought in contact with flame or hot oven surfacesand may cause severe burns.• Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick upa flaming pan. Turn the controls off. Smother aflaming pan on a surface unit by covering thepan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookiesheet or flat tray. Use a multi-purpose drychemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out bycovering it with baking soda or, if available, byusing a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-typefire extinguisher.Flame in the oven can be smothered completelyby closing the oven door and turning the oven offor by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.• Do not store flammable materials in an oven,a storage drawer or near a cooktop.• DO NOT STORE OR USE COMBUSTIBLEMATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHERFLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS INTHE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHERAPPLIANCE.• Do not let cooking grease or other flammablematerials accumulate in or near the range.• When cooking pork, follow the directions exactlyand always cook the meat to an internal temperatureof at least 170°F. This assures that, in the remotepossibility that trichina may be present in the meat,it will be killed and the meat will be safe to eat.Surface Cooking• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.• Always use the LITE position (on electricignition models) or the HI position (on standingpilot models) when igniting the top burners andmake sure the burners have ignited.• Never leave the surface burners unattended athigh flame settings. Boilovers cause smokingand greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.• Adjust the top burner flame size so it does notextend beyond the edge of the cookware.Excessive flame is hazardous.• Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot holderson hot surfaces may result in burns from steam.• Do not let pot holders come near open flameswhen lifting cookware. Do not use a towel orother bulky cloth in place of a pot holder.• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignitionof flammable materials and spillage, turncookware handles toward the side or back of therange without extending over adjacent burners.• Always turn the surface burners to off beforeremoving cookware.• Carefully watch foods being fried at a highflame setting.• Never block the vents (air openings) of therange. They provide the air inlet and outlet thatare necessary for the range to operate properlywith correct combustion. Air openings are locatedat the rear of the cooktop, at the top and bottom ofthe oven door, and at the bottom of the rangeunder the storage drawer or kick panel.• Do not use a wok on models with sealed burnersif the wok has a round metal ring that is placedover the burner grate to support the wok. Thisring acts as a heat trap, which may damage theburner grate and burner head. Also, it may causethe burner to work improperly. This may cause acarbon monoxide level above that allowed bycurrent standards, resulting in a health hazard.• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh foods cancause hot fat to bubble up and over the sides of the pan.• Use the least possible amount of fat for effectiveshallow or deep-fat frying. Filling the pan toofull of fat can cause spillovers when food is added.• Use a deep fat thermometer whenever possible toprevent overheating fat beyond the smoking point.• Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially adeep fat fryer. Wait until the fat is cool.4