The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), then part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, issued a safety warning on 15 August 2022 covering the use of gas grills on certain Belling, Stoves and New World gas range cookers manufactured by Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA)1. The warning was circulated to networks the following day by Laura Fatah, manager of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group1.
The warning concerns gas grill 110, 100 and 90 models, identified in the product safety report reference 2205-02401. The risk arises specifically when the grill is used with the door closed.
"If the gas grill is used with the door closed there is a risk that dangerous levels of carbon monoxide can build up"
The same account states the build-up poses "a risk of serious injury or death to those within the immediate environment"1. Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion and cannot be seen, tasted or smelled, which is why the warning turns on how the appliance is operated rather than on any visible fault.
The OPSS published a full warning statement and a press release alongside the alert1. CO-Gas Safety, an independent organisation, carried the warning on 16 August 2022 and described it as an urgent matter1. The number of affected appliances in UK homes, the model years covered and whether any incidents prompted the warning have not been reported in the available material.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Issuing body | Office for Product Safety and Standards, part of BEIS1 |
| Date of warning | 15 August 20221 |
| Brands | Belling, Stoves, New World1 |
| Manufacturer | Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA)1 |
| Models | Gas grill 110, 100 and 901 |
| Reference | 2205-02401 |
| Risk | Carbon monoxide build-up when the grill is used with the door closed1 |
Why it matters for households
A cooker is a combustion appliance sitting inside the home, and its flue and ventilation assumptions depend on how it is used. A grill operated with the door shut changes the airflow around the burner, and the warning states that this can produce carbon monoxide at dangerous levels1. For a household, that shifts part of the safety burden onto everyday cooking habits rather than onto the appliance alone.
Carbon monoxide exposure is a combustion-safety issue rather than an energy-supply one, but it sits inside the same picture of running a home on gas: the fuel that provides cooking and heating also carries a combustion risk that has to be managed at the point of use. Homes that have moved towards electric cooking remove that particular risk from the kitchen, while homes that keep a gas range retain it. The warning does not address energy prices, supply or independence, and no figures on running costs appear in the material.
Product safety alerts of this kind sit within the wider framework of product standards and markings that apply to appliances sold in the UK, and within the broader regulation and policy landscape covering household energy appliances.
What happens next
The OPSS published a full warning statement and a press release with the alert1. No recall, repair programme, model-year list or deadline has been reported in the available material, and no further action by the manufacturer has been stated.