Cuisinart TOB-40

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141228-39A96-2147437340. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Source model text: TOB-40 toaster oven. Incident: Bought a Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster oven in September 2011. Recently one of the lower heating elements outer coating split open, thus exposing the heating element itself which gets bright hot during use. Not sure if it is unsafe. Contacted Cuisinart customer support who offered to send a replacement unit if I send in the old one and $10. They say it may take 3-4 weeks for the to ship. So much for customer service!

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20171114-77EFB-2147395429. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: I have owned a Cuisinart TOB-40 Toaster Oven for about 5 years. The last few weeks the door has started opening difficult. Today after cooking toast twice when I went to open the door the second time it was once again hard to open and then completely shattered all over the place. Luckily I was not hurt by small glass fragments that went everywhere. I was able to clean up all the small chunks and slivers of glass up after about an hour. Had this been a child or the oven was at eye level it could have seriously injured someone. I have notified Cuisinart today and they are sending me a replacement oven but not sure I really want another one of this similar model now a TOB-40N. There is already a recall on this over for electric cord. Not sure if the newer model will fix the door and glass breakage or only correct the power cord issue.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141020-C3DCB-2147439910. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: My Cuisinart TOB-40 is 2.5 years old. The lower front heating coil has bent and broken open on the right side. This causes a hot spot that sparks and occasionally flames. Reading Amazon reviews of this product shows that many other people have had this same issue.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160417-8BC61-2147420140. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: I purchased this item in March 2012 for home use for our family of four. Several months ago I noticed a crack in the lower heating element. That area glows brighter than the rest of the element. I don't know how long the crack had been there before I noticed it.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160111-A7B40-2147424858. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Source model text: TOB-40, 11CE123592. Incident: Four years ago we purchased a Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster. Within 11 months, both heating elements had bent severely and cracked open - revealing the inner core. We received a replacement under warranty. Recently, I noticed that the rear element on the replacement has also bent and cracked open, this time the element is pressing down on the removable crumb tray and the split is facing the tray. I am concerned that this could result in energization of the tray - a major problem, since the device is not grounded.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141030-B625F-2147439373. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Purchased a Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler August 29, 2011. About two and a half years after purchase noticed that the bottom heating element was warped and cracking. Continued to use it until now, when I became concerned about safety. Looked it up online and discovered that MANY, MANY users have had the element crack, on both the first unit and the warranty replacement. I believe the unit should be recalled.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20171109-B9579-2147395624. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster oven. Coil warped approximately two inches and occasionally the warped coil sparks when turned on. Clearly a defect in production. Seems like a dangerous fire hazard and shocked not recalled

