5Safety instructionsSafety during use• Overheated fats and oils can ignite very quickly. Warning! Fire hazard!• There is the risk of burns from the appliance if used carelessly.• Remove stickers and film from the glass ceramic.• Cables from electrical appliances must not touch the hot surface of the appli-ance or hot cookware.• Switch the cooking zones off after each use.Safety when cleaning• For cleaning, the appliance must be switched off and cooled down.• For safety reasons, the cleaning of the appliance with steam jet or high-pres-sure cleaning equipment is not permitted.How to avoid damage to the appliance• The ceramic glass can be damaged by objects falling onto it.• The edge of the ceramic glass can be damaged by being knocked by the cook-ware.• Cookware made of cast iron, cast aluminium or with damaged bottoms canscratch the ceramic glass if pushed across the surface.• Objects that melt and things that boil over can burn onto the ceramic glassand should be removed straightaway.• To avoid damaging cookware and glass ceramics, do not allow saucepans orfrying pans to boil dry.• Do not use the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.