CPSC is telling owners of Kalorik MAXX air fryer ovens with French doors to stop using them, and the brand’s current owner has declined to take part in a recall. That leaves buyers of the ovens with a safety warning and no refund, repair or replacement. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the warning on October 15, 2026.
Doors that close on an arm
In warning 27-033, CPSC says the doors can suddenly close on a consumer’s arm while the oven is on, causing burns. The agency is aware of dozens of reported burns, including at least one with scarring consistent with second-degree burns.
The warning covers the Kalorik MAXX and MAXX Advance air fryer ovens with French doors. They were sold under various SKUs, item numbers and model numbers, and the variants differ by the number of accessories or the display panel. The ovens were made in China.
Two companies, one of them gone
The original importers, Team International Group of America, Inc. and Kalorik, LLC, sold the ovens from April 2020 to January 8, 2024. CPSC says both went out of business and cannot conduct a recall.
The Legacy Companies, LLC, the current brand owner, sold the ovens after June 23, 2025, and CPSC says it has declined to participate in a recall. With one seller gone and the other unwilling, no company is offering a refund, a repair or a replacement.
Where the ovens were sold, and what was paid
The ovens were sold at Walmart, Home Depot and other specialty retailers nationwide, and online at Kalorik.com, Amazon.com and other sites. CPSC’s warning gives no price and no unit count, so the total at stake is not published.
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CPSC has not published a unit count or a price for the ovens, so the loss cannot be added up for all owners. For one owner it is whatever the order confirmation says was paid.
The sales window runs from April 2020 to January 8, 2024, nearly four years, so receipts for many ovens are two to six years old. Order histories on retailer sites and card statements are the likeliest places to find them.
CPSC urges owners to stop using the oven immediately and to “immediately dispose of the defective ovens” following local hazardous waste disposal procedures. The advice makes no mention of returning the oven to a store or mailing it back.
What owners can still do with a receipt
Two routes to the agency stay open. CPSC’s hotline, 800-638-2772, runs 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern, and SaferProducts.gov takes reports of burns or defects that become part of a public database.
CPSC’s recall listings show that refunds are the most common remedy, at 54.7 percent of remedies over five years, ahead of repairs at 26.3 percent and replacements at 16.9 percent. Owners of these ovens will not get any of the three from the brand.
The warning does not say whether Walmart, Home Depot or Amazon will take a return on an oven bought from them. A retailer’s own return terms, set when the oven was bought, are the only place that question is answered. The order confirmation and the receipt are the papers to have in hand when asking.
Keeping the receipt before disposal matters, as does a photo of the oven’s label or a screenshot of the order page. Once the oven is gone, those are the only proof of what was bought and what it cost.
Buyers hoping for the usual fix should note the sourcing of the sales. The original importers sold the ovens through April 2020 to January 8, 2024, and The Legacy Companies, LLC sold them after June 23, 2025. With the first seller closed and the second one refusing a recall, CPSC lists no company contact that can issue a refund.
Kalorik was not the only warning that day. CPSC also warned owners of Tristar’s Power Quick Pot pressure cookers on October 15, 2026, and a week later added warnings on pressure washers, bed rails and squishy toys. Each is a product the agency says to stop using, with no recall behind it.
The Kalorik warning also splits the sales history in two. Buyers from April 2020 to January 8, 2024 purchased from the original importers. Buyers after June 23, 2025 purchased from The Legacy Companies, and a receipt dated in between may name neither, which is one more reason to keep the order confirmation.
Here one seller has closed and the newer brand owner has chosen not to recall, so the loss stays with the household.
The warning leaves one question for anyone with a MAXX on the counter: whether the seller will take it back. The burn risk is the reason to stop using it now, and the price paid is the part nobody has offered to return.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
