Maytag X9112VUV - Manual (Page 3)

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
CLEANING SAFETY:
• Turn off all controls and wait
for appliance parts to cool before
touching or cleaning them.
• Clean appliance with caution. If
a wet sponge or cloth is used to wipe
spills on a hot cooking area, be
careful to avoid steam burns. Some
cieaners can produce noxious fumes
if applied to a hot surface.
• 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 eiectrical shock.
COOKING SAFETY:
• Never heat an unopened
container in the oven.
Pressure
build-up may cause container to
burst resulting in serious personai
injury or damage to the oven.
• Always place oven racks in the
desired positions while oven is
cool.
If a rack must be moved while
hot, be careful to avoid contact of pot
holders with oven burner flame.
• Slide oven rack out to add or
remove food, using dry, sturdy
pot holders. Always avoid reaching
into oven to place or remove food.
• Use dry, sturdy pot holders.
Damp pot holders may cause burns
from steam. Dish towels or other
substitutes should never be used as
pot holders because they can ignite
or get caught on appliance parts.
• Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam escape
before removing or replacing food.
• Use caution when wearing
garments made of flammable
material to avoid clothing fires.
Loose fitting or long hanging-sleeved
apparel should not be worn while
cooking. Clothing may ignite or catch
utensil handles.
• Do not let cooking grease or
other flammable materials
accumulate in or near the
appliance.
• in the event of a grease fire do
not attempt to move pan.
If a grease fire occurs in the oven
or in the broiler pan,
turn oven off
and keep door closed to contain fire
until it extinguishes.
Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn off
burner, then smother flaming pan by
covering pan completely with a lid,
cookie sheet or flat tray. Or,
extinguish flame by covering with
baking soda or, if available, a
multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher.
Spills or boilovers which contain
grease should be cleaned up as
soon as possible.
If they are
allowed to accumulate, they could
create a FIRE HAZARD.
PREPARED FOOD WARNING:
• Follow food manufacturer’s
instructions.
If a plastic frozen food
container and/or its cover distorts,
warps, or is otherwise damaged
during cooking, immediately discard
the food and its container. The food
could be contaminated.
UTENSIL SAFETY:
• Use pans with flat bottoms and
handles that are easily grasped
and stay cool. Avoid using unstable,
warped, easily tipped or loose
handled pans. Do not use pans if
their handles twist and cannot be
tightened. Pans that are heavy to
move when filled with food may also
be hazardous.
• Many plastics are vulnerable to
heat.
Keep plastics away from parts
of the appliance that may become
warm or hot.
• When using oven cooking bags
in oven,
follow the manufactuer’s
directions.
• Use only glass cookware that is
recommended for use in the oven.
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, and requires
businesses to warn customers of
potential exposures to such
substances.
Users of this appliance are hereby
warned that the burning of gas can
result in low-level 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 burners will minimize
incomplete combustion. Exposure to
these substances can also be
minimized by properly venting the
burners to the outdoors.
CHILD SAFETY:
• Do not leave children alone or
unsupervised near the appliance
when it is in use or is still hot.
Children should never be allowed
to sit or stand on any part of the
appliance.
Children must be taught that the
appliance and utensils in it can be
hot.
Let hot utensils cool in a safe
place, out of reach of small children.
Children should be taught that an
appliance is not a toy.
Children should not be allowed to
play with controls or other parts
of the unit.
CAUTION: Do not store items of
interest to children In cabinets
above an appliance or on the
backguard of a appliance.
Children climbing on the
appliance to reach items could be
seriously injured.
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