Quick N' Easy Micro-Bake Cake Sets for Kids
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Just Toys Inc. is recalling approximately 168,000 Quick N' Easy Micro-Bake Cake Sets for Kids due to a fire hazard. The product, marketed for children ages eight and older, consists of an enclosed plastic baking chamber designed for use in microwave ovens. The company received at least 175 complaints of the units overheating, burning, smoking, or melting inside microwaves, with some cases resulting in damage to the microwave itself and one instance where an adult suffered hand burns while attempting to extinguish a fire caused by the product.
Just Toys modified the cake set beginning November 7, 1994, to prevent overheating and burning. According to the recall notice, consumers should stop using the Micro-Bake immediately and call Paul Nawrocki at (212) 645-1515 x. 107 to identify whether their product is recalled and to obtain a free exchange for a modified version.
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Fire & Fire-Related Burn
December 20, 1995 Release # 95-049 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Just Toys Inc. of New York, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling about 168,000 Quick N' Easy Micro-Bake Cake Sets for Kids , covered baking chambers for microwave ovens that may pose a potential fire hazard. Just Toys has received at least 175 complaints of Micro-Bake overheating, burning, smoking, or melting inside the microwave oven while baking. In some cases, consumers reported damage to their microwave oven. In one instance, an adult reported burning her hands as she attempted to put out the fire while removing the Micro-Bake from her microwave.Just Toys modified the cake set beginning on Nov. 7, 1994, to prevent overheating and burning. The company will exchange all Micro Bake cake sets produced prior to Nov. 7 for a new one free of charge.The cake baking set, marketed for children ages eight and older and designed for use in home microwave ovens, includes an enclosed, white plastic baking chamber that holds a small metal cake pan.The Micro-Bake sets sold nationwide for about $20 in toy and discount stores beginning in August 1994. Consumers should stop using the Micro-Bake immediately and call Paul Nawrocki at (212) 645-1515 x. 107 for help in identifying the recalled products and for exchange information
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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