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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

Masterbuilt Slow smoker model MB20100112

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20170606-E5B35-2147399907

Ownership age

About 6 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170606-E5B35-2147399907. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Masterbuilt Slow smoker model MB20100112. Source model text: 20070210. Incident: I was given a Masterbuilt Electric smoker for Christmas a year ago. After about one year of use the whole unit thermostat plug into the unit and the receptor for it totally melted. I contacted masterbuilt and they have done nothing to resolve this issue. This could have resulted in a major fire.

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: 20170606-E5B35-2147399907. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.