The Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Best Buy of Richfield, Minnesota has voluntarily issued a recall of the Insignia® Air Fryers and Air Ovens. The air fryers can overheat, causing the handles to melt or break, posing fire and burn hazards. Additionally, the air fryer ovens can overheat and the glass on the door can shatter, posing fire, burn and lacerations hazards.
About 187,000 units were sold in the United States at Best Buy stores nation-wide and online at www.bestbuy.com, www.eBay.com, and third-party sellers from November 2021 through November 2023 for between $32 and $180. Best Buy has received 24 reports of overheating/melting or glass shattering, including six reports of air fryers catching on fire. No injuries or property damage has been reported.
This recall involves Insignia Air Fryers and Insignia Air Fryer Ovens, model num-bers NS-AF34D2, NS-AF5DSS2, NS-AF5MSS2, NS-AFMSS2, NS-AF8DBD2, NS-AF10DBK2, and ND-AF10DSS2. The brand name INSIGNIA is on the top of or front of each unit. A product rating on the underside of each unit identifies the brand INSIGNIA and the mod-el number. The air fryers and air fryer ovens having cooking chamber capacities ranging from 3.4 to 10 quarts and plastic or plastic and stainless steel bodies in black and stain-less steel finishes.
Consumers should immediate stop using the recalled air fryers/ovens and visit: https://www.recallrtr.com/airfryer for instructions on how to submit photos of the recalled unit(s), the model number, purchase receipt, and on the destruction of the unit. Consumers can receive a refund in the form of a refund check or a Best Buy store credit.
For more information, please visit www.bestbuy.com and click on “Product Re-alls” located under the “Order and Purchase” column at the bottom of the page.