Bobby Flay metal pots and pans
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Aug 26, 2026. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Aug 26, 2026the latest report was made
- May 14, 2023the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Bobby Flay
- Makers
- KOHL’S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC. and The Cookware CompanyMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Metal pots and pansNot electricCPSC’s product type: Metal Cookware (Nonelectric) (code 460), in Kitchen: Cookware & Tableware
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No 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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No incident, no one hurt Made Aug 26, 2026, sent to the company Sep 2, 2026, published by CPSC Sep 17, 2026
The product, in the report: Cobalt Blue cast iron 5.5-quart Dutch Oven with white ceramic coating.
GreenPan / Bobby Flay 5-Quart] Dutch Oven. Description of Issue: While cooking on the stovetop, the ceramic coating exploded unexpectedly. Thankfully, I was wearing glasses at the time, which protected my eyes from flying shards. Tiny bits flew at least 10 feet.
- Bought from
- Online at GreenPan
- Bought
- Feb 3, 2026
- Where
- Dalton, Georgia: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 70, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Bobby Flay, made or sold by The Cookware Company
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made May 14, 2023, sent to the company May 16, 2023, published by CPSC May 31, 2023
The product, in the report: Bobby Flay red cookware 8.5 inch pan 254A
I have owned my Bobby Flay cookware for about 6 years. I was cooking a hamburger patty in the small pan on my kitchen stovetop on May 11, 2023 at about 5pm when all of a sudden something like a gunshot went off in my kitchen. I was standing right next to the stove, chopping vegetables. It was so loud I covered my ears and heard ringing. I wasn’t sure what had happened, but I could tell it came from the stove. As I went to go turn off the burner, it happened again and I could hear that it was happening in the pan itself. On the countertop, I found a round piece of metal. I moved the pan off the burner and took the splatter guard off the pan, removed the hamburger, looked to see if I could see any metal on it and found none on the outside of the burger, so I put it in the micro to continue cooking. As I inspected the pan, I could see that it was a piece of metal from where the handle attaches to the pan that had somehow become dislodged and became a projectile. I could only find one piece, but not the other. As I sat down to eat my burger, I bit into the other piece of metal. It had literally shot into the middle of my hamburger meat! I have never had cookware bullets flying around my kitchen! I am so glad that my daughter had not been cooking that day or that I did not get hurt. I’m also glad my micro didn’t blow up from cooking metal! But I feel the need to report this to anyone and everyone I can, as what happened was EXTREMELY dangerous! Please do a recall or something on these pans. I can’t help but think “What would have happened if I had the matching glass lid on that pan” that day, or no cover! Super scary! I threw away the metal pieces, but have taken a comparison picture of the broken pan and unbroken pan so you can see where the problem is. Now I have to replace all of these pans, as well, since I am afraid of this happening again. As you can see from the photos, the pan on top is missing the tops of the metal caps, while the bottom pan still has them.
- Model
- 254A
- Where
- Tehachapi, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 58, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Bobby Flay, made or sold by KOHL’S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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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.
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