Avanti DER24CSS - Manual (Page 7)

Do not install the range over carpeting unless a sheet of ’л" thick plywood or similar insulator is
■placed between the range and carpeting.
Do not leave children alone or unattended where a range is hot or in operation.
Never use your appliance for heating the room. Your oven and cooktop are not designed to
heat your kitchen. The surface unit should not be operated without cookware.
Do not let cooking grease accumulate in or near the range.
Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn the controls off.
Do not use water on grease fires. Flaming-grease outside a pan can be put out by covering it
with baking soda, multipurpose dry chemical, or fire extinguisher. Flame in the oven can be
smothered completely by closing the oven door and turning the oven off or by using baking
soda, multipurpose dry chemical, or fire extinguisher.
Do not store or use combustible materials in an oven, storage drawer, or near the cooktop.
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 the surface units or hot oven surfaces and may cause severe burns.
Use only dry pot hoiders-moist or damp potholders on hot surfaces.may result in burns from
steam. Do not let potholder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or other bulky
cloth.
Always turn the surface units to OFF before removing cookware.
Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking and
greasy spillovers that may ignite.
Use proper pan size. This appliance is equipped with surface units of different size. Select
utensils having fiat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of
undersized utensils will expose a portion of the heating element to direct contact and may
result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of utensii to heating element will also improve
efficiency.
Make sure reflector pans are in place. Absence of these pans during cooking may subject
wiring or components underneath to damage.
Do not use aluminium foil to line surface unit reflector pans. Installation of these liners may
result in a risk of electric shock, or fire.
Do not soak removable heating elements. They should never be immersed in water.
Utensii handles should be turned inward and not extend over adjacent surface units. To reduce
the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage due to unintentional contact with
utensil, the handle of a utensii should be positioned so that it is turned inward, and does not
extend over adjacent surface units.
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 the least possible amount of
fat for effective shallow or deep fat frying. Overloading the pan with fat can cause spillovers
when food is added.
If oils or fats will be combined when frying, stir them together before heating 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.
Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially a deep fat fryer. Wait until the fat is cool.
When using glass cookware, make sure it is designed for top-of-range cooking.
Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot air from the vent may ignite flammable items
_and will increase pressure in closed containers, which may cause them to burst.
Do not use the oven as a storage area. Items stored in the oven can igniie.
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