The holiday season officially started Sunday, and the biggest recall of the week is sitting next to a lot of coffee makers. It's been sold since 1974.
This one isn't a refund. It's a plastic spoon, and a habit worth changing today.
Below: the French press check, what heating oil costs right now, the press we'd swap in, when to put the turkey in the fridge, a space heater to unplug, and four more recalls worth a look.
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Why 5.9 Million French Presses Need a New Spoon
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If you make coffee in a glass Bodum French press, stop stirring it with a metal spoon. Bodum is recalling about 5.9 million presses, per the CPSC, because a damaged glass carafe can break while it's full of hot coffee.
A metal spoon is one way that damage starts. A tap against the inside of the glass, day after day, can leave a chip you won't notice until the carafe gives way with hot coffee in it.
CPSC has 70 reports of carafes breaking in use, and 48 of them involved burns.
The recall covers the 8-cup and 12-cup presses with replaceable glass carafes, sold at Target, Walmart, Amazon, Bodum.com and coffee and home stores from 1974 through October 2026, for about $15 to $65. The models are Bistro, Brazil, Caffettiera, Chambord, Crema, Java, Jesper and Kenya.
The fix is a repair, not a refund. Here's the check:
Look for the Bodum name on your press, and check it has a glass carafe.
Put the metal spoon away. Stir with plastic from now on.
Hold the carafe up to the light and look for chips or cracks.
Retire a damaged carafe. CPSC says not to use one that's cracked or chipped.
Claim the free plastic spoon and warning label at Bodum's recall site, or call 888-879-8213.
Bought a replacement carafe over the years? Check that one too. The recall covers the replaceable glass carafes as well.
Renters, this one's all yours. It takes two minutes at the counter.
One quick tap
Heating Oil Is Up $2.64 a Gallon From Last Year
If your house heats with oil, this winter's fill-ups will sting. The EIA's weekly survey put the average US home heating oil price at $6.23 a gallon for the week of October 26. That's up $2.64 from the same week a year ago, a jump of about 73%.
Propane moved much less. It averaged $2.73 a gallon, up about 30 cents from a year ago.
Only about 3% of US homes heat with oil, per the EIA, and most of them are in the Northeast. New England's average was $6.17.
A weekly price is a snapshot, not a forecast, and it can move before your next delivery. EIA posts a new number most weeks through the heating season, so check it before you call.
Before your next fill, get a price from more than one dealer. Prices aren't the same from company to company.
Check your tank gauge now, so you're ordering on your schedule and not in a cold snap.
Gas, electric or propane heat? This one isn't your bill.
Renters, if heat is included in your rent, the fuel cost is the landlord's.
Worth a Look
A French Press With No Glass to Break
If this week's recall has you done with glass, the Stanley Classic Stay Hot French Press is the one we'd point you to, at $70.00 at time of writing.
It's 18/8 stainless steel top to bottom, with double-wall vacuum insulation, so there's no carafe to crack and no spoon rule to remember. Stanley says it keeps coffee hot for 4 hours, which beats pouring a second cup that's gone cold.
It holds 48 ounces, about enough for a pot's worth of mugs, and the mesh filter goes in the dishwasher. Here's the press on Stanley's site.
We haven't brewed with this one ourselves. The specs and price come from Stanley's own product page.
That said, it weighs 2.5 pounds empty, and you can't see the coffee through steel. It also costs more than most glass presses, which run about $15 to $65.
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When the Turkey Needs to Go in the Fridge
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Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, and the frozen turkey is the one dish that sets its own schedule. A big bird needs most of a week in the fridge to thaw.
The rule from UF/IFAS Extension, following USDA guidance, is about 24 hours for every 4 to 5 pounds. Here's the fridge time by size:
4 to 12 pounds: 1 to 3 days
12 to 16 pounds: 3 to 4 days
16 to 20 pounds: 4 to 5 days
20 to 24 pounds: 5 to 6 days
So a 20-pound bird goes in by about Saturday, November 21. Keep it in its wrapper, in a pan to catch drips. Once it's thawed, it keeps in the fridge another 1 to 2 days, which gives you a little slack.
Running late? The cold-water method takes about 30 minutes a pound. Keep the turkey sealed, submerge it in cold water, change the water every 30 minutes, and cook it right away.
Now's a good time to make sure there's an empty bottom shelf waiting for it.
338,800 Dreo Space Heaters Can Overheat
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If you bought a round Dreo space heater in the last year, check the model before you run it tonight. Dreo is recalling about 338,800 DR-HSH015 heaters, per the CPSC, because they can overheat and catch fire.
Dreo has 17 reports of heaters igniting, three with property damage and one hand burn. The recalled units were made from April 2025 to January 2026 and sold at Costco and online at Dreo, Best Buy, Kohl's, Lowe's, The Home Depot and others from September 2025 to October 2026, for $70 to $110.
The fix is a free replacement:
Find the model number DR-HSH015 on the heater's label.
Unplug it and stop using it.
Cut the power cord.
Send a photo of the cut cord through Dreo's recall page, or call 833-820-0887.
Own a Dreo heater with a different model number? Only the DR-HSH015 is part of this recall, so check the label before you box anything up.
Renters, this one's yours to handle, and it costs nothing.
Four More Recalls and Warnings This Week
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Not sure what's on your ceiling? Twist the alarm off its mounting base. The model number is printed on the back.
Two of these are smoke alarms that may stay silent in a fire. Neither seller agreed to a recall, so there's nothing to claim. Replace them.
🚨 Yfwsrecinoe, JuzhiAnn and JAEHSKA smoke and CO alarms, model JZA-540COM. About 51,825 were sold on Amazon and eBay for $11 to $107, and the CPSC has 7 reports of them failing to alarm.
🚨 GuardianSense and KLTseanife smoke and CO alarms, model YHW-542COM-R on the back. Sold on Amazon and eBay for $18 to $168, with 2 reports of failing to alarm, per the CPSC. Its replacement should be listed to UL 217 for smoke and UL 2034 for carbon monoxide.
🔥 NTI and HTP gas boilers. About 4,726 sold through contractors since 2021 can crack inside and blow the front cover off, with a fire and CO risk, per the CPSC. Check the label on your boiler, and if it's listed, stop using it and book the free repair through NTI.
🧸 Harkla children's sensory swings. The ceiling hook on about 25,541 blue compression swings can pull away from its plate, with 14 injuries reported, per the CPSC. Take it down until Harkla's free repair kit arrives.
That's Monday: a French press check, oil prices, a steel press, the turkey math, a heater to unplug and four more recalls.
If you only do one thing this week, check the glass on your coffee press before tomorrow's pot.
Forward this to whoever in your house makes the coffee.
See you tomorrow.
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