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About 2 million Cosori air fryers have been recalled this week because they pose a potential fire risk, warned a federal agency.
The US. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a Feb. 23 bulletin that consumers “should immediately stop” using the recalled air fryers and contact the firm for a replacement. In the meantime, the company established a special website to trade in their air fryers for free.
“The firm has received 205 reports of the air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating and smoking. These include 10 reports of minor, superficial burn injuries and 23 reports of minor property damage,” according to the CPSC.
The devices, which are similar to a convection oven and combines a heating device and a fan to circulate hot air, were sold at Best Buy, Target, the Home Depot stores around the United States and online at Amazon.com, Adorama.com, Bedbathandbeyond.com, Cosori.com, eBay.com, Homegoods.com, Kohls.com, Lowes.com, Macys.com, QVC.com, Staples.com, Vesync.com, Walmart.com, Wayfair.com, Wellbots.com, and Woot.com from June 2018 until December 2022 for between $70 and $130, according to the agency.
In a statement, Cosori said that after a “thorough investigation,” the company “determined that in extremely rare circumstances, the closed-end crimp connectors within the recalled air fryers, which are responsible for establishing electrical connections between certain wires, can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
