Maytag CWG3600 - Manual (Page 6)

Grease
Use extreme caution when moving the grease
kettle or disposing of hot grease. Hot grease Is
flammable. Avoid letting greiise deposits
collect around appliance, range hood, or vent
fan. Do not leave conteilner of grease around a
cooking appliance. Always let quantities of hot
fat used for deep fat hying cool before
attempting to move or handle. In the event of a
grease fire, do not attempt to move pan. Cover
peui with a Ud to extinguish flame and turn
burner off. Do not douse flame with water. Use
a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher, if
available, or sprinkle heavily with baking
soda.
Spills or bollovers which contain grease
should be cleaned up as soon as possible. If
they are allowed to accumulate, they could
create a Are hazard.
Venting
Never block oven vent or air Intakes. Do not
obstruct the flow of combustion and
ventilation air. Restriction of air flow to the
burner prevents proper performsmce.
Avoid touching oven vent area while oven is
on and for several minutes after oven is
turned off. Some parts of the vent and
surrounding area become hot enough to cause
bums.
Cleaning
Turn off all controls and wait for appliance
parts to cool before touchmg or cleaning them.
Touching a hot oven light bulb with a damp
cloth could cause the bulb to break. Should
the bulb break, disconnect power to the oven
before trying to remove the bulb to avoid
electrical shock.
Clean oven with caution. If a wet sponge or
doth is used to wipe spills on a hot cooking
mea, be CEireiul to avoid steam biu'ns. Some
cleaners can produce noxious fumes if applied
to a hot smdace.
Storage Above Oven
To eliminate the hazard of reaching over hot
surfaces, cabinet storage should not be
provided directly above a unit. If such storage
is provided, it should be limited to Items
which are used Infi'equently and which are
safely stored in an area subjected to heat from
an appliance. Temperatures In storage areas
above the unit may be unsafe for some items,
such as volatile liquids, clcetners or aerosol
sprays.
Plastics
Many plastics are vulnerable to heat. Keep
plastics away from parts of the appliance that
may become warm or hot.
Aerosol Sprays
Many aerosol-^ipe spray cans are
EXPLOSIVE when exposed to heat and may
be highly flammable. Avoid their use or
storage near a hot appliance.
Important Safety Notice and
Warning
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65)
requires the Governor of California to publish
a list of substances known to the State of
California to cause cancer or reproductive
harm, cind requires businesses to warn
customers of the potential exposures to such
substances.
Users of this appUance are hereby warned that
the burning of gas can result tn low-levd
exposure to some of the listed substances,
including benzene, formaldehyde and soot,
due primarily to the Incomplete combustion of
natural gas or liquid petroleum (LP) fuels.
Properly adjusted biu-ners will minimize
incomplete combustion. Exposure to these
substances can also be minimized by properly
venting the burners to the outdoors.
Baking Accessories
This appliance has been tested for safe
performance using conventional cookware. Do
not use any devices or accessories that are not
spteclflcally recommended in this manual. Do
not use add-on oven convection systems. The
use of devices or accessories that are not
expressly recommended in this manual can
create serious safety hazards, result in
performance problems, and reduce the life of
the components of the appliance.
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