Master Forge GD4825

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140320-E315A-2147446164. Matched catalog product: Master Forge GD4825. Source model text: GD 4825. Incident: BBQ was only 1.5 years old when main gas line ether melted or broke and started a strong full propane fire. Burnt the deck, melted siding on the house, cracked window. Turns out there was a recall on this BBQ. Master Forge Four Burner model #GD4825.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130818-6981C-2147452944. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Master Forge GD4825. Source model text: 4825. Incident: We grilled hamburgers, and when they were finished, we closed the lid to let the grease burn off while we took the burgers inside. When we came back out, a flame was coming out of the far left knob, near the gas hose. We shut the gas off at the tank and the flame went out, but not before the knob melted.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140630-EBDB7-2147443258. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Master Forge GD4825. Incident: The Master Forge grill model number GD4825 was recalled in November 2012. I received no alert or mailing from the company stating there was an issue. On the evening of June 26, 2014, I turned on the grill to warm up. After 10-15 minutes, I went back to the grill, noticed that it was already up to 500 degrees but the flames were no longer visible. The gas hose, the subject of the recall, had melted on the drip tray. Surprisingly, it did not catch fire, but the hose and drip tray are ruined.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120830-A260A-2147464250. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Master Forge GD4825. Incident: My brand new grill caught my deck handrail on fire. This grill was placed in the same location as my old grill on my deck. The heat that came out the backside of the grill was unbelievable. Luckily the handrail was just smoldering when I went to check on the steaks and I was able to put it out with a garden hose. I went back to their manual and it states that the grill needs a minimum clearance of 36" from combustible constructions to the sides and back of the grill. How many people have over a 3' clearance? This is like an open flame hanging over a propane tank.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180514-E93C3-2147387995. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Master Forge GD4825 (Four-burner gas grill on rollers, collapsable metal side trays.). Incident: I was heating the grill yesterday (May 13, 2018) to cook a Mother's Day dinner for my wife and mother-in-law. When I looked outside to check temperature, I saw dark smoke billowing from the grill and also could see flames in the undercarriage of the grill, far below the burners. I was very concerned that the propane tank might ignite or explode. I grabbed a fire extinguisher (dry chemical) and sprayed the front of the closed grill, then around the side. I was then able to reach and turn off the four burner controls on the front of the grill. The fire in the undercarriage (below the burners, above the propane tank) kept re-igniting. After giving it a big blast from the fire extinguisher, I was able to manually turn off the valve to the propane tank to the fuel line. I blasted it again with the extinguisher and waited a couple minutes before I went to disconnect the fuel line from the propane tank. When I started to unscrew the fuel line, it fell to the side - the fuel line had been completely severed. My belief is that the fuel line was touching a hot part of the grill and that it ruptured and caught fire, spewing propane into the lower part of the grill. I purchased this grill in the spring of 2012 from Lowes in West Philadelphia. I never received any information about a product recall. I have children who are 7, 5, and 3; I am grateful that it was cool day and none of them were near the grill. No one was injured, but we were all pretty scared.