Product
Masterbuilt 20072612
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20150610-0237E-2147431208
Ownership age
About 4 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150610-0237E-2147431208. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Masterbuilt 20072612. Incident: I used my Masterbuilt Electric Smoker Model #20072612 for the first time. I loaded the wood chips into the chamber, inserted it into the smoker as directed and turned to drop them. A few minutes later I smelled fire. I looked and the inside of my smoker where the chamber was caught on fire. The smoker was smoking and shaking. I immediately turned off the smoker, unplugged the smoker, and put out the fire. It appears that the interior of this smoker is defective and the smoker chips did not drop where they should off but instead dropped on the burners and caught fire. I will never use this smoker again although it is almost new. I was traumatized by this incident.
Official report number: 20150610-0237E-2147431208. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.