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WARNING!
SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
t_¢:i Do not touch glass ceramic
surface
elements
while cooking.
This surtZace may
be hot enough
to bnill
even though
it may
appear
dark in color
Dining
and 'after use,
do not much, or let clothing
or oilier
flammable
mamrials
contact
file cooking
surfltce. Note. the hot indicator
lights and
allow sufficient
time for cooling
first.
Hot surfaces
may include
both file cooktop
and areas fitcing the cooktop.
_i:,i To minimize
fl_e possibili w of burns,
ignition
of flammable
mamrials
and
spillage, the handle
of a container
should
be turned
toward file center of the
cooktop
without
extending
ox>r any
nearby snrface elements.
q_{:_
Always tuna off the surface element
control
before
removing
tile cookware.
_t{;_ Use proper
pan size--select
cookware
having fiat bottoms
larg_ enough
to co\er
tile surthce element
heating
element.
Tile
use of undersized
cookwaie
will expose a
portion
of the sniiCace element
to direct
contact
and m W result in igniuon
of
clothing.
Proper
relationship
of cookwaie
m smthce
element
will also improx>
efficienc>
;fi:,i Nexer leave sm/_ace elements
unattended
at
high heat settings. Boiloxers cause smoking
and greasy spilloxers that may ignim.
_f; Only certain
types of glass, glass/ceramic,
earthenware
or other
glazed containers
are
suitable for cooktop
cooking;
others m W
break because
of tile sudden
chang_
in
temperatm_e.
_fi:,i Kee I) an eye on foods being flied at high
or medimn-high
heat settings.
_t{;_ Foods %r flying should be as dry• as
possible. Frost on flozen
%ods or moisture
on flesh foods can cause hot tZatto bubble
up and ox>r the sides of tile pan.
_fi:,: Avoid placing
any objects on or near dye
keypads
in oMer to prevent
accidental
activation
of rile cooktop
controls.
;fi:,: Use little flit for effective shallow or
deeI>tht fiTing. Filling dm pan too flfll of
t:at can cause spillox>rs when food is added.
;fi:,: If a combination
of oils or fats will be used
in flTing, sur together
before
heating,
or as
fats melt slowly.
;_;Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
;fi:,i Use a deep-flit
fl_ennomemr
whenever
possible
to prexent
ox>flleafing
fat beyond
tile smoking
point.
;fi:,i Nexer try, to move a pan of hot
Pat,
especially a deep-fat
ffyen VVait until tile fat
is cool.
;f; Do not store flammable
mamfials
near
tile cooktop.
_i:,: K ee I) dm hood and grease filmrs clean to
maintain
good xendng
and to axoid grease
fires,
k'i,i D o not store or use combustible
mamrials,
gasoline
or other flammable
vapors and
liquids in tile vicinity of this or any
appliance.
;f; Clean only parts lismd in fllis Owner's
Manual.
_{;_ D o not leave paper products,
cooldng
umnsils or food on rile cooktop
when not
in nse.
;f; Kee I) cooktop
clean and flee of
accumulation
of grease or spillox>rs
which m W ignite.
;f; Nex>r heat unopened
food containers.
Pressure buildnp
may make container
burst and cause injury.
;f?:': Never leave jars or cans of flit d_ippings
on or near your cooktop.
_i:,: Never use your appliance for wanning or
heating the room.
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