One million Easy Bake Ovens recalled

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Jul 20th 2007 @ 1:00PM

When I was between the ages of six and twelve, I begged my parents for an Easy Bake Oven every time a gift-giving holiday rolled around. I'd watch the ads that aired with the Saturday morning cartoons and long to be one of those girls, pulling my own, light-bulb baked cake out of the pink-flowered oven with the special removing tool. Alas, my parents always refused to buy me one, insisting that they were dangerous. I always thought that they were making excuses because they were just terrified of what would happen if I was allowed to have an oven in my bedroom.

Today my parents were proven correct, as Hasbro has recalled over one million Easy Bake Ovens because of a ruling by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which determined that "children could get their hands caught in the front opening and suffer burns." According to the CPSC, a voluntary recall for the ovens has been in effect since February. However, since then, 249 children have gotten their hands caught, 77 report burn injuries and one girl had a finger partially amputated.

The recall applies to ovens sold between May 2006 and July 2007. Hasbro has asked people to stop using the oven and to contact them at 1-800-601-8418 for details on how to return it and receive a voucher for a different toy.

Filed Under: Business, Food Gadgets, Methods
Tags: baking, child safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, dessert, Easy Bake Oven, EasyBakeOven, Gadgets, Hasbro, hazards, recall

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7-20-2007 @1:27PM Buy Fresh Seafood Online said... It is very polite of you to blog on this issue. A lot of people that had the oven might not even know if it wasn't for you. Keep up the good work Marisa!

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7-20-2007 @2:02PM MJ said... WOW I WANTED ONE OF THESE TOO. GOT ONE BUT HAD TO USE IT UNDER SUPERVISON IN MY MOMS KITCHEN. THANKS FOR THIS, HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE. LOTS OF RECALLS GOING ON. THE CHILLI RECALL WAS A SCARY ONE FOR ME AND THE FIRST TIME I HAD A RECALL ITEM! WILL PASS THIS ONE ON!!
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7-20-2007 @5:33PM Tammy said... What I don't get is how a kid could stick his/her hand into one of those things. If the parents was actually WATCHING them like a good parent would they couldn't of done it. Why would you let a little kid use an oven without you watching? Some people are just complete idiots...
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7-23-2007 @4:33AM yabbi said... Wow, took a long time to recall this thing. It's been on the market since 1963. Lessee, that's 44 years as of this writing. It's a recent model (front loading pink and purple) that has caused problems. Lots of kids used it for decades without getting maimed.
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10-10-2007 @12:50PM Ellen Hayes said... Geeze I am 53. I had one of the Easy Bake Ovens when they first came out on the market. Considering I never used the oven in any room other then the kitchen and never used it without my mother SUPERVISING me. AND I never suffered a burn and I never stuck my hand inside the oven BECAUSE MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT HOT THINGS BURN YOU. Where are the parents of today? Are they out getting a lawyer to sue when their kids get burned because they were not there SUPERVISING THEM. Guess you better make sure there are no lamps in the kids bedroom because they might get burnd when they grab ahold of the HOT lightbulb because they are not being taught HOT THINGS LIKE LIGHT BULBS, NOT CAN, BUT WILL BURN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! DUH !!!! STUPID PEOPLE BEGET STUPID PEOPLE !!!! STOP BREEDING MORONS !!!!!!!!!!!!
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