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20230126-5CBE8-2147351157. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Source model text: TOB-40N. Incident: Cuisinart toaster oven (TOB-40N, S/N#3817) began heating on its own even though the appliance was turned off and the indicator light was not lit. I smelled it from another room just before bedtime and luckily avoided a fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170418-B33BE-2147404244. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Cuisinart toaster oven model TOB-40 bottom heating element has warped badly over time. Today the glass door of the oven shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces. It looked like the element had warped enough to touch or come very close to touching the glass door, causing it to overheat and shatter.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161128-85DAA-2147410331. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster oven lower element it warping and cracking after 3 years, exposing and overheating. It is a fire hazard.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160418-21073-2147420135. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Bottom elements become warped and catch fire. Numerous complaints online were found once I searched the problem. Oven does not turn off for toast once this happens.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20131209-BAADA-2147449213. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster oven purchased less than one year ago (December 18, 2012). One of the four heating elements developed a split in the outer covering which started glowing very hot and red (what I call a "hot spot"). This is a serious fire hazard.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160815-FB68D-1588329. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, I received an electrical shock when I turned off my Cuisinart toaster oven. The original Cuisinart TOB-40 toaster oven was purchased August 24, 2012. It had a 3 year warranty. Within the second year of use, one of the front bottom elements became warped. After the warping became severe, we contacted Cuisinart. The company sent a replacement oven in November 2014. We had to pay for shipping the original unit back to Cuisinart, $35.48.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140125-54317-2147447821. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Lower heating element on a Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler split open and started small fire inside the oven. When my husband pressed the power button to turn it off, he received and electric sho[ck]. The fire stopped after we unplugged the power cord from the wall.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140510-7C339-2147444666. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: I purchased a Cuisinart Toaster/Broiler Oven. Model TOB-40, Serial Number 30802. It was purchased online from Amazon.com though it was provided to them directly from Cuisinart. Purchased 12/7/2013, arrived 12/9/2013. Worked as described until 5/9/2014. While cooking a pizza, both within the pizza maker company recommendations and within the usage recommendations provided by Cuisinart, the the glass on the front "door" of the oven shattered when I opened it. The entire door failed - handle came off, and the left side of the door came off too! Glass shattered to a distance of greater than one meter from the toaster oven. I have a few pictures, taken with my mobile phone, showing the damage.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150113-5813C-2147436538. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Have owned this product for 2 1/2 years. Recently -- but it took a while to notice -- the front lower heating element has become more and more warped, until it is now curved almost halfway to the rear element. Looking online I found numerous reports of the identical problem, eventually leading to the element splitting and potentially catching fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170117-8DBBE-2147407942. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Cuisinart model TOB-40 toaster-oven-broiler. Purchased 2/7/2012. Returned first one right away because front-lower element was clearly overheating and would burn food. Replacement worked OK, but the same front-lower element slowly warped and displaced vertically a full inch to where it blocks the bread rack and will set food on fire when used normally.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20201227-61085-2147367176. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Source model text: TOB-40N. Incident: First received a Cuisinart Toaster Oven (intertek 3154152, Model TOB-40N, serial # 0418) for Christmas in 2019. On 1/18/2020, I was in the kitchen and saw the unit turn itself on and off several times. It was plugged in and in the toast position; however, no one was using it. I unplugged it in an effort to reset the unit, then plugged it back in. The next morning it was on again with the top of the unit being very hot. I contacted Cuisinart who replaced the unit with a new one serial number 1719 and advised me to cut the cord on the old unit and place it in the trash. On December 25, 2020, the new unit came on and off by itself multiple times. Settings were in the off position. I have a video capturing the event. This may present a potential fire hazard.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210127-AB9FA-2147366256. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Source model text: TOB-40N. Incident: We have a Cuisinart toaster oven that malfunctioned to the point of being dangerous. The lower front heating element had begun to warp/bend over the past month, but it still worked. This morning while making toast, I noticed that the left side of the element was white hot like a flame. It looked like it was swelling at the connection point. I yanked the plug from the wall to avoid a fire. I have no doubt that the appliance would have caught on fire if it had been left to toast as usual. An adult was using the product to make toast when this occurred. The appliance was located on the kitchen counter with no other items around it.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140818-675A1-2147441808. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: In December 2011, I purchased a Cuisinart Toaster Oven, model # TOB-40, through Amazon. In July of 2014 I noticed the lower heating element had warped upwards and the insulation had split about 1 1/4 inches, exposing the element. In seeking product info on Amazon, I noticed about 25 user complaints documenting the same problem that I experienced. Some of the users noted they had received an electrical shock or had seen sparking, in addition to the obvious fire hazard. Personally, I experienced sparking. Here is a link to that web page:

