GE coffeemaker recall,

[alr2903]

Mr Bill Maher pointed this one out Friday.

General Electric Coffee Maker Recalled From Walmart Stores

Approximately 900,000 General Electric branded 12-cup digital coffee makers are being recalled, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Walmart announced.

abcnews.go.com

 

[mtn1584]

General Electric manufactured their own coffee makers back on the late eighties/early ninties? These coffee makers were recalled because they would catch fire, you think htey would have learned before they put their LOGO on another coffee maker. Oh well, I guess not. SARCASM-"I guess Made in China, doesn't mean what it used to." LOL
Mike

 

[mattl]

When my brother got married in '80 my aunt gave then a G.E. coffee maker as a shower gift, it was involved in the earlier recall. They are not big coffee drinkers and only use it when they rarely have people over. It's a bit of a running joke, the "killer coffee pot", especially since my brother is a fireman...

 

[circlew]

Flaming appliances

GE sold their small appliance division to Black & Decker in the mid-80's. The GE coffee makers in question were made exclusively for Walmart, most likely in China or some other Asian country.

It seems like drip type coffee makers have a reputation for bursting into flames. My neighbors Mr. Coffee caught fire one day while she was in her kitchen making a cake. She unplugged it, and put it out by spraying it with the sink sprayer. She said she'd made coffee in it that morning, but it wasn't on when it overheated. I've not heard any reports of percolators or vacuum type pots catching fire, just junky plastic drip ones. Common sense suggests appliances that heat up should be made of some kind of metal, not plastic. A friends plastic encased toaster nearly set his kitchen on fire when it caught fire while being used. People need to stop buying this cheap junk and the manufacturers will get the hint when the product sits in their warehouses for months on end.

 

[sudsmaster]

Let's see...

GE: a name for generally shoddy appliances since the late 1980's...

Walmart: a name for bottom feeder merchandise since its creation.

GE + Walmart: Let the Buyer Beware!

 

[bmgilk]

Thanks!!! alr2903

That is the coffeemaker that I have. I called Wal-mart, and they said just bring it in and they will give a complete refund. Thanks for the heads up!!!

 

[hunter]

it isn't just their electric ones..

About a year or so I switched (back) to using percolators, feeling that the coffee I was getting was tasting better. (Water boils here at 202F so I'm not getting as much bitters as sea level brewing).

In looking for a percolator I looked at many. With my criteria of 'no China goods for use with food' I was annoyed that EVERY percolator I have found was China made. And the GE one I saw ( at Walmart ) was one of the crappiest of all.

Sigh.

I'm using Corningware for home and an ancient stainless steel USA made one for camping. I can't believe I have to buy items > 30 years old just to keep from being poisoned!

Hunter

 

[alr2903]

Bmgilk, Glad you are getting rid of that defective pot. Hunter there are Some great ones at Salv. Army store. Petek they also had a farberware electric wok for $10. good shape and had the cord is this a good buy? alr2903

 

[mrb627]

Vacuum's too.

I have a friend whose Walmart purchased Hoover vacumm caught fire and burned a nice hole in their carpeting.

Walmart wouldn't take the machine back.

Malcolm

 

[lordkenmore]

"I'm using Corningware for home and an ancient stainless steel USA made one for camping. I can't believe I have to buy items > 30 years old just to keep from being poisoned!"

You could do worse than Corningware.

Over the last year, a few vintage percolators have "followed me home." Influenced, I'm sure, by the "My New Percolator Thread!" What amazes me is most are well worn. (If they looked like new, the owner would have put in on eBay, not donated it to a thrift shop!) Every one has a replacement glass knob on top. Despite this, they still work well. After years of hearing how bad percolator coffee is, I'm surprised by how good the coffee from my small Farberware or my Corningware Electromatic is. I can make better, mind you, but to do so takes more effort and "manual" system like a French press pot.

For those here who don't haunt thrift shops--if there is anyone where who doesn't!--and wants a drip maker, a good place to look is a thrift shop. In my area, at least, it's possible to find a good drip maker in a thrift shop. There is a lot of Chinese junk showing up--probably stuff that either broke or caught fire and was donated rather than thrown so the previous owner could take a tax write off on something they should be paying to toss out as garbage. But in between broken and charred remains, one can find stuff that's better...priced at next to nothing.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I had a Gevalia coffee maker almost catch fire. I was one of models that uses a thermal carafe, the power button stuck in the on position, which kept the heat element on for the water. If I hadn't been in the kitchen at the time it would have caught fire. I now use my vintage Sunbeam percolator to brew and once it's done I put the coffee in a thermal carafe to keep it hot.