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CPSC, Atico International USA Inc. Announce Recall of Percolators

Home product recall 01-187. Announced by CPSC on Jul 11, 2001.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jul 11, 2001. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

If the thermostat fails, the plastic housing of the percolator can overheat and melt while in use, posing a fire hazard.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Firm no longer in business. Recall remedy no longer available. Discard the product. Do not donate or resell.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: The firm is out of business. Consumers should call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).

Which ones are recalled?

The recall includes Atico’s Kitchen Gourmet Automatic 10 Cup Percolator and Prinetti Electric 10 Cup Percolator. The white plastic percolators have gray bases. The Kitchen Gourmet Automatic 10 Cup Percolator is decorated with three red flowers on the front. The Prinetti Electric 10 Cup Percolator is plain white with “Prinetti” written on the front.

About 198,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Electric percolators.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Atico International USA Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Drug and discount stores nationwide sold these percolators, from January 1996 through January 2001, for about $10.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Atico has received six reports of fires, as a result of overheating with these percolators, resulting in minor property damage to kitchen counters and cabinets. There have been two reports of minor burns to the hand.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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