Know how to disconnect the electrical power to the appliance at the circuit breaker or fuse box in case of an emergency. Mark the breaker or fuse for ease of identification and swift action if necessary.
Never use your appliance for warming or heating a room.
DO NOT touch cooking zones or areas near these surfaces. Cooking zones may be hot from residual heat even though they are dark in color. Areas near the cooking zones may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials touch, these areas until they have had sufficient time to cool.
Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments while using this appliance.
Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.
Do not use water or flour on grease fires. Smother the fire with a pan lid, or use baking soda or a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
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 surface units. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth instead of a pot holder.
Do not heat unopened food containers. A buildup of pressure may cause the container to burst and result in injury.
Flammable materials should not be stored near or on the cooking surface. This includes paper, plastic and cloth items, such as cookbooks, plasticware and towels, as well as flammable liquids. Do not store explosives, such as aerosol cans, on or near the appliance. Flammable materials may explode and result in fire or property damage.
Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
Never place combustible items on the cooktop.
Never keep any combustible items or aerosol cans in a drawer located under the cooktop.
When heating fat or grease, watch it closely. Fat or grease may catch fire if allowed to become too hot.
Overheated fats and oils catch fire quickly. You should supervise cooking when preparing foods in fat or oil.
Use a deep fat thermometer, if possible, to prevent overheating fat beyond the smoking point.
If the surface is cracked, switch off the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock. Do not reuse your cooktop until the glass surface has been replaced.
When using the cooktop, never use aluminum foil, products wrapped in aluminum foil, or deep-frozen food in aluminum cookware.
This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons unless they have been adequately supervised by a responsible person to ensure that they can use the appliance safely.
Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
Accessible parts may become hot during use. Young children should be kept away.
Items of interest to children should not be stored in cabinets above a cooktop or on the backsplash of a cooktop – children climbing on the cooktop to reach items could be seriously injured.
Children should not be left alone or unattended in the area where an appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the appliance.
Take care when plugging in electric appliances near the cooktop. Cords must not come into contact with the hot surface. Doing so could cause damage to the cooktop and cable insulation.
After use, switch off the cooktop element by its control and do not rely on the pan detector.
Avoid placing metal objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids on the cooking surface areas. Metal objects can become hot and cause burns.
Do not place any object on or near the display area in order to prevent accidental activation of the cooktop controls.
Cookware handles should be turned inward and not extend over adjacent surface units. To reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage due to unintentional contact with the cookware, the handles of cookware should be positioned so that they are turned inward, and do not extend over adjacent surface units.
Never leave prepared food on the cooking zones. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite, or a pan that has boiled dry may melt or become damaged.
Do not use aluminum foil to line any part of the cooktop. Only use aluminum foil as recommended after the cooking process, if used as a cover to be placed over the food. Any other use of aluminum foil may result in the risk of electric shock, fire or short circuit.
Do not clean or operate a broken cooktop. If the cooktop breaks, cleaning solutions and spillovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately.
Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite.
Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.
Keep pets away from the product to avoid risk of fire or burns. Do not allow pets to climb on the product even when it is not in operation.
Liquids such as water, coffee or tea are able to be overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing to be boiling, due to surface tension of the liquid. Visible bubbling or boiling is not always present when the container is removed from the cooktop. This could result in very hot liquids suddenly boiling over when the container is disturbed or a spoon or other utensil is inserted into the liquid. To reduce the risk of injury to persons:
Do not overheat the liquid.
Stir the liquid both before and halfway through heating it.
Do not use straight-sided containers with narrow necks.
After heating, allow the container to stand on the cooktop for a short time before moving the container.
Use extreme care when inserting a spoon or other utensil into the container after heating.
Do not use the cooktop as a work surface or storage space.
Do not operate the cooking zones with empty pots or pans.
Do not turn on the cooking zones with no pots or pans on the element.
The cooking process has to be supervised. A short term cooking process has to be supervised continuously.
The appliance must not be installed behind a decorative door in order to avoid overheating.