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1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 29, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 29, 2018the latest report was made
  • Jan 29, 2018the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Presto
Maker
NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Kitchen gadgetsCPSC’s product type: Kitchen Gadgets, Not Elsewhere Classified (code 428), in Kitchen: Gadgets & Utensils

By month

1 report from February 2017 to January 2018; the most in January 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20181

How badly anyone was hurt

  • 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 Jan 29, 2018, sent to the company Feb 14, 2018, published by CPSC Mar 1, 2018

    The product, in the report: I have a cheapo Presto dehydrator and I have left it running many times without me being present never again

    I bought a Presto Dehydrator on August 17,2017. It was on my kitchen counter working on beef when it made a noise and then fire started to come out of the sides of the unit. This is the unit Presto 06300 Dehydro Electric Food Dehydrator Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc. Return window closed on Sep 9, 2017 $39.90

    Model
    Presto 06300 Dehydro Electric Food Dehydrator Sold by: Amazo
    Bought from
    Amazon
    Bought
    Aug 10, 2017
    Where
    Canton, Michigan: Unspecified
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Presto, made or sold by NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

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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