Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130909-0E22C-2147452183. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: Bistro Grill Model #12601558. Incident: I was auto light as normal on my Char-Broil bistro grill when a large brust of flames came out. The grilling area when into the air and my left air was burnt. After doing some research I saw the item had a recall. I submitted a request to repair the item.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130817-93BF5-2147452976. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 12601558 or 12601558-A2. Incident: Last May 2012 right after recieving our grill, it exploded in my face. It burnt half my hair, one eyebrow, and eyelashes on one eye. I checked all hook-ups and everything was normal. My husband had it happen to him twice since then, but was not injured. I checked online to see if anyone else had this problem, but there wasn't any information.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150914-B1381-2147428433. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463242515. Incident: Char Broil Tru Infrared Commercial 3-Burner Gas (LP) Grill. Defective Fuel Gage Assembly, new from Box, Leaks filling Grill Cabinet w/ LP Gas. Apparently it is not a Char Broil/Industry practice to Leak Test Hose Assemblies before providing to Consumer. EXPLOSION RISK.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20110705-5B922-2147477546. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Incident: Knobs on my gas grill melted, gas heating up front panel burned hands and fire now coming towards front of grill

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161229-8D57C-2147408735. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463241014. Incident: On September 4, Labor Day, I lit my grill to use for the day. After sitting for a few moments in a chair I noticed white smoke coming from out the open back of the grill. I was facing the front of the grill so I opened the door that exposed the tank and connecting valve. The connection was on fire. It was melting the plastic knob. Having been a fireman I soaked a kitchen towel and wrapped it around the union to smother the flames. I then turned off the valve on the tank. I checked to see if the connection to the valve from the tank was loose, but it was tight. I haven't used the grill since. I went online to your sight and found that this company has had this same problem on other models.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210924-12B4B-2147360409. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463347519. Incident: A fire from my propane grill backfired and came the wrong way outside of the inlet tube causing a fire outside of the grill on the knobs where the gas is turned on and off.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111026-48753-2147473934. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463250811. Incident: On July 23, 2011 I purchased a CharBroil RED 4-burner infrared grill. Within two months of purchase, the labels for the settings of the burner began to peel off. Now three months later, the labels are nearly totally removed. This has created a SERIOUS safety issue, whereas it is becoming very difficult to tell if the burners are on or off. When I contacted CharBroil, they concurred that there was an problem with the grill. Their answer (case [REDACTED]) was that I could pay to have new parts shipped to me and either I could install them or I could pay someone to install the parts for me. When I refused to pay money so I could fix the defective grill they closed the warranty claim and considered it resolved. This is unacceptable for a grill with such a serious safety defect that is only 3 months.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220608-F4321-2147355710. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 461111811. Incident: Char-Broil Tabletop gas grill, brand new and on first use shot a jet of fire from the regulator (flame arrester). This could have seriously injured me if my hand had been anywhere near it.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20230829-AAC5A-2147345501. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463347519. Incident: Having family Bbq w 16 people present including a fireman. While cooking burgers 2 of front knobs on CharBroil model #463347519 had flames develop at knobs site. Knobs melted, had to use pliers to turn off those burners. Extremely scary experience. This is dangerous!! If I had been alone could have had worse experience and fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130824-ED400-2147452719. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463440109. Incident: Purchased a new Char-Broil Gas Grill in mid July. Had difficulty connecting the gas nozzle to the LP gas tank. After 30+minutes finally thought had it connected without obvious leak but ensure turn gas off at tank after every use and check for leaks when turn it on. On Thursday, 22 AUG turned gas on at tank and immediately heard hissing sound and smelled gas. Turned gas off and tried to tighten but nozzle was on as far as would go . Tried turning on and hissing was diminished but still present. Turned off again. There is an obvious problem with the design of the nozzle, it is incapable of making a secure connection to the LP gas tank leading to a very hazardous condition if not noticed by the consumer. I've never seen an LP nozzle this difficult to connect.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210921-9C6AE-2147360449. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463436215. Incident: Gas barbeque grill. The drain tray under the firebox rotted away above the propane tank, regulator, and hoses. Flaming grease dripped through the fire box and through the rotted tray to spill onto the hoses and regulator. The hoses burned through causing propane fueled fire. the pressure relief on the propane tank ruptured venting the whole tank under the flaming grill.