Hotpoint RGB506 - Manual (Page 5)

¥ 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 flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe burns.
¥ For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
¥ Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Turn the controls off. Smother a
flaming pan on a surface unit by covering the
pan completely with a well-fitting lid, cookie
sheet or flat tray. Use a multi-purpose dry
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by
covering it with baking soda or, if available, by
using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven off
or by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-
type fire extinguisher.
¥ Do not store flammable materials in an oven, a
broiler drawer or near a cooktop.
¥ DO NOT STORE OR USE COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN
THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
APPLIANCE.
¥ Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
¥ When cooking pork, follow the directions
exactly and always cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least 170¡F. This assures that, in
the remote possibility that trichina may be present
in the meat, it will be killed and the meat will be
safe to eat.
Surface Cooking
¥ Always use the LITE position when igniting
the top burners and make sure the burners have
ignited.
¥ Never leave the surface burners unattended at
high flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking
and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
¥ Adjust the top burner flame size so it does not
extend beyond the edge of the cookware.
Excessive flame is hazardous.
¥ Use only dry pot holdersÑmoist or damp pot
holders on hot surfaces may result in burns
from steam.
¥ Do not let pot holders come near open flames
when lifting cookware. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth in place of a pot holder.
¥ To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, turn
cookware handles toward the side or back of the
range without extending over adjacent burners.
¥ Always turn the surface burners to off before
removing cookware.
¥ Carefully watch foods being fried at a high
flame setting.
¥ Never block the vents (air openings) of the
range. They provide the air inlet and outlet that
are necessary for the range to operate properly
with correct combustion. Air openings are located
at the rear of the cooktop, at the top and bottom of
the oven door, and at the bottom of the range
under the broiler drawer.
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