Char-Broil Bistro Pro recall notices now cover specified electric grills manufactured from October through December 2025 because a heating-element grounding wire can disconnect. If that happens, the grill can lose electrical fault protection and create an electric-shock hazard. Owners of an affected unit should stop using it and obtain Char-Broil’s free repair kit before resuming use.
How to check whether your Char-Broil Bistro Pro is recalled
Do not assume every Bistro Pro or every Char-Broil electric grill is included. The recall is model- and date-code-specific. Check the identifying label on the grill and compare both the model number and manufacturing date code with the affected range.
For U.S. units, the affected Bistro Pro model numbers identified in the reviewed recall material are 25302145, 25302146, 25302147, 25302148, 25302149, 25302150, 25302151, 25302159 and 25302163. The affected manufacturing date codes are 2510, 2511 and 2512, corresponding to production in October, November and December 2025.
For Canada, Health Canada identifies model 25302177, UPC 099143021775, with the same affected date codes: 2510, 2511 and 2512. Because the U.S. and Canadian product identifiers are not identical, owners should use the list for the country where the grill was sold.
Where to find the model and date code
The recall information says the identifying label is located on the bottom shelf of full-size grills and on the side bar of tabletop models. Check the label before deciding that your grill is included or excluded. A matching product name alone is not enough; the model and manufacturing date code control the recall check.
Why the grills were recalled
The safety issue involves the grounding wire connected to the heating element. The wire can disconnect, which can remove the protection intended to carry an electrical fault safely to ground. That creates a potential electric-shock hazard. The CPSC recall notice stated that no incidents or injuries had been reported at the time of the notice, but that does not change the stop-use instruction for affected units.
What owners of an affected grill should do
- Stop using the grill. Do not continue normal use while waiting to address the recall.
- Confirm the model and date code. Match both identifiers against the affected recall range.
- Register with Char-Broil for the free repair kit. The official remedy is repair rather than a full product refund.
- Follow the supplied repair instructions. Char-Broil says the kit includes instructions and the tools and hardware needed to access and secure the grounding-wire connection, along with a completion label.
- Keep evidence of the completed repair. Char-Broil separately states that consumers who provide requested photo documentation of the completed repair can receive a $25 digital gift card for participating retailers. This incentive is separate from the free recall repair itself.
What the recall does not mean
This recall does not establish that every Bistro Pro grill has a disconnected grounding wire, and it does not cover every Char-Broil grill. It identifies a defined group of products for which the grounding connection can fail. TPS found no primary evidence supporting claims that consumers have already suffered shocks or injuries from these recalled units, and the CPSC notice specifically reported none at the time it was issued.
What remains unknown
The reviewed primary sources do not establish a standard repair-kit delivery time for every consumer. The number of affected grills that have already been repaired is also not publicly established in the reviewed material. Those points should not be estimated. If the CPSC, Health Canada or Char-Broil changes the affected model range, incident count or repair process, this page should be updated on the same URL.
Verification note
TPS checked the U.S. CPSC recall notice, Char-Broil’s dedicated Bistro Pro recall and repair information, and Health Canada’s Canadian recall record to reconcile the hazard, affected model identifiers, manufacturing date codes and remedy. The U.S. and Canadian product lists were kept separate because their model identifiers differ.