Karmactive Staff
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued Safety Warning No. 27-033 on October 15, 2026, covering Kalorik MAXX and MAXX Advance French-door air fryer ovens. The notice is a unilateral stop-use warning rather than a voluntary recall, meaning it was issued without an agreement from the companies involved.
Is there a refund or recall for the Kalorik MAXX French-door air fryer oven?
No refund, repair or replacement program is currently available. The warning covers countertop ovens built with a metal frame and bilateral spring-loaded glass French doors with metal handles. CPSC said the doors can snap shut on a user’s arms while reaching into the hot oven, and the agency has received dozens of reports of burns, including second-degree burns and scarring.
The ovens were sold nationwide through Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Kalorik.com and specialty retailers. Team International Group of America, Inc. and Kalorik, LLC sold the units from April 2020 through January 8, 2024. The Legacy Companies LLC later sold the same ovens starting June 23, 2025. According to CPSC, The Legacy Companies declined to participate in a voluntary recall, which is why the agency proceeded with a unilateral warning instead.
CPSC is advising anyone who owns one of these ovens to stop using it immediately and unplug it. The agency specifically cautioned against donating or reselling the units, since doing so would pass the burn hazard on to another household. Owners are asked to photograph the model and rating label before disposing of the appliance, and to dispose of it according to local electronic-waste rules rather than standard household trash. CPSC also asked anyone who experienced a burn or a door-related incident with one of these ovens to file a report through SaferProducts.gov, which helps the agency track the scope of the hazard in the absence of a manufacturer-led recall.
Because no company has agreed to remedy the hazard, consumers are the ones responsible for taking the oven out of use on their own initiative. CPSC’s warning carries no manufacturer refund, repair or replacement program. Owners should identify the product by its Kalorik MAXX or MAXX Advance name and its French-door design, then compare their appliance and label with the warning before arranging disposal. A Kalorik product with a different design should not be treated as covered without checking the agency notice.
Karmactive has separately covered other consumer-product safety actions, including its reporting on the 3M Scotch thermal laminator fire and burn recall and the Eskuta SX250 e-bike recall; those cases involve different products, companies and circumstances and are documented independently of this warning. The CPSC’s full list of current safety warnings and recalls is available at its official warnings page, where consumers can search for additional notices.
