Academy Sports + Outdoors Recalls Marinade Injectors Due to Ingestion Hazard
Home product recall 16-141. Announced by CPSC on Apr 14, 2016.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 14, 2016. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Replace or Refund what’s offered
- About 3,500 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The injectors can have small metal shavings left inside during the manufacturing process. The metal shavings can be deposited into the marinade during use and ingested by consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled marinade injectors and return them to any Academy Sports + Outdoors store for a full refund or a free replacement marinade injector.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: replace or refund.
- How to reach the firm: Academy Sports + Outdoors toll-free at 888-922-2336 from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. CT, customerservice@academy.com, or online at www.academy.com and click on the “Product Recall Info” link under “Stores + Services” for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Outdoor Gourmet® marinade injectors. They are stainless steel, measure about six inches in length and have three metal rings at the top. “Outdoor Gourmet,” “6 inch stainless steel injector,” style number BGOG0047, UPC 400216227091 and the following date codes are printed on the product packaging. Date Codes for Marinade Injectors 06/15-2549000 06/15-2549319 06/15-2549203
About 3,500 units, as CPSC gives them.
Outdoor Gourmet® marinade injectors.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
400216227091
Copied exactly as CPSC lists them.
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 Academy, Ltd. d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors, Katy, Texas.
- Academy Sports + Outdoors stores nationwide and online at www.academy.com from September 2015 through December 2015 for about $20.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Academy Sports + Outdoors has received one report of small metal shavings coming out of the product on first use. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
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.