GE 49-4545 - Manual (Page 4)

Safety ■ ips
¥#lien you Get ¥©yr Cooking Center
• Have the installer show you the location of the
circuit breaker or fuse, and mark it for easy
reference.
@ Have it installed and properly grounded by a
qualified installer.
Using Your Coolcing Center
® Don’t leave children alone or onattended where an
oven ¡S hot or in operation. I hey could he
seriously burned.
@ Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the
door or drawer. They could damage the oven.
© Bo not touch heating eiements or Interior surface
of oven. These surfaces may be hotenough to
burn even though they are dark in color.
During and after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable materials con­
tact any heating elements or any interior
area of the oven; allow sufficient time for
cooling first. Other potentially hot surfaces
include oven vent openings and surfaces
near the openings, crevices around the oven
door and the edges of the door window.
® \¥ear proper clothing. Loose fitting or hanging
garments should never be worn while using
the app!iance=
® Never use your appliance for warming or
heating the room.
• Be sure oven vent ducts are unobstructed.
® Do not use your oven to dry newspapers. If
overheated, they can catch fire.
• CAUTION: 00 NOT STORE ITEiS OF INTEREST TO
CHILDREN m CABINETS ABOVE THE OVEN-
CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE OVEN TO REACH
ITEiS C0ÜLQ BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
® Do not store flaiTiiiiable msteriais in the ovens.
@ Use only dry potholders—moist or damp
potholders on hot surfaces may result in
burns from steam. Do not let potholders
touch hot heating elements. Do not use a
towel or other bulky cloth.
• Don't use aluminum foil anywhere in the oven
except as described in this book. Misuse
could result in a shock, fire hazard, or
damage to the cooking center.
• Do not use water m grease fires. When cooking in
the oven, fiaiiie can be smotherecl by completely
Closing rJoor and turning OVEN SET to OFF.
# Stand away from the oven when opeoitig door. The
hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to
the hands, face and/or eyes.
© Keep oven free from grease build up.
© Place oven rack in desired position while
oven is cool. If racks must be handled when
hot, do not let pothoider contact heat units in
the oven.
# Pulling out shelf to the shelf stop is a conven­
ience in lifting heavy foods. It is also a pre­
caution aqainst burns from touching hot
surfaces of the door or oven walls.
® Don’t heat unopened food containers in the oven.
Pressure could build up and the container could
burst causing an injury.
# when using cooking or roasting bags in
oven, follow the manufacturer’s directions.
© When cuokiny pork either conventionally or in
the microwave oven, follow our directions
exactly and always cook the meat to at least
170°. This assures that, in the remote possi­
bility that trichina may be present in the
meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe to
eat.
lifcrowave Oven
® Don’t heat unopened food containers or nonvented
plastic-covered dishes In the oven. Pressure can
build up causing the container or plastic covering
to explode and result in injury.
® Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow necked
bottles especially carbonated ones. Even if
the container is opened, pressure can build
up. This can cause the container to burst,
resulting in injury.
® Boiling eggs in or out of the shell Is not recom­
mended for microwave cooking. Pressure can
build up inside the yolk and cause it to burst,
resulting in injury.
® Foods with unbroken outer “skin” such as pota­
toes, hot dogs or sausages, tomatoes,
apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and
eggs (see above) should be pierced to allow
steam to escape during cooking.
Ф Remove wire twist-ties on paper and plastic
bags before placing in oven. Twist-ties some­
times cause bag to heat and may cause fire.
Ш Avolu heating baby food in glass jars especially
meat and egg mixtures.