Recall: Slow Cookers by Sensio Due to Fire Hazard

Recall: Slow Cookers by Sensio Due to Fire Hazard

Name of Product: Slow Cookers Units: About 25,000 Importer/Distributor: Sensio Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hazard: The slow cooker’s control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard. Incidents/Injuries: Sensio has received 60 reports of the control panels of the slow cookers smoking, melting and sparking and three reports of panels catching fire. Fourteen [...]

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Recall: Char-Broil Vertical Gas Smokers Due to Injury Hazard

Name of Product: Char-Broil vertical gas smokers Units: About 18,450 Importer: Char-Broil LLC, of Columbus, Ga. Manufacturer: Ningbo Spring Communications of China Hazard: When the temperature setting is in “low,” the smoker’s hose/valve/regulator (HVR) assembly does not allow sufficient gas to flow, causing the flame to extinguish. Gas continues to flow and build up inside [...]

Kenmore’s Talking Appliances

Last February, Mel Bonner, 63, of Tinley Park, Ill., noticed water beneath his washing machine. He couldn’t find a leak, so he dialed the manufacturer’s customer service number. Then he held the receiver up and let the machine do the “talking.” The washer was “beeping, and lights [were] flashing” as it transmitted self-diagnostic data, says [...]

Smeg Retro Washer

I love the look of Smeg’s retro refrigerator that we wrote about Here. Smeg adds to the look with itsĀ  free-standing washing machine sink combo. Washing Machine: 15 washing programs Variable spin speed from 600 up to 1600 rpm Delay timer Max 5 kg of dry laundry steel drum and tank Extra large 300 mm [...]