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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Welbilt Recall Hotline: (800) 872-1656
July 11, 2000
CPSC Contact: Kim Dulic
Release # 00-142
(301) 504-7058
CPSC, Appliance Co. of America Announce Recall of Toaster Ovens
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Appliance Co. of America, of Great Neck, N.Y., is
recalling about 7,000 Welbilt toaster ovens. The ovens' heating elements
can break, causing the glass door to shatter. The toasters could short
circuit, causing electrical shocks and fires.
Appliance Co. of America has received 14 reports of heating
elements breaking. In one incident, the glass door broke, and in
another, a countertop was scorched. No injuries have been reported.
These Welbilt toaster ovens with rotisserie and griddle have
model number TR660 on the back of the oven. The oven is white and black
about 17 inches wide and 12 inches high, and has a glass door. Three
knobs on the right side of the oven control the temperature; function,
such as broil, rotisserie, toast and bake; and length of time. "WELBILT® Toaster Oven With Rotisserie & Griddle" is written on the
oven's lower-right front.
Club, discount and department stores, and mail order catalogs sold
the toaster ovens nationwide from January 2000 through May 2000 for
about $100.
Consumers should stop using these toaster ovens immediately and
call the Appliance Co. of America for a free replacement toaster oven or
a refund. Call the Appliance Co. of America at (800) 872-1656 between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, you can go to CPSC's forms page and use the first on-line form on that page. Or, you can call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or send the information to info@cpsc.gov. To order a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information from CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov or by calling the hotline or sending your request to info@cpsc.gov. You can also subscribe to CPSC's email subscription list which normally sends all press releases the day they are issued.
