GE ZGW124EN User Manual page 4

Cooktop system
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CAUTION: ITEMS OF
INTEREST TO CHILDREN
SHOULD NOT BE STORED
IN CABINETS INSTALLED
ABOVE THE COOKTOP
SYSTEM—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE
REACH ITEMS COULD BE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Never wear loose-fitting or
hanging garments while fising
the cooktop system. Flammable
material could be ignited if
brought in contact with hot
cooking elements or gas burners
and may cause severe burns.
. If the cooktop is iocated near
a window, do not use long
curtains, which could blow over
the gas burners or elements,
creating a fire hazard.
. Use only dry pot holders—
moist or damp pot holders on hot
surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holders
touch hot cooking elements or
gas burners and grates. Do not
use a towel or other bulky cloth
in place of a pot holder.
* For your safety, never use any
electric or gas components of
the cooktop system for
. Do not store flammable
materials in an oven or near
the cooktop system components.
. Do not store or use combustible
materials, gasoline or other
flammable vapors and liquids
in the vicinity of this or any
other gas or electric appliance.
other flammable materials
accumulate in or near the
Never leave the kitchen while
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Do not replace the grease
collector jar with a mayonnaise
jar which could break when hot
any wide mouth canning jar.
NEVER USE WATER ON A
GREASE FIRE. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Smother
flaming cookware on cooktop
by covering cookware
completely with well-fitting lid,
cookie sheet or flat tray.
cookware can be put out by
if available, a multi-purpose
dry chemical or foam-type
* Keep the grtil drip pan and
grease well clean to reduce
smoking and avoid grease fires.
To controI flame-ups, turn
down the heat setting to low,
rather than off (0). This keeps
the downdraft vent blower on,
Or, turn the Variable Speed Vent
blower to HI, then turn the grill
off
Use a long-handled utensil to
carefully remove the food from
These steps should control the
flame until it eventually goes out.
If it does not, cover the entire
grill module with a cookie sheet
or the lid from a large roasting
pan. Use a pot holder to remove
this later because it will be hot.
These surfaces may be hot
enough to bum even though they
are dark in color. During and
after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable
materials contact cooking
elements, cuoktop surfaces or
nearby cooking elements. Allow
sufficient time for cooling of the
cooking surfaces.
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Potentially hot surfaces include
the grill grates, griddle and all
components with electric cooking
elements or gas burners and grates,
. 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 ttichina maybe
present in the meat, it will be killed
and the meat will be safe to eat.
Solid Disk Elements
and Gas Burners
Use proper pan size—This
equipped with heating elements
or gas burners. Select cookware
having flat bottoms large enough
element or burner. The use of
undersized cookware will expose
portions of the heating elements
or gas burners to direct contact
and may result in ignition of
clothing. Proper relationship of
cookware to the element or
burner will also improve
efficiency.
* OnIy certain types of glass,
glass/ceramic, earthenware or
other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop service;
others may break because of the
sudden change in temperature.
burners unattended at high
smoking and greasy spillovers
that may catch fire.
To minimize the possibility of
burns, ignition of flammable
materials and spillage, the
handles of cookware should be
turned without extending over
nearby elements or burners,
. Always turn electric element
or gas burner controls off(0)
before removing cookware.

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