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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Weber Genesis E310 Natural Gas Barbecue Grill

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20110816-80EB1-2147476184

Ownership age

About 73 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20110816-80EB1-2147476184. Matched catalog product: Weber Genesis E310 Natural Gas Barbecue Grill. Source model text: Weber Q. Incident: In my Weber Q gas grill, the fuel tube split open and the insides exploded into flames. Luckily, I had a very small tube of propane fuel attached, had I one of the large containers of propane attached, my deck might have been engulfed in flames. It took about 5-10 minutes before the flames stopped.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.

Official report number: 20110816-80EB1-2147476184. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.