Owners of a rather fetching Super Mushroom frying pan in Japan are currently being told not to use it by manufacturer Bandai Spirits.
This comes from The Gamer via an official announcement provided on 25th October 2024, in which owners have been advised that the frying pan has been found to discolour oil when heat is applied. Bandai Spirits is currently investigating whether the discolouration is just that, a discolouration, or an indication of something potentially more sinister and harmful to users.
Sales have been suspended for the time being while an investigation takes place, and should the firm discover anything untoward about the product, it's likely that a recall will occur. The pan was reportedly sold in conjunction with Super Mario Party Jamboree's release and, like many cool Nintendo products, is limited to Japan. It stands to reason, then, that if a recall were to take place, there probably isn't an overwhelming amount of these things out in the wild anyway.
With this in mind, we're not overly disappointed that the Super Mushroom frying pan hasn't made it to the West. We'd love to see more quirky Nintendo products make their way over to our shores, but in this case, we're quite happy to sit this one out and stick to our Alarmo.
Bit of a weird one, huh? What are your thoughts on this potential frying pan debacle? Let us know with a comment in the usual place.
[source 1kuji.com, via thegamer.com]
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How do you screw up a frying pan?
Fingers crossed it's due to the least harmful cause possible for the sake of those who bought this!
i guess you must keep the frying pan as a drying pan... dry from oil that is
Oil I can say is fry about it.
Why does Mario party Jamboree comes with a frying pan?
Sinister? That’s a lot!
I’ve read the reviews.
It was panned.
I'm suprised they entered this kind of market, as I didn't think there was mushroom for more competition.
Funny how I’m reading about this while listening to Salmon Run music. I hope this doesn’t turn the oil into a Salmonid’s green ink! That would be the wrong game. And yet another piece of cool Japan-only Splatoon merch.
@sikthvash well Nintendo knows how to pander towards their audience
Discolouration of oil is a strong indicator for chemical reactions on the pan surface, which should be chemically inert. Definitely a bad sign, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had to call back all of them.
@Hee-ho-master on a side note, in today's issue of "Usernames You Can Hear"...😄
Bandai Spirits really wanted to "fry" up some trouble.
You're laughing right? No? Good.
Is this related to the recent news about a variety of black-colored kitchen objects having problems?
Turns out it was the Poison Mushroom pan
How are y'all's puns so consistently brilliant?
Well, the frying pan can be used for something else.
Oil be sure to avoid using it.
@NintonicGamer They certainly have a handle on the market, that’s for sure.
I'm pretty sure Alarmo is a little more harmful than that frying pan
They need to release a stability update for the pan. XD
@Ribbitsneed It doesn’t. It just released on the same day.
@Ribbitsneed There's a handful of food related games in there including one where you cut rather juicy looking pieces of meat, I guess maybe that's why, otherwise I got nothing lol.
First it's the claw hand, then the Alarmo and now a Toad frying pan. Nintendo's toy/accessory line had been weird all around.
Seems like it might be best for concussions rather than hotcakes.
Protip:
NEVER USE A TEFLON PAN!
Just go plain cast iron, stainless steel, or enameled cast iron.
If stuff is sticking, just use more butter.
You don't want Teflon in your system.
Only in Ja-Pan!
Sure! Nothing can go wrong with a probably-cheaply produced item, probably produced no less, by a co. that normally doesn't deal/manufacture/sell that kind of item, and with less-than safe, and satisfactory end-product standards. When it comes to stuff like this, it's always better for a co. to stay, and operate in their own specific wheelhouse. There are other, cheaper, safer ways to include a bonus item for the new Mario Party Jamboree.
I bought a couple of those little frying pans that come with a single serve brownie mix at Target and it says not to use the FRYING pans for FRYING all over the instructions, so it wouldn’t surprise me if these novelty frying pans can’t be used for frying either. I made the brownie mix in the oven, they were edible, and now the frying pans are just hanging on the wall as decorations. 🤷🏻♂️
Not the most practical pan in any case. Looks like all you can really use it for is making Toad shaped pancakes. You know, besides using it as some kind of makeshift bludgeon.
@Ribbitsneed Ummm, to smack people with it if they steal your stars! Duh. haha All jokes aside, they probably made this with the cheapest material available as a cash grab, and it come back to bite them.
Oh... I thought they meant "use it", meaning hitting someone with it 😆
Good morning everyone!
Why, when I see an article about a potentially toxic kitchen item, is my first reaction