GE Monogram ZGU3650BBBG - Manual (Page 5)

• Clean the cooktop with caution. If a wet
sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot
cooktop be careful to avoid steam burns.
• Do not clean the cooktop with flammable or
volatile cleaning fluids.
• Do not clean the cooktop when the appliance
is in use.
• Avoid scratching the cooktop with sharp
instruments, or with rings and other jewelry.
• Let the burner grates and other surfaces cool
before touching them or leaving them where
children can reach them.
• Never use the cooktop as a cutting board.
• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments
while using the appliance. Be careful when
reaching for items stored in cabinets over the
cooktop. Flammable material could be ignited
if brought in contact with flame or hot
surfaces and may cause severe burns.
• For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
• Do not use water on grease fires. 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 chemical 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 multi-purpose dry
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
• Do not store flammable materials near the
cooktop. Do not store or use gasoline or
other flammable vapors and liquids in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate on or near the cooktop.
• Never leave surface burners unattended at
high flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking
and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
• Adjust surface burner flame size so it does
not extend beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
• Use only dry pot holders— moist or damp pot
holders 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 bulky cloth in place of a
pot holder.
• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward the side or center
of the cooktop without extending over
adjacent burner or vent area.
• Always turn the surface burners to off before
removing the cookware.
• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh
foods can cause hot fat to bubble up and over
the sides of the pan.
• Use least possible amount of fat for effective
shallow or deep fat frying. Filling the pan too
full of fat can cause spillovers when food is
added.
• Carefully watch foods being fried at high
flame setting.
• If a combination of oils or fats will be used in
frying, stir together before heating, or as fats
melt slowly.
• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
• Use a deep fat thermometer whenever
possible to prevent overheating fat beyond
the smoking point.
• Use proper pan size— avoid pans that are
unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware
having flat bottoms large enough to properly
contain food and avoid boilovers and
spillovers, and large enough to cover burner
grate. This will both save cleaning time and
prevent hazardous accumulations of food,
since heavy spattering or spillovers left on
cooktop can ignite. Use pans with handles
that can be easily grasped and remain cool.
• Do not place hot cookware on the glass
cooktop. This could cause glass to break.
• Keep all plastics away from burners.
• To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be
certain that the controls for all burners are at
the off position and all grates are cool before
attempting to remove a grate.
• If the cooktop is located near a window, do
not use long curtains which could blow
over the burners and create a fire hazard.
• If you smell gas, turn off the gas to the cooktop
and call a qualified service technician. Never
use an open flame to locate a leak.
• Do not cover or block the area around the
cooktop knobs. This area must be kept clear
for proper ventilation and burner
performance.
• Cook meat and poultry thoroughly —meat to
at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F.
and poultry to at least an INTERNAL
temperature of 180°F. Cooking to these
temperatures usually protects against
foodborne illness.
• Do not use a wok on the cooking surface if
the wok has a round metal ring which is
placed over the burner grate to support the
wok.
This ring acts as a heat trap which may
damage the burner grate and burner head.
Also, it may cause the burner to work
improperly. This may cause a carbon
monoxide level above that allowed by
current standards, resulting in a health
hazard.
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