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Gourmia's pressure cooker: refusing to recall until CPSC forced a warning
Gourmia and Best Buy refused to recall a pressure cooker that could spray hot liquid when opened, so CPSC forced a public warning to stop using it.
Gourmia · Best Buy · 2026-02-24
What happened
Gourmia's Six Quart pressure cooker, model GPC625, sold mostly through Best Buy from 2017 to 2020, could open its lid while the pot was still pressurized. Hot contents could spray out and cause severe burns.
CPSC received five incident reports, including four severe burn injuries and at least two lawsuits. The float valve indicator was hard to read and the inner pot's volume markings were wrong, encouraging overfill.
Gourmia, operating as Steelstone Group, and Best Buy refused to agree to a recall, so CPSC forced a public warning telling owners to stop using and dispose of the cookers. Refusing a recall did not shrink the bill; it turned it into a public safety notice.
Why it happened
- The lid could open while pressurized and spray hot contents, causing severe burns
- 5 incident reports, 4 severe burn injuries and at least 2 lawsuits
- Gourmia and Best Buy refused to recall, so CPSC forced a public warning
The lesson
Refusing a recall does not make the hazard go away; it hands the story to the regulator. Gourmia and Best Buy's refusal turned an injury problem into a public safety notice bearing both their names.
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