Tempo USA Recalls Ambiano Electric Pressure Cookers Due to Serious Burn Hazard, Multiple Burn Injuries Reported; Sold at ALDI
Home product recall 26-007. Announced by CPSC on Oct 9, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 9, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 46,660 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 pressure-cooker lid can be opened before sufficient steam pressure has been released, causing hot contents to escape and posing a risk of burn injuries to consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled pressure cookers and contact Tempo or ALDI for a refund. Consumers can either return the fully intact pressure cooker to any ALDI retail location for a full refund or submit a photo of the pressure cooker with the unplugged power cord cut and a photo showing the model number and date code via email to Tempo at serviceusa@tempo.org.
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).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: ALDI toll-free at 800-325-7894 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, online at https://help.aldi.us/contact-form-product, by email to Tempo at serviceusa@tempo.org, or by going to aldi.us and clicking on “Product Recalls” at the bottom of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves all Ambiano electric pressure cookers with model numbers 93550 (KY-318B), 96775 (KY-318A), and 98527 (6L-PC). The electric pressure cookers and inner cooker pots are either six-quart or eight-quart capacity. The brand name Ambiano appears on the front of each unit and on its permanent on-product label. The model number of the recalled pressure cookers is also printed on the permanent product label on the bottom of the cooker.
About 46,660 units, as CPSC gives them.
Ambiano Electric Pressure Cookers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 6 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 93550 (KY-318B)
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 93550 (KY-318B) Rating Label
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 96775 (KY-318A
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 96775 (KY-318A) Rating Label
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 98527 (6L-PC)
- Recalled Pressure Cooker, Model Number 98527 (6L-PC) Rating Label
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Tempo International (USA) Inc., Aventura, Florida.
- ALDI retail stores nationwide between January 2016 and December 2019 for about $40.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 11 reports of incidents, in which the contents were expelled under pressure, including eight reports of severe burn injuries.
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.
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.