Product type
Recalls involving slow cookers and rice cookers.
10 official CPSC notices published 2003–2016, covering at least 8.1 million units.
Type the model number from your slow cooker's label. Every model number named in a slow cooker recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
10 model numbers
3 Squares rice and slow cookers · 17-017 · 2016
Breville Fast Slow Cookers · 16-066 · 2015
Lehrhoff ABL Slow Cooker · 11-150 · 2011
Sensio Slow Cookers · 10-328 · 2010
Select Brands Corningware 4-Quart Slow Cookers · 04-570 · 2004
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Slow Cookers · 03-160 · 2003
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Sherwood Marketing, owner of the 3 Squares brand
The rice/slow cooker's improperly installed wiring can cause electrical shorting in the unit, posing fire and electric shock hazards.
The sealing gasket can be incorrectly inserted upside down on the lid which can allow the unexpected release of built-up pressure. This poses a risk of burns to the user or consumers nearby.
The slow cooker's control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard.
The slow cooker's control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard.
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The Holmes Group
The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot contents spilling onto consumers. These Rival® Slow Cookers, sold from January 1999 through May 2002, were previously recalled for the same hazard. The recall has now been expanded to include all units manufactured before September 2004.
The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot food spilling onto consumers.
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The heating element can drop to the bottom of the unit and melt through the plastic outer shell, posing burn and fire hazards.
The Holmes Group
The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot contents spilling onto consumers.
The heating element can drop to the bottom of the slow cooker and melt through the plastic outer shell, posing a burn hazard to users.
The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot food spilling onto consumers.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 10 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Walmart (4), Target (3), Amazon (2), Best Buy (2), and Kmart (2) are the stores named most often in the 10 notices that say where slow cookers were sold. 2 of the 10 notices mention online sales.
The 10 notices that give a price range from $15 to $180. Half of them name a price of $22.50 or less.
By the 10 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 21 months or less; the longest for 6.5 years. Half the recalls came within 2 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
No remedy in 1 of the 3 notices that name a remedy, a refund in 1, a repair in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Burn is named in 7 of the 10 notices (70%), against 14% of all CPSC notices on file. Then fire (4) and electric shock (1).
All 10 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries.
7 of the 10 notices list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 4, lot or batch numbers in 1. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on a silver label on the bottom of the base” (2 notices), “on the ul label located on the bottom of the base” (2 notices), and “on a label on the side of the product”.
China (8), in the 8 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 10 recall notices for slow cookers since 2003, covering at least 8.1 million units. The most recent is “Sherwood Marketing Recalls 3 Squares Rice and Slow Cookers Due to Fire, Electric Shock Hazards” (CPSC 17-017), announced October 18, 2016.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for slow cookers in 2026. The most recent was announced October 18, 2016 (CPSC 17-017).
“CPSC, Hamilton Beach and Proctor-Silex Announce Recall of Slow Cookers” (CPSC 03-160), announced July 17, 2003: about 2.7 million units.
Brands named most often: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex (2), Select Brands (2), The Holmes Group (2), Walmart (2), Burlington Coat Factory and Sensio, plus 1 more brand. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 7 of the 10 notices here list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 4 and lot or batch numbers in 1. The place they name most often is “on a silver label on the bottom of the base”.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across slow cooker recalls, the remedies offered most often are no remedy available (1), refund (1) and repair (1).
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