Your Coffee Maker Could Ruin Your Day

Do you drink coffee and use a coffee maker?  A hot cup of coffee in the morning is part of my daily routine and helps get me ready for the day.  What would be worse than having your coffee maker go up flames, burn you, or actually burst!

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced that nearly one million GE coffee makers are being recalled due to a fire and burn hazard to consumers.  In this case, Walmart says it received 83  reports of incidents with the maker, including one significant kitchen fire.  However, safety problems with coffee makers are not uncommon.  In the past five years there have been approximately 25 other recalls of coffee makers and each recall can be for more than one model.  Some of the recalled coffee makers brands include Black and Decker, Bunn, Philips, Signature (Costco), Kenmore, Jura, Orchestra, KitchenAid, Hamilton Beach, Krups, and Tim Hortons.

To find out if your coffee maker or has been recalled, view images of recalled coffee/tea/espresso makers and kettles and check the details to make yours is safe.  I just checked my Gevalia coffee maker.  It hasn’t been recalled although there are two Gevalia recalls.  Next on my list – making sure my friend checks out her Kenmore coffee maker which looks like it may have been recalled in 2008.