CPSC, Kenyon International Inc. Announce Recall of Portable Butane Stoves
Home product recall 01-198. Announced by CPSC on Jan 13, 2001.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jan 13, 2001. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 3,500 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The unit’s safety fuel shut-off system could fail to shut off when the fuel container is overheated. If overheated, the flame from the stove flares up, and cannot be controlled with the adjustment valve, posing a fire hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the portable butane stoves immediately and return them to Kenyon International Inc. for a free repair.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, call Kenyon International Inc. collect at (860) 664-4906 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email the firm at Customercare@kenyonappliances.com or visit their web site at www.kenyonappliances.com
Which ones are recalled?
The portable butane stoves are primarily marketed to the boating industry as optional equipment and are identified as being “EXPRESS” models with model number B23000 or B23001. The model number is found on the front of the stove near the adjustment valve. The metal stoves consist of a single burner unit having a removable butane fuel canister, regulator, primary nozzle and burner. The unit has an electronic ignition, and measures about 7 inches high by 10 inches wide by 12 inches long. The B2300 unit is black, and the B23001 unit is white. The portable stoves are labeled “Made in Korea” and “KENYON EXPRESS.”
About 3,500 units, as CPSC gives them.
Portable butane gas stoves.
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?
- Imported by Kenyon International Inc., Clinton, Conn.
- Boat manufacturers were supplied with these units and sporting goods stores and marine supply stores sold the portable butane stoves separately nationwide, from March 2000 through April 2001, for about $70.
- Made in South Korea, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC and Kenyon International Inc. have received one report of the fuel shut-off system failing resulting in two consumers suffering second-degree burns.
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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