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170611-6E60F-2147399797. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: I purchased my Cuisinart toaster oven (TOB-40) 3 years ago. About 1 year ago I noticed the front coil had a small warp to it, however I did not think much of it at the time. Today the warp has become significantly worse and was actually touching the bottom crumb tray and caused a small fire inside of the toaster oven. I immediately looked online and have come across numerous complaints over the past 4 years regarding this toaster oven. It is very dangerous and should be recalled nationally due to his long history of safety issues.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141219-88316-2147437714. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Using a Cuisinart TOB-40 Toaster oven and noticed the front heating element is badly warped. I heard a cracking and popping sound so I shut it off. I called Cuisinart to find out if this was normal and/or dangerous. They said it was dangerous, could be a fire hazard and not to use it. I bought it on Amazon August 2011 so I can't use the warranty. Online I checked to see if others were having the same problem. Dozens of people on Amazon are experiencing warped heating elements that Cuisinart told me are dangerous. A toaster oven that is a fire risk after a short time seems very hazardous.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170404-FB1E0-2147404636. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: A few years ago I purchased the Cuisinart Toaster Oven/Broiler Model TOB-40. I notices lately that the bottom removable crumb catch pan had a burn mark on it and when I looked inside the toaster oven the rear heating element was actually bent down toward the pan. I really like the toaster oven and when I went on line to purchase a new one I noticed that the reviews said this problem has happened to other people. It is definitely a fire hazard and I feel this toaster should have been recalled. I took pictures of the problem but cannot seem to attach them to this message.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150307-11A99-2147434774. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: This incident involves our Cuisinart toaster oven, model number TOB-40 120 VAC 80 Hz 1800 W. On Thursday, February 19, 2015, while we were toasting bread, one of the bottom heating elements caught fire without any apparent cause. There was nothing touching the element when it ignited. I quickly shut off the toaster and unplugged it, and the flame slowly dissipated. The heating element is now deformed (bubbled). We have not used the toaster since. This is a major product safety hazard because, not only because of the spontaneous fire, but the speed at which it occurred. Had I not been standing right at the toaster, I would not have been able to put it out. Please look into this product.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150108-1786F-2147436792. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: Purchased a Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler in March 2011. In May, 2014 one of the four heating elements developed a split in the outer covering. As time passed the split became bigger and started glowing very hot and red. I finally realized that this is a fire hazard, as it became more scary to use the appliance. I called Cuisinart customer service, but they told me that the 3 year warranty expired March, 2014 and they would not do anything about my problem. I am now out a toaster that lasted just over three years. Not only that, but the customer service representative seemed to be well aware of the problem. So if the Company knows that they are selling a defective and dangerous appliance, why have they not taken any steps to recall this product?

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150305-CE593-2147434827. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Cuisinart TOB-40. Incident: I have a Cuisinart Toaster Oven Broiler, model number TOB-40. The product is barely 8 months old now. The other day I used my oven, and the temperature was VERY off, my food was burned even though I cooked it for less time than I usually do. I turned off all of the knobs and turned around to tend to my burned food. About five minutes later I looked back at the toaster oven and the top coil was still on, despite ALL KNOBS being in the off position. The only way to turn the coil off was to unplug the machine. I contacted Cuisinart and they declared it a "warranty issue," which is disgusting because this is a clear fire hazard. I did a search online (Amazon) and it turns out several people are having similar issues with their products. This needs to be researched and recalled and Cuisinart needs to be fined for continuing to sell a product they know contains such a gross hazard.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180710-82791-2147386887. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Cuisinart TOB-40 (Cuisinart Toaster Oven, Model TOB-40, SN 20920. It is about 2 - 3 years old.). Incident: I have a Cuisinart Toaster Oven, Model TOB-40, SN 20920. It is about 2 - 3 years old. On the morning of July 7th I used it to toast my breakfast. As usual, after a few minutes, the little red indicator light went off and I heard a beep. But I noticed the bottom two heating elements were still glowing orange, rather than cooling down. I even moved the knob from �toast� to �off� but the elements stayed on. At this point the toaster oven should have been off, and the red indicator light was off the whole time. The only way I could get the two bottom elements to go off was to unplug the unit from the wall. The next day, I plugged it back in. The elements stayed off. But when I pushed the �Toast� button, the problem happened again: The two bottom elements turned on, and would not go off unless I unplugged the unit from the wall. I think this is dangerous and possibly a fire hazard, as it means the toaster oven could be on continuously without the owner knowing.