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RecallJul 31, 2025· Toys· Kids (3+)

Backyard Kids KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchens

Official title: Backyard Kids Recalls KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchens Due to Strangulation Hazard; One Death Reported

Strangulation
Recalled KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen
Recalled KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen · Photo: CPSC
Recalled KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen (the hooks are circled)
Recalled KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen (the hooks are circled) · Photo: CPSC

Backyard Kids is recalling KidKraft Farm to Table play kitchens (model 53411), sold online at KidKraft.com, Amazon.com and Walmart.com from 2018 through July 2025. Children climbing on the counter or crawling through the back opening can catch their clothing on the accessory hooks, posing a strangulation hazard; one death has been reported.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the play kitchens, remove the original hooks, and contact Backyard Kids for free replacement hooks. Backyard Kids has agreed to a provide free replacement hooks to all consumers with affected units as a part of this recall.

Contact: Contact Backyard Kids toll-free at 800-882-0234 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, email at recall@kidkraft.com or online at www.kidkraft.com/pages/recall for more information.

How common was it?

MajorAbout 192,000 sold at Amazon and Walmart, 2018–2025

Hundreds of thousands or millions sold. Check your home today.

Read the official CPSC notice →

Official notice

CPSC's own wording, unchanged.

Hazard

If young children are climbing on the counter or crawling through the opening at the back of the play kitchen, their clothing can get caught on the plastic or metal hooks meant to hold toy kitchen accessories such as play pots and pans, posing a strangulation hazard.

Sold at

The play kitchens were sold online at KidKraft.com, Amazon.com and Walmart.com from 2018 through July 2025 for between $120 and $270.

Units

About 192,000 (In addition, 12 were sold in Canada)

Incidents and injuries

In February 2023 in Oregon, a 23-month-old child was asphyxiated after his shirt got caught on one of the hooks while climbing and crawling through the opening at the back of the play kitchen where the toy kitchen accessories are held. The child was unable to rescue himself and died from strangulation and asphyxia.

Model numbers and UPCs

53411

Brand

KidKraft

From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled Jul 31, 2025. The summary above is ours; for anything that matters, go by the official notice. Had a problem with this product? Report it at SaferProducts.gov.

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