Important - read first - important – Blodgett KTC-E Series User Manual
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OM-KTT/KTC-E 1
IMpORTANT - READ FIRST - IMpORTANT
CAUTION: BE SURE ALL OpERATORS READ, UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THE OpERATING INSTRUCTIONS,
CAUTIONS, AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL.
WARNING: THIS UNIT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN THE COMMERCIAL HEATING, COOKING AND HOLDING OF
WATER AND FOOD pRODUCTS, pER THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL. ANY OTHER
USE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS pERSONAL INjURY OR DAMAGE TO THE EqUIpMENT AND WILL
vOID WARRANTY.
WARNING: KETTLE MUST BE INSTALLED BY pERSONNEL qUALIFIED TO WORK WITH ELECTRICITY. IMpROpER
INSTALLATION CAN RESULT IN INjURY TO pERSONNEL AND/OR DAMAGE TO EqUIpMENT.
DANGER:
ELECTRICALLY GROUND THE UNIT AT THE TERMINAL pROvIDED. FAILURE TO GROUND UNIT
COULD RESULT IN ELECTROCUTION AND DEATH.
WARNING: AvOID ALL DIRECT CONTACT WITH HOT EqUIpMENT SURFACES. DIRECT SKIN CONTACT COULD
RESULT IN SEvERE BURNS.
WARNING: AvOID ALL DIRECT CONTACT WITH HOT FOOD OR WATER IN THE KETTLE. DIRECT CONTACT
COULD RESULT IN SEvERE BURNS.
CAUTION: DO NOT OvER FILL THE KETTLE WHEN COOKING, HOLDING OR CLEANING. KEEp LIqUIDS A
MINIMUM OF 2-3” (5-8 CM) BELOW THE KETTLE BODY RIM TO ALLOW CLEARANCE FOR STIRRING,
BOILING AND SAFE pRODUCT TRANSFER.
WARNING: TAKE SpECIAL CARE TO AvOID CONTACT WITH HOT KETTLE BODY OR HOT pRODUCT WHEN
ADDING INGREDIENTS, STIRRING OR TRANSFERRING pRODUCT TO ANOTHER CONTAINER.
WARNING: DO NOT STAND ON OR AppLY UNNECESSARY WEIGHT OR pRESSURE ON THE KETTLE FRONT OR
pOURING LIp. THIS COULD RESULT IN OvERLOAD AND FAILURE OF THE TILT MECHANISM, AND
pOSSIBLE SERIOUS INjURY AND BURNS TO THE OpERATOR AND OTHERS.
WARNING: WHEN TILTING KETTLE FOR pRODUCT TRANSFER:
1) WEAR pROTECTIvE OvEN MITT AND pROTECTIvE ApRON.
2) USE CONTAINER DEEp ENOUGH TO CONTAIN AND MINIMIZE pRODUCT SpLASHING.
3) pLACE CONTAINER ON STABLE, FLAT SURFACE, AS CLOSE TO KETTLE AS pOSSIBLE.
4) STAND TO LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE OF KETTLE (DEpENDING ON TILTING HANDLE pLACEMENT)
WHILE pOURING . DO NOT STAND DIRECTLY IN pOUR pATH OF HOT CONTENTS.
5) pOUR SLOWLY, MAINTAIN CONTROL OF KETTLE BODY HANDLE AT ALL TIMES, AND RETURN
KETTLE BODY TO UpRIGHT pOSITION AFTER CONTAINER IS FILLED OR TRANSFER IS COMpLETE.
6) DO NOT OvER FILL CONTAINER. AvOID DIRECT SKIN CONTACT WITH HOT CONTAINER AND ITS
CONTENTS.
CAUTION: KEEp FLOORS IN FRONT OF KETTLE WORK AREA CLEAN AND DRY. IF SpILLS OCCUR, CLEAN
IMMEDIATELY, TO AvOID SLIpS OR FALLS.
WARNING: FAILURE TO CHECK pRESSURE RELIEF vALvE OpERATION pERIODICALLY COULD RESULT IN
pERSONAL INjURY AND/OR DAMAGE TO EqUIpMENT.