SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260323-67E61-2147322377. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Breville Mini Smart Oven Breville Mini Smart Oven (It is a "mini smart oven," a counter top oven which can be used for baking and broiling, as a toaster oven, and for other cooking and heating purposes.). Incident: This is about a Breville Mini Smart Oven, basically a toaster oven, used in our family kitchen mainly by adults. It gets extremely hot when used. The product is made for use in small spaces. The electrical cord on the rear of the unit is set up so that it can be plugged into an electrical socket without extending the cord away from the unit. The plug attached to the cord is encased in soft plastic. Because of the short distance between the rear of the unit and the electrical outlet, the plastic casing of the plug abutted the back of the unit. We were unaware of this, and there was no cause for concern because the unit was made to fit this way. Over the months we have used the unit, the heat was high enough to melt the plastic casing of the plug to the metal rear of the unit. The plug is now stuck fast to the metal unit while plugged in. Eventually the plastic will melt through, and current will flow throughout the unit, which is all metal. This is a very dangerous situation as it presents the potential for severe injury, as well as a fire.