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CPSC, Trivett Industries, Inc. Announce Recall of Pancake Makers

Home product recall 03-139. Announced by CPSC on Jun 5, 2003.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jun 5, 2003. 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 handles on the pancake makers are unable to withstand the heat of the device, causing the handle to fail to provide support, because of melting or breaking.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Consumers should return the pancake maker to Trivett to receive a full refund, including the cost of postage.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Call Trivett at (800) 433-4842 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Which ones are recalled?

These “Pancake Express” pancake makers are two-sided stove top skillets constructed of aluminum with black plastic handles. The product is labeled “Pancake Express” and “Made in China.”

590 units, as CPSC gives them.

Pancake Express Pancake Makers.

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 Trivett Industries, Inc., Deland, Fla.
  • Acme, Wal-Green’s, Hy-Vee and Osco Drug stores nationwide, from May 2002 through July 2002, for about $20.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

Trivett Industries is aware of one incident of a consumer receiving minor burns, when the handle melted and separated from the pancake maker.

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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