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RED COPPER 5 MINUTE CHEF cookware, kind not given

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 6, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 6, 2018the latest report was made
  • Jan 6, 2018the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
RED COPPER 5 MINUTE CHEF
Maker
TELEBRANDS CORP.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Cookware, kind not givenCPSC’s product type: Cookware, Not Specified (code 466), in Kitchen: Cookware & Tableware

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 6, 2018, sent to the company Apr 6, 2018, published by CPSC Apr 20, 2018

    The product, in the report: Red Copper 5 minute Chef is a cooker. It cooks all recipes within 5 minutes except when I made their omelete recipe and it exploded open.

    I bought the RED COPPER 5 MINUTE CHEF from Bed Bath & Beyond. I reviewed the product on my [REDACTED] show the [REDACTED] and the thing exploded. I followed the company’s instructions of placing the food in the device and latching it. you cook it for 5 minutes and within 4 minutes the device exploded open and shot hot eggs out of device. here is the video proof from my show: The explosion is around the 3:10 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJV8pB5YsCE

    many others have had the same thing happen to them. Read the 1 star reviews on Amazon.

    Model
    Red Copper 5 Minute Chef
    Bought from
    Bed Bath & Beyond, Tennessee
    Bought
    Dec 9, 2017, about then
    Where
    Hendersonville, Tennessee: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 50, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand RED COPPER 5 MINUTE CHEF, made or sold by TELEBRANDS CORP.
    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.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

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The state average is 14.3.

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