985,000 Easy Bake Ovens Recalled - They Get HOT!

[matcom]

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About 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens sold since last May have been recalled on Tuesday because children can get their hands or fingers caught in the oven's opening, which poses an entrapment or burn hazard.

The ovens are manufactured by Easy-Bake, a division of Hasbro Inc. The company has received 29 reports of children getting their fingers or hands caught in the product, including five reports of burns.

The recalled plastic ovens are purple and pink. They resemble a kitchen stove with four burners on top and a front-loading oven. "Easy Bake" is printed on the front of the electric toy, while "Hasbro" and model number 65805 are stamped into the plastic on the back.

The recall does not include Easy-Bake Ovens sold before May 2006. Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys and other retailers nationwide sold the toy from May 2006 through February 2007.

For a free retrofit kit, call the company at 800-601-8418. For more information, visit http://www.easybake.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/06/toy.oven.recall.ap/index.html

[PVnRT]

1. No....shit....

What part of "oven" do people not understand?

[Hugin]

2. I guess they'll be wanting my Easy-Fry Junior Sized Deep Fryer toy back soon...

:eyes:

[1gobluedem]

3. Reminds me of years ago when I worked at Domino's HQ

And took a call from an irate consumer who thought we should print warnings on the cardboard boxes because his caught fire when he put it into a hot oven.

[AllegroRondo]

4. they actually print warnings on pizza boxes now

I dont know if Dominos does specifically, but Ive seen some on the local ones.
"caution - remove pizza from box before reheating in oven"

[1gobluedem]

8. Incredible

Like the warnings on blow dryers, not to use them while in the bathtub. Duh.

[Shell Beau]

11. Jeez...

Some people are just not very bright!!

[HuffleClaw]

5. WTF ????!!!!!

what utter bullshit is that?????

its hasbro's fault because kids are clumsy?

[Kerrytravelers]

6. So, are the kids just all by themselves when cooking with this toy?

Where are Mom and Dad/ How are they getting burned and their fingers caught if Mom and Dad are there supervising?

[Arugula Latte]

7. Beware the dangers of cooking with lightbulbs!!

:scared:

[AllegroRondo]

10. shouldnt they have switched to CFLs?

how long would it take to bake a cake on one of those?

[Redbear]

9. It's not the burn thats causing the recall, its the entrapment of fingers in the new models

The major danger is if a child reaches in and realizes its hot but cannot get his or her finger out.