WilliamsRDM Recalls StoveTop FireStop Microhood Due to Safety Hazard (Recall Alert)

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #14745) was formally reported on August 21, 2014. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. WilliamsRDM, Inc., of Ft. Worth, Texas is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 103,000 units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: The Microhood front canister can fall from the unit and fail to suppress the fire. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Contact WilliamsRDM for a free inspection kit which includes instructions and a tool for performing an on-site inspection and repair of the units. Alternately, units can be shipped back to WilliamsRD… — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 12 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.