Wolfgang Puck petite tea kettle infuser lids can fall off
Wolfgang Puck Stainless Steel Petite Tea Kettles are being recalled because the infuser basket lid is loose and can fall off during use. Five of ten reports involved burns or scalding. About 40,000 units affected.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Significant injury reports: five consumers suffered burns or scalding when the infuser lid fell off during use.
Plain-English summary
Wolfgang Puck branded petite tea kettles sold with a removable tea infuser basket are being recalled. The 14 oz capacity stainless-steel kettle was sold in beige, black, pink and red, with "Wolfgang Puck Petite Kettle" and a six-digit lot code (022020, 022021, 022022, 042022, 022023 or 032023) on the product. About 40,000 units are affected.
The stated hazard is that the kettle's infuser basket lid is loose and can fall off during use, posing a burn hazard. Synergy Housewares has received at least 10 reports of incidents involving the kettle lids, including 5 resulting in injuries such as burns or scalding from the lid falling off during use.
The kettles were sold on HSN.com and the HSN television network from August 2020 through January 2025 for about $20.
Consumers should stop using the tea kettle immediately and contact Synergy Housewares for a free replacement lid.
The recalled product
- Product
- Wolfgang Puck Stainless Steel Petite Tea Kettles
- Manufacturer
- Synergy Housewares LLC, of Coconut Creek, Florida
- Category
- Consumer Product — Tea kettle
- Hazard
- loose-lid
- burn-hazard
- scalding
- infuser-basket
- Affected units
- 40,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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