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Nu Wave hot plates

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Nov 12, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 2reports to CPSC
  • Nov 12, 2025the latest report was made
  • Nov 29, 2013the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Nu Wave
Maker
IBC-Hearthware, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Hot platesCPSC’s product type: Hot Plates (code 224), in Kitchen: Appliances
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)

“NuWave”

By month

1 report from December 2024 to November 2025; the most in November 2025, 1. 1 earlier report, since November 2013, is in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20251
November 20131

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Nov 12, 2025, sent to the company Nov 18, 2025, published by CPSC Dec 3, 2025

    The product, in the report: NuWave 1800watt dual cooktop induction cooker.

    Nuwave induction countertop unit severely overheated cooking oil, nearly reaching flashpoint

    On or about 11/6/2025 at approximately 1900 hours, I, [REDACTED], was cooking dinner for my family. I placed a 12inch induction compatible pan on the left hand heating unit of my NuWave 1800watt dual cooktop induction unit. The panels was approximately filled 1/2 full with vegetable oil. I set the cook temperature to 375f and began to heat the pan and oil. After approximately 5 to 7 minutes, I notice the oil had began to smoke. Using a digital probe instant read thermometer, i checked the temperature of the oil in the center of the pan in the approximate mid point of the oil, making sure to not contact the bottom of the pan. The thermometer measured the oil at 540f. I immediately shut-off the cooktop.

    On 11/11/2025, ,I emailed NuWave at their customer service.email help@nuwavenow.com, found on their website, https://www.nuwavenow.com.

    Model
    30601
    Serial number
    R2311-32220B
    Bought from
    Amazon
    Bought
    Jul 1, 2024
    Where
    Orange Grove, Texas: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 44, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand NuWave, made or sold by IBC-Hearthware, Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. Hurt, no treatment

    Made Nov 29, 2013, sent to the company Dec 9, 2013, published by CPSC Dec 31, 2013

    The product, in the report: Portable induction cooktop. A good addition to the kitchen “Precision (TM) Induction Cooktop” Hearthwear Inc. Illinois, USA FCC ID: Y74HHPIDC Made in China SN: Q1 1208-035-492 Model:30120

    Item: NuWave Induction Cooktop - a nationally TV advertised device found also on e-bay and e-mail outlets..

    Has worked well - does not maintain the temp on the setting but does hold a temperature. The device, when working safely, is a valuable addition to kitchen work.

    However the device rapidly becomes dangerous. The danger occurred recently (item is less than a year old). The various buttons on the device that select temperatures and on/off/program functions is made of a flexible plastic placed that covers an opening in the frame of the control panel on the front of the device. The plastic covers a hole through which a small extension plastic piece permits movement (pressing) of the covering plastic to transfer the pressing movement to a micro switch on the printed circuit board enclosed within the control panel). The opening faces upward toward the cooking surface and is directly exposed to any liquid spill or boil over. Fluid that enters the hole drains directly onto the electrical power supply and control of the machine. The hole is approximately 1 1/2 Cm in diameter. It slants from the spill over surface and directs liquid into the control compartment.

    The plastic cover becomes brittle with age and cracks. In this case the age is less than one year. When cracked, the crack increases in size and shape in a day or two and opens completely to the size of the frame’s hole that it has previously covered. 1 - 1 1/2 cm diameter.

    I have reported this defect to the Nu Wave information service that I have addresses for I have had no response from that organization. I have reported it to some consumer safety organizations. No response has returned. I am uncertain that I have found a correct address for reporting.

    This information should be available to purchasers so that the hole can be covered. I have no information how the company can or will repair the defect.

    [REDACTED]

    A boil over or a spill causes shortages and becomes electrically charged moisture on the surface.

    To prevent being shocked painfully, It become necessary to cover the hole with a sturdy adhesive tape. When this loss of cover to the electrical circuits occurs the machine is no longer safe at all for children older people who cannot move rapidly or quickly pickup a heavy object.

    Model
    30120
    Serial number
    Q1 1208-035-492
    Bought from
    TV ADVERTISER
    Bought
    Nov 1, 2012, about then
    Where
    Rusk, Texas: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 83, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Nu Wave, made or sold by IBC-Hearthware, Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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