CUISINART COOKWARE PROBLEMS
Information about the problems and breakdowns of Cuisinart cookware that were reported from 2011 to 2022.
Common problems: blowing up, burning, explosion, fire, glass shattering, melting, noise, overheating, sharp edges, smoke.
Faulty modules: fan, glass, rack, valve.
Problems
47 issues reported
Cuisinart 722-30HNS
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Date: 4/29/2011
A male consumer reports a rivet cap on a skillet ripped off & shot across the kitchen during use & states It essentially became a very hot bullet . The area where the rivet cap was attached was left torn & ragged. He feels the skillet has a manufacturing defect or design fl
Cuisinart
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Date: 12/26/2012
37 YOF was cooking soup in large 6 quard saucepan & turned it down to simmer. The lid had been on the pot halfway when it was cooking, but when she turned it down to simmer, she put the lid on completely; and about 2 minutes later, the glass lid exploded.
Cuisinart
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Date: 6/24/2019
Consumer using her cookware to prepare a meal. A pot in the cookware set had a glass lid, which exploded during the cooking process. The consumer had small pieces of glass in her food and around kitchen area. Consumer cut her finger. No medical treatment was sought.
Cuisinart
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Date: 12/1/2019
59 YOF was simmering carrots in the 7” sauce pot with the glass lid on. She indicated that it was not cooking long, before the glass lid shattered.
Cuisinart
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Date: 1/18/2017
The consumer stated that she wss using the pan with a glass lid and heard a loud pop. The consumer stated that the lid completely shattered into a million pieces while food was simmering on the stove.
Cuisinart
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Date: 1/25/2016
While cooking a pot of chili, for no reason the glass lid on the pot burst and pieces fell into the pot. No one was near the range when it happened.
Cuisinart 722-30HNS
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Date: 10/26/2014
55 YOF was using a skillet when one of the rivets flew off and struck the consumer's hand. She suffered bruising, a burn and some small cuts. Consumer used ice and disinfectant to stop the burning. Consumer found the rivet cap 20 feet from the stove.
Cuisinart 622-20
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Date: 4/25/2014
The consumer stated that when frying salmon in the non-stick frying fan on an electric stove, the rivets attaching the handle to the pan exploded off of the pan, sending it flying across the kitchen.
Cuisinart CFO-3SS
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Date: 3/31/2021
The Consumer stated that while they were using their electric fondue pot, the fork ring lifted up, tipped and slipped into the hot oil, splashing hot oil onto their 10-year-old daughter . The child sustained minor burns.
Cuisinart 622-24
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Date: 11/19/2011
Consumer reports that while cooking eggs at medium high heat, the rivet on the 10" metal skillet shot across the kitchen and bounced off the wall leaving an indention in the wall.
Cuisinart 12/24CM
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Date: 4/1/2012
Consumer was cooking burgers in metal pan at ski resort kitchen when there was sound of something hitting ceiling, wall, glass window, & then bouncing on floor. Consumer found small rivet from aluminum pan. Heat was turned down, but 2 minutes later 2nd rivet did same thing.
Cuisinart
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Date: 5/25/2015
The consumer stated that he was making tea in the pot. After adding tea leaves, he heard a gunfire like sound and saw that the tea was all over the range. He noticed that a piece of metal that covers the screws inside the pot was missing which likely caused the explosion.
Cuisinart 622-24
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Date: 2/15/2019
There are metal covers for the fastener attaching the skillet handle. I had the skillet on medium heat. I heard a loud noise like a bullet firing & something ricocheting off the walls around the stove. I found the metal cover, dented, that had exploded off the fastener.
Cuisinart 722-24
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Date: 7/12/2016
The consumer, 41, stated she was cooking using the skillet over medium heat when she heard an extremely loud pop, then saw that the rivet attaching the handle to the pan had popped open. The rivet did not dislodge and hurt anyone, but she continued to have ear pain for hours.
Cuisinart MCP 22-24
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Date: 6/22/2011
Consumer was cooking in the 10 inch-pan & heard a loud bang similar in volume to a car back-firing. It was one of the rivets on the pan had blown almost completely off. It tooks an enormous amount of force for it to dislodge as it did.
