CPSC, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. Announce Recall of Red Devil Gas Grills
Home product recall 03-535. Announced by CPSC on Apr 15, 2003.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 15, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 2,800 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 product’s design allows consumers to light the grill at an air intake tube, instead of at the burner. Though the grill appears to function normally, gas inside the air intake tube ignites. The tube can reach temperatures of up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit and present a burn hazard to consumers. In grills manufactured before August 1998, the heat produced by lighting the grill at the air intake tube damaged the plastic support piece, and caused the grill to fall to the ground. When it collapses, flames from the grill can burn nearby consumers and ignite surrounding combustibles.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using these grills immediately. Consumers who purchased Red Devil gas grills from BJ’s Wholesale Club Stores can return them to the local BJ’s Wholesale Club for a refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, call BJ’s Wholesale Customer Service at (800) BJS-CLUB (257-2582) anytime, or visit the firm’s website at www.bjs.com
Which ones are recalled?
These red metal gas grills have a tripod stand. They have a logo on the label of the lid and grill base, showing a devil cooking at a grill with the writing “Red Devil.” The lid also reads “The Portable Outdoor Kitchen.” Components sold with the grill include a heat plate, an oversized skillet with handles, a table-safe serving trivet, and carrying totes.
About 2,800 units, as CPSC gives them.
Red Devil gas grills.
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 e4L Inc., Encino, Calif.
- Made by Quantum North America Inc., Encino, Calif.
- Made by Cadac, Roodepoort, South Africa.
- BJ’s Wholesale Club Stores sold these grills, from about May 2000 through June 2002, for $70.
- Made in China, Hong Kong and South Africa, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
More than 1,000 consumers returned their grills to the manufacturers because the grills collapsed. Other retailers have reported 44 incidents of consumers suffering burns to legs, hands and fingers, including reports of some third degree burns, after the grills collapsed during use. There have been no incidents reported by BJ’s Wholesale Club customers.
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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