Maytag MGR6751BDS Use and Care Guide - Page 4

Important Safety Instructions cause burns. After oven is turned off, do not touch the oven vent or surrounding areas until they have had sufficient time to cool. NEVER wear garments made of flammable material or loose fitting or long-sleeved apparel while cooking. Clothing may ignite or catch utensil handles. Other potentially hot surfaces include cooktop, areas facing the cooktop, oven vent, surfaces near the vent opening, oven doors, areas around the oven doors and oven windows. Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth as the bulb could break. Should the bulb break, disconnect power to the appliance before removing bulb to avoid electrical shock. Always place oven racks in the desired positions while ovens are cool. Slide oven racks out to add or remove food, using dry, sturdy potholders. Always avoid reaching into the ovens to add or remove food. If a rack must be moved while hot, use a dry potholder. Always turn the ovens off at the end of cooking. Use care when opening the oven doors. Let hot air or steam escape before moving or replacing food. Do not use the cooktop or ovens as a storage area for PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food food or cooking utensils. manufacturer's instructions. If a plastic frozen food con- tainer and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise Cooking Safety damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food and its container. The food could be contaminated. Always place a pan on a surface burner before turning it on. Be sure you know which knob controls which surface burner. Make sure the correct burner is turned on and that the burner has ignited. When cooking is completed, turn burner off before removing pan to NEVER use aluminum foil to cover oven racks or oven bottoms. This could result in risk of electric shock, fire, or damage to the appliance. Use foil only as directed in this guide. prevent exposure to burner flame. Always adjust surface burner flame so that it does not Utensil Safety extend beyond the bottom edge of the pan. An exces- Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily sive flame is hazardous, wastes energy and may damage grasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable, warped, the appliance, pan or cabinets above the appliance. easily tipped or loose-handled pans. Also avoid using NEVER leave a surface cooking operation unattended especially when using a high heat setting or when deep fat frying. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers pans, especially small pans, with heavy handles as they could be unstable and easily tip. Pans that are heavy to move when filled with food may also be hazardous. may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible. Be sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food Do not use high heat for extended cooking operations. and avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in NEVER heat an unopened container on the surface burner or in the ovens. Pressure build-up may cause container to burst resulting in serious personal injury or deep fat frying. Be sure pan will accommodate the volume of food that is to be added as well as the bubble action of fat. damage to the appliance. To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may cause burns from steam. Dish towels or other substitutes should never be used as potholders because they can trail across hot surface burners and ignite or get caught on appliance parts. spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do not extend handles over adjacent surface burners. Always turn pan handles toward the side or back of the appliance, not out into the room where they are easily hit or reached by small children. Always let quantities of hot fat used for deep fat frying cool before attempting to move or handle. Never let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil and the appliance. Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials accumulate in or near the appliance, hood or vent fan. Follow the manufacturer's directions when using oven cooking bags. Clean hood frequently to prevent grease from accumu- Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic or lating on hood or filter. When flaming foods under the glazed utensils are suitable for cooktop or oven usage hood turn the fan on. without breaking due to the sudden change in tempera- ture. Follow manufacturer's instructions when using glass. 3