Cuisinart 7333-24HG
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Date: 10/31/2014
The consumer had set one of the lids of the stainless steel pan in the sink by itself. About an hour later, they heard a loud bang. The glass lid was shattered leaving glass in the sink and on the counter top. The consumer says there are many similar complaints online.
Cuisinart 755-26GD
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Date: 11/9/2016
The consumer heard and exploding sound and realized that the glass top on the cookware had exploded into tiny pieces of glass while th epan was being used for cooking. The consumer stated no injury was sustained, but was scared.
Cuisinart 622-20
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Date: 12/13/2012
Consumer stated that when his wife was grilled sandwiches on this frypan, one of rivets shot off of pan with loud report like gun, becoming very hot projectile of metal. After ricocheting off range hood it landed on counter on plastic bag.
Cuisinart 722-24
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Date: 5/29/2017
The consumer stated that while frying hash browns in the 10" skillet on medium heat, a metal disc (end cap) from inside the pan handle shot across the room. The consumer stated that considering the trajectory and speed, it could have caused serious injury/death.
Cuisinart
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Date: 9/10/2013
61 YOM was frying in 8" skillet, when there was loud bang, like sound of rifle. He heard metal ricochet around kitchen. He saw that rivets holding handle to pan have thin metal cover. One of these exploded & flew around room. 61 YOM was injured & received no medical aid.
Cuisinart 733-24H
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Date: 9/30/2018
[48 YOF] I was cooking dinner in my kitchen with my [12 YO] daughter. I was using this pan to cook on gas range. After about 5 minutes, we heard a very loud explosion & crashing sounds. A cap covering a rivet in pan had burst off & ricocheted through my kitchen. No Injuries.
Cuisinart 966-24
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Date: 2/6/2016
I have Stockpot with some soup (about 3-4 Qt) pulling from refrigerator when unexpected handle just broke in my hand. I dont know what would happen if would be if same thing happened with hot liquids and stockpot would be at least half or more.
Cuisinart TOA-65
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Date: 9/3/2021
Consumer reports that whenever the air fryer is not in use it is unplugged. After using for around 20 minutes the cord and plug are alarmingly hot. They are concerned a fire will start as a result.
Cuisinart 522-30BK
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Date: 1/6/2012
consumer reported Incident with Aluminum Skillet when rivet blew off of the Skillet & flew up, hit microwave oven & fell back to the gas stove. consumer was cooking around 7 minutes when rivet flew off. Noise was extremely loud causing caller to have headache & ringing ears.
Cuisinart 722-30G
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Date: 5/2/2015
38 YOM cooked spinach in skillet on stovetop at medium heat with glass lid on. He moved pan to cool on unused burner. All burners were off. Approximately one hour later, glass lid exploded with loud crack. Lid handle and some glass fell into food.
Cuisinart GG22-20
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Date: 11/28/2019
54 YOM reported that one of the stainless steel caps, which cover the handle rivets of the pan, explosively ejected itself during the normal act of heating the pan on the stovetop to prepare an omelet. It was pointed towards the backsplash.
Cuisinart 77-11G
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Date: 7/12/2018
I bought a stainless steel cookware set. The second time I used the cookware, the glass lid shattered everywhere - on the stove, the counters, and onto the floor. I am still finding the tiny shards.
Cuisinart 8618-18
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Date: 2/22/2014
While using cooking pan 53 YOM was injured when rivet used to secure handle to pan base exploded. Rivet turned into a high speed projectile that impacted & embedded into his left wrist & it caused severe nerve damage. He was admitted & treated in hospital.
Cuisinart 722-20
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Date: 2/4/2016
Consumer's pan had caps fly off the rivets where the handle is. In the vicinity was a 17 MOM child, one other child and several adults. No one was injured.
Cuisinart 553324R
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Date: 10/11/2016
The consumer stated that she had just finished making spaghetti sauce when the glass lid on less than 6 months old sauce pan shattered. The burner was set at the lowest heat setting. Pieces the size of grains of salt blew over the stove, on the floor, and on counter surface.
Cuisinart TOA-60
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Date: 11/1/2020
28 YO consumer reports that the air fryer melted through the electric cord and caused it to short. The cord then charged the metal body and made contact with another metal item. Had the product been touched they would have been electrocuted. Unsafe product.
