Important Safety Instructions
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock,
injury to persons, or damage when using the
lower oven, follow basic precautions,
including the following:
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Read all instructions before using
the lower oven.
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Use only dry potholders. Moist or
damp potholders on hot surfaces
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Install or locate the oven only in
may result in burns from steam. Do
accordance with the provided
not let potholder touch hot heating
Installation Instructions.
elements. Do not use a towel or
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Do not use the lower oven for
bulky cloth for a potholder. They
warming or heating the room. Per-
could catch on fire.
sons could be burned or injured, or
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Use care when opening oven door.
a fire could start,
Let hot air or steam escape before
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Do not leave children alone in area
removing or replacing food.
where the lower oven is in use.
9 Do not heat unopened containers.
They should never be allowed to
They could explode. The hot
sit or stand on any part of the lower
contents could cause burns and
oven. They could be burned or
container particles could cause
injured.
injury.
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Do not repair or replace any part of
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Keep lower oven vents
the lower oven unless specifically
unobstructed.
recommended in this manual. All
other servicing should be referred
9 Always position oven racks in
desired location while oven is cool.
to a qualified technician.
If rack must be moved while oven
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Do not store flammable materials
is hot, do not let potholder contact
in or near the lower oven. They
hot heating element in oven.
could explode or burn.
. Do not clean door seal. It is essen-
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Do not use water on grease fires.
tial for a good seal. Care should be
Never pick up a flaming pan.
taken not to rub, damage, or move
Smother flaming pan by covering
the seal. Clean only parts recom-
with a well-fitted lid, cookie sheet
mended in this Use and Care
or flat tray. Flaming grease outside
Guide.
pan can be extinguished with bak-
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Do not use oven cleaners. No
ing soda, or if available, a multipur-
commercial oven cleaner or oven
pose dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.
liner protective coating of any
kind should be used in or around
any part of the oven.
