SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200429-57452-2147372651. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Cook's Essentials CM1708 (Cook's Essentials 5.3qt Digital Air Fryer w/ 10Presets & Pan, Turquoise, Sold by QVC, order number [REDACTED] Model CM1708). Incident: On January 7, 2020, while cooking salmon in our Cook's Essential Air Fryer. The salmon was cooking for no longer that a minute or two when an electrical spark/flash was notice coming from the from where electric cord attaches to the rear/side of the Air Fryer. We immediately removed the power cord from the electrical receptacle and the pan containing our food. The Air Fryer started to smoke from the rear of the unit. We opened up the window and turned on the grill fan on the cooktop to get rid of the smoke. Suddenly large amount of smoke was coming from everywhere and my wife notice that the unit was on fire. She handed me a hand towel and oven mittens to carry the unit outside while still on fire. Put the unit outside on the patio while I when to get the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Damage: Burnt the top of countertop damaged rugs and linoleum floor where melting plastic and fire fell from the unit while taking it outside Melted plastic and fire damage to patio pavers Air Fryer destroyed