Cuisinart 722-20
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Date: 5/16/2011
36 YOM reports that he was using the metal skillet on gas range when one of the rivets on the handle suddenly exploded and the hot rivet ricocheted off his arm and hot oil went everywhere. He sustained a burn to his arm. He and 34 YOF wife lost hearing for about a minute.
Cuisinart 6334-26h
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Date: 4/11/2012
consumer's husband was warming oil to cook eggs in the metal pan when the stainless steal cap the covers the bolt of the handle of the pot exploded. consumer stated that the metal stayed attached to the pot but the pot itself is not safe to use.
Cuisinart 7193-20PM
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Date: 5/11/2012
While a 49 YOF was stirring the boiling water in a stainless steel saucepan, a spoon hit one of the rivets that attach the handle to the pot & stick out into the interior of the pot. This caused the spoon to lurch forward splashing boiling water onto her abdomen & burned her.
Cuisinart 6334-26H
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Date: 6/19/2013
Consumer cooked on stove top with aluminum sauce pan with glass lid for about 20 minutes. He left it on the stove, which was off. Three to four hours later he was in the bedroom & heard cracking noise. He stated that glass lid was shattered into small tiny pieces.
Cuisinart 666-24
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Date: 7/24/2014
54 YOF lifted glass lid from cookware to check contents, and it exploded sending shards of glass everywhere. It even sent glass into next room. It took consumer and her husband over 3 hours to clean kitchen from glass.
Cuisinart 622-20
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Date: 9/23/2014
A 26 YOM was using the skillet to make tortillas. After 5 minutes, one of the rivet caps began smoking, so he turned the heat off. Shortly thereafter he heard a loud pop & the rivet cap launched across the kitchen. He found black residue around the edge where it connect.
Cuisinart 722-24
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Date: 9/28/2015
60 YOF was toasting a piece of bread on the skillet. After she turned the stove on, she heard a loud bang & also felt pain on her jaw. A part of one of the caps that covers the rivets on the skillet's handle shot off & this hit the consumer in her jaw.
Cuisinart 169-16
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Date: 5/28/2015
Metal handles from glass lids from pans get very hot. 70 YOM accidentally picked up handle & was burned.
Cuisinart
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Date: 12/15/2015
In the last 10 days my husband has had two glass lids shatter. The first lid burst and shattered while sitting on the counter next to the stove. The lid was not on top of a hot surface, pan or pot. The second lid was placed on top of a pot.
Cuisinart CPC-600
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Date: 6/10/2016
A 41YOF was using pressure cooker on an electric model. She noticed it was not counting down & the red seal valve was not engaged. I tapped the gasket to see steam present, nothing came out. She turned the lid, the contents exploded onto her face, resulting burn her chest.
Cuisinart HW8633-24H
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Date: 5/12/2016
Female consumer was simmering food in sauté pan with glass lid. She heard pop and her husband noticed that lid of the sauté pan shattered. Shards of glass were in food, on stove and around the counter. The handle of lid fell in the food. No one was hurt when this happened.
Cuisinart 722-20
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Date: 7/5/2016
47 YOM used skillet to make breakfast & then moved it further back on stove. She heard 'pop' that sounded like gunshot & something hit her in shoulder, she didn't received 1st aid. One of rivet covers from inside of pan was missing. She found it over 15' from stove.
Cuisinart 84193-20R
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Date: 3/18/2018
Consumer heard an explosion sound and opened the dishwasher to find that the glass lid of a saucepan had shattered inside. Glass was everywhere inside the dishwasher.
Cuisinart
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Date: 3/8/2019
64 YOM consumer used a metal pot for cooking food. About hour in, he turned down heat and put glass lid on. A short while later, he heard a boom and found the lid shattered all over. The food was inedible due to glass falling in. He states this is a laceration hazard.
Cuisinart 54C1925-18DK
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Date: 4/26/2022
Metal handle of saucepan broke inside of rubber cover, while consumer used it for about 10 minutes or so to boil water on stove. He reported that cover never came off handle. The consumer always hand washed the pot and it has never been place in a dishwasher.
Cuisinart 722-20NS
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Date: 8/13/2014
74 YOM was making eggs in stainless steel fry pan. Handle of pan is held with two rivets & metal cap covers rivets. He stated that while pan was heated, cap exploded sending metal cap across kitchen almost striking him in face & throwing pieces of scrambled eggs all over.
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