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CPSC, Flat Rock Grill Co. Announce Recall of Gas Grills

Home product recall 02-207. Announced by CPSC on Jul 19, 2002.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Jul 19, 2002. 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?

The glass casing of the thermometer displays attached to these grills can break or shatter, posing a risk of cuts or other serious injuries to consumers.

Source:

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

What should you do?

The firm is no longer in business and the recall remedy is no longer available. Discard this 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?

These heavy-duty, stainless steel grills are Flat Rock Grill Shoreline Series Models 2000 and 3000. The model number is written on a label on the front of the grill. FRG is on the front of the grill. The grill has a thermometer display on the grill hood that measures 3 inches in diameter, and has a temperature range from 50 to 550 degrees. The thermometer display has “BBQ-1” or “BBQ Pit” Thermometer written within the glass casing. Thermometers with the word “Trend” written within the casing are not included in the recall.

About 1,800 units, as CPSC gives them.

Flat Rock Grill Shoreline Series Models 2000 and 3000.

Source:

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

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by Flat Rock Grill Co., Powhatan, Va.
  • Independent retailers in the southeastern and south central U.S. and the firm’s website sold these gas grills, from July 1999 through July 2002, for about $1,200. Consumers should remove the thermometers on these grills immediately.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

Flat Rock Grill Co. had received six reports of the glass casing of the thermometers on these grills breaking. No injuries have been reported.

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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