What Happened To Easy-Bake Ovens?

You may think that a 100-watt incandescent light bulb produces a trivial amount of heat, but if you've ever made the mistake of touching one, you disavowed yourself of that notion pretty quickly. Further, as mentioned above, the temperature inside the ovens could reach 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Unfortunately, the combination of small children and high

You may think that a 100-watt incandescent light bulb produces a trivial amount of heat, but if you've ever made the mistake of touching one, you disavowed yourself of that notion pretty quickly. Further, as mentioned above, the temperature inside the ovens could reach 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Unfortunately, the combination of small children and high temperatures equated to severe burns.

As reported by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, one model of the Easy-Bake Oven available in the middle 2000s was so poorly designed that over the course of a few months in 2007, 249 children got their hands and/or fingers caught the machines. Further, 77 children suffered burns from the devices, including 16 second- and third-degree burns. One 5-year-old girl had to have part of her finger amputated. As i-lawsuit reports, almost 100 million units were later recalled.

In 2016, as Fox Business reported at the time, manufacturer Hasbro ditched the traditional 100-watt bulb in favor of a redesigned machine that uses a more traditional heating element, such as might be found in the oven in your kitchen (albeit a smaller and less-powerful one).

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