Cleaning Your Range - GE JGAS24 Use And Care & Installation Manual

• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh foods
can cause hot fat to bubble up and over sides of
the pan.
• Use least possible amount of fat for effective
shallow or deep-fat frying. Filling the pan too
full of fat can cause spillovers when food is added.
• If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in frying, stir together before heating or as fats
melt slowly.
• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
• Use a deep fat thermometer whenever
possible to prevent overheating fat beyond the
smoking point.
• Use proper pan size—Avoid pans that are unstable
or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat
bottoms large enough to properly contain food and
avoid boilovers and spillovers and large enough to
cover burner grate. 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.
• When using glass cookware, make sure it is
designed for top-of-range cooking.
• Keep all plastics away from top burners.
• Do not leave plastic items on the cooktop—
they may melt if left too close to the vent.
• Do not leave any items on the cooktop. The hot
air from the vent may ignite flammable items and
will increase pressure in closed containers, which
may cause them to burst.
• To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be
certain that the controls for all burners are at
the OFF position and all grates are cool before
attempting to remove them.
• Should you have a grease fire, turn the fan off.
The fan, if operating, may spread the flames.
• If range is located near a window, do not hang
long curtains that could blow over the top burners
and create a fire hazard.
• When a pilot goes out (on standing pilot models),
you will detect a faint odor of gas as your signal
to relight the pilot. When relighting the pilot,
make sure burner controls are in the OFF position,
and follow instructions in this book to relight.
• If you smell gas, and you have already made
sure pilots are lit (on standing pilot models),
turn off the gas to the range and call a qualified
service technician. Never use an open flame to
locate a leak.

Cleaning Your Range

• Clean only parts listed in this Use and
Care Guide.
• Keep range clean and free of accumulations of
grease or spillovers, which may ignite.
• Be careful when you clean the cooktop because
the area over the pilot (on standing pilot
models) will be hot.
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