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120316-6CA95-2147469218. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463268008. Incident: On Saturday, Mar 10, 2012, Char-Broil Barbecue Model No. 463268008 knob caught on fire. The plastic knobs are highly flammable and when the knob caught on fire, my husband happened to look over and see it flaming high and melting onto our deck. If he had not seen it immediately, the deck would have likely caught fire and possibly burned the house. We spoke to representatives of Char-Broil who refused to take responsibility even though we told them we would be reporting this issue to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. My husband suggested the problem could be resolved by placing a metal washer on the shaft behind the knob so that the heat or flame cannot get to the plastic knob. Another solution would be to make the knobs out of metal or some other non-flammable material.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190411-66DE7-2147381725. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463344015. Incident: My Char-Broil outdoor propane gas grill caught fire due to a defect in design and materials. There is a metal plated attached to the bottom of the firebox (in which the burners are placed). That plate is made of thin metal and is not removable for cleaning. Most drippings flow to the center into an opening and to a can that can be attached for catching grease. The metal plate corroded and formed a circular hole allowing grease to flow onto the PROPANE TANK and exterior grill base and floor. EVEN WITH REGULAR CLEANING THAT GREASE CANNOT BE REMOVED. IT CAUGHT FIRE - AND COULD HAVE INJURED ME AND EXPLODED THE PROPANE TANK. I EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND WAS ABLE TO PREVENT A DISASTER.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120801-F0691-2147465156. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463247209. Incident: I have owned a Char-Broil Commercial Series infrared grill for almost 3 years, so it is beyond the 2 year warranty. Recently when removing the grill grates, emitter surfaces and flame tamers for cleaning I noted that the firebox flange which supports the flame tamers had corroded sufficiently to become detached from the firebox itself as the welds attaching it were completely destroyed. This allowed the flame tamers to drop closer to the burners which I believed might create a safety hazard. In June I reported this to Char-Broil through an on-line chat at their website and the technician I chatted with agreed that it may make the grill less safe. He offered to sell a replacement firebox but could not tell me whether the firebox had been revised to prevent this problem from recurring 2� years from now. He also suggested calling customer service directly as he could not do anything but sell the parts.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260721-D234F-2147313591. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 15601900. Incident: I purchased a Char-Broil Patio Bistro 240 grill, model # 15601900 in June of 2025. The grill never seemed to work properly but as I had never used a propane powered grill before, I assumed there were just some things I needed to troubleshoot on my own to get it to work properly. The ignition button never seemed to work properly and would take numerous tries to get it to work. At some points, the grill would start so forcefully that the internal grill plate would lift itself up and then back down. I followed the instructions and troubleshooting information I found online, disconnected and reconnected the ignition mechanism, changed the batteries several times and even got a new propane tank at one point. The issue continued to happen and sometimes it would not ignite at all. I became frightened to continue trying to get it to work based on how forcefully it would start sometimes and noises it would make. I stopped using it altogether and put it away for the season. This season I tried to start it just once to see what would happen and it did not start at all. I even consulted with my neighbor and told him what had happened previously and he said that was definitely something that should not be happening and sounded dangerous. As I purchased the grill at a local hardware store in June of 2025, I know they will not accept a return for a refund. I also didn't even attempt that because I felt that since this is clearly an issue on the manufacturer's end, that it is something they

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140713-44479-2147442931. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: 463268806. Incident: My husband was cooking burgers on our Char Broil Commercial Series Grill (Model number 463268806) that was connected to our gas line. He made eight burgers without incident and then placed eight more on the grill. Suddenly, flames became very large and would not extinguish. The fire had a different smell and red flames. We had to quickly disconnect from the gas line and smother the flames with baking soda. After the fire was out, it was obvious that the metal at the base of the grill had caught fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190707-F49A3-2147380035. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: Char-Broil Classic / model number 463235513. Incident: I own a Char-Broil 6 burner grill that caught on fire when in use. The grease from the hamburgers has nowhere to drain. This could have resulted in a deadly accident as it uses propane gas to operate.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200416-B7480-2147372876. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: Char-Broil Grill2GO Model #12401734. Incident: I purchased a Char-Broil portable grill Model #12401734 (Serial Number 50190601777) in December 2019. When I first attempted to use the grill I couldn't figure out why propane was leaking from the regulator when in the "locked position" clearly indicated on the regulator. Thinking the problem might be with the individual 16oz propane canisters and not the regulator I tried three (3) different cannisters. Instructions are to screw the propane canister to the regulator and then insert & rotate regulator into the grill burner.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120319-1F2D4-2147469141. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: Red Urban Infrared Grill Model #463250210. Incident: The gas regulator on my Char-Broil "Red Urban Infrared Grill" (Model # 463250210) failed. When I opened the valve on the propane tank, gas started leaking out very rapidly. I turned off the tank, disconnected the coupler, re-connected the coupler, and the same thing happened (I was checking to make sure that the coupler was connected properly). The grill was purchased in June of 2010. The original regulator (Char-Broil part number G352-3500-W1) was defective straight out of the box (same issue of gas leaking when the tank valve was opened). Char-Broil sent a replacement part, which has now failed less than 2 years later. The failure of this part allows propane to leak out very rapidly. If the grill was on when this happened, there would be a serious risk of fire or an explosion.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20110527-4AF1D-2147478780. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Source model text: COMMERCIAL INFRARED Car-Broil-PRODUCT GUIDE MODEL 463246910. Incident: I have a Char-Broil COMMERCIAL SERIES LP/PROPANE powered outdoor grill. I grilled beef (Hamburger) on the grill at 600� for approximately (24) twenty-four minutes. When I determined that the beef was cooked properly, I closed both of the knob type valves that are fixed on the front of the grill to the closed position, I opened the bottom storage door to close off the LP/PROPANE valve. Successfully closing off the the ignition source of fuel to the grill and burners, I pulled the beef off of the grate and closed the Stainless looking lid to the closed position and at that point visually the fire was completely extinguished from a visual perspective as well as I could tell. I walked away from the grill appliance, went inside for approximately (2-3) two or three minutes when I looked outside and the grill appliance was blowing off a mix of dark gray smoke pouring out of the entire upper end of the fire-box with the lid still closed. I checked the valves a second time making sure that all fuel sources had been completely closed off and they are closed. At this point the grill is on fire. My next step was to contain the fire as effectively as possible, as I noticed that the thin perforated grate and the upper grill insert that sits inside of the thin perforated grate had caught on fire, I also noticed that the fire was burning below the thin perforated grate as well as burning on the top of the cooking surface. I successfully extinguished the fire with wet kitchen towels, I used u

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240527-C6158-2147338974. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Incident: Charbroil Patio Bistro Electric Grill. The cord overheated and melted the outside outlet. Could have started a fire. This was only the third time using this grill.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160531-A1FFD-2147418166. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series. Incident: Char Broil patio bistro grill - used 5 times. This product does not ignite right away and the build up of gas/propane causes and explosion. It seared my eyelashes to half the length, my eyebrows and the hair around my face was seared off. If my hair (which is long) had not been pulled back it would have been a lot worse. The grill grate popped up and there was a large fireball when it did ignite.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130711-AC8B9-2147454267. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: Char Broil Char Broil Patio Bistro Gas (LP) Grill, Model 126015 Series (Char-Broil Patio Bistro TRU Infrared Gas (LP) Grill). Incident: I purchased a CharBroil Patio Bistro TRU-Infrared Gas Grill (Model 126015 Series) from The Home Depot online that was delivered to my home on/about June 6, 2013. Upon opening the packing box and before assembling the unit, I noticed that the valve was not correctly positioned inside the burner tube (where the valve coming from the gas supply meets the aerated burner tube which then leads into the kettle) I carefully but firmly repositioned the two parts into the correct position. There is no hard connecting point here, just a matter of positioning the two gas lines to ensure proper gas flow. THIS IS NOT COVERED IN THE ASSEMBLY GUIDE OR THE GRILLING GUIDE THAT CAME WITH THE PRODUCT, HOWEVER, AND IS ONLY MENTIONED IN THE PRODUCT GUIDE UNDER THE SECTION ON "CLEANING THE BURNER ASSEMBLY" ON PAGE 9. THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE EXPRESSLY WARNED TO CHECK THIS PARTICULAR VALVE/BURNER TUBE ASSEMBLY EACH TIME THE GRILL IS USED AND SHOULD BE WARNED OF THE DISTINCT POSSIBILITY OF A SEVERE AND INTENSE FIRE. Problem 1: An inexperienced assembler would not necessarily notice that the valve was not positioned correctly into the burner tube while unpacking the unit from the original box which was exactly the situation I faced. I suspect the proper alignment was dislodged during routine handling and shipping. That misalignment can produce a serious fire hazard WHICH I LEARNED THE HARD WAY SHORTLY AFTERWARD (see next paragraph). After first assembling the grill per the Assembly Guide and connecting a new 20# propane tank, I used the grill on 3 or 4 occasions during the remainder of June without an