Hotpoint RGB528PENBB Owners Manual - Page 6

IMPORTANTSAFETYINFORMATION. READALLINSTRUCTIONSBEFOREUSING. WARNING! SURFACBEURNERS Use proper pan size--a void pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware ha ving flat bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. Toavoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped and remain cool. _t{A_lways use tile LITE position (on electcic ignition models) or die Hlposition (on standing pilot models) when igniting tile top burners and make sure tile burners have ignited. _:_Nexer leaxe file snrlCace burners unattended at high flame setting:s. Boilo_>rs cause smoking and greasy spillox>rs fllat m W catch on rike. q_{A:_djust die top bni_]er flame size so it does not extend beyond tile edge of tile cookware. Excessixe flame is hazardous. _i:,Ui se only d U pot holders--moist or damp pot holders on hot surthces may result in bnrlls flom smam. 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 holden _:;When using glass cookware, make sure it is designed for top-of-rang> cooking. ;f; To minimize tile possibility of bums, ignition of flammable mamrials and spillag>, t/lill cookware handles toward tile side or back of tile rang_ without extending over adjacent burners. ;f; Carefldly watch foods being flied at a higtl flame setdng. ;_i:A,:lwws heat tht slowly, and watch as it heats. ;_i:D,:o not ]eaxe any items on file cooktop. The hot air from dm vent m W ignim flammable imms and will increase pressure in closed containers, which may cause fllem to bnrst. _::If a combination of oils or tats will be used in flying, stir together before heating or as flits meh slowly. ;_i:U,:se a deep Pat thermometer whenexer possible to pre_ent o_erheating tht beyond tile smoking point. _f;Use the least possible amount of tht for eflectixe shallow or deep-tht flTing. Filling the pan too fill of tht can cause spillovers when food is added. ;_i:D,:o not flame foods on tile cooktop. If you do flame foods under the hood, turn tile fan on. Do not use a wok on the cooking surface if tile wok has a round metal ring that is placed ox_r tile burner grate to support file wok. This ring acts as a heat trap, which may damag> the burner gram and burner head. Also, it may cause file burner m work impropefl> This may cause a carbon monoxide lexel aboxe fllat allowed by current standards, resulting in a health hazard. _?:F':oods for flying should be as d U as possible. Frost on fiozen foods or moisture on flesh foods carl cause hot flit to bubble up and ox>k"the sides of the pan. Nexer tkT to move a pan of hot flit, especially a deep laat fiTer VVait until tile laat is cool. ;_i:D,:o not leaxe plastic imms on tile cooktop--they may meh if left too close to tile x>nt. _:_Kee I) all plastics away from tile surfitce bnrners. _:_To ax_id tile possibility of a bnlxl, ahvays be certain that the conuols for all burners are at tile OFF position and all grams are cool before atmmpfing to remox> them. _:_If rang> is locamd nero a windox_, do not hang long curtains that could blow oxer tile surfitce burners and cream a fire hazard. If you smell gas, turn off tile gvts to tile range and call a qualified service technician. Nexer use an open flame to locate a leak.