Maytag MGR6775BD Use and Care Manual - 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 manufacturer's food or cooking utensils. instructions. If a plastic frozen food container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise damaged during Cooking Safety 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 Use pans with flat bottoms and handles that are easily excessive flame is hazardous, wastes energy and may grasped and stay cool. Avoid using unstable, warped, easily damage the appliance, pan or cabinets above the tipped or loose-handled pans. Also avoid using pans, appliance. especially small pans, with heavy handles as they could be NEVER leave a surface cooking operation unattended unstable and easily tip. Pans that are heavy to move when especially when using a high heat setting or when deep filled with food may also be hazardous. fat frying. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers Be sure utensil is large enough to properly contain food may ignite. Clean up greasy spills as soon as possible. and avoid boilovers. Pan size is particularly important in Do not use high heat for extended cooking operations. deep fat frying. Be sure pan will accommodate the volume NEVER heat an unopened container on the surface burner or in the ovens. Pressure build-up may cause of food that is to be added as well as the bubble action of fat. container to burst, resulting in serious personal injury or To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and damage to the appliance. spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil, do 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 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. on appliance parts. Never let a pan boil dry as this could damage the utensil Always let quantities of hot fat used for deep fat frying and the appliance. cool before attempting to move or handle. Follow the manufacturer's directions when using oven Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials cooking bags. accumulate in or near the appliance, hood or vent fan. Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic or Clean hood frequently to prevent grease from glazed utensils are suitable for cooktop or oven usage accumulating on hood or filter. When flaming foods without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature. under the hood, turn the fan on. Follow manufacturer's instructions when using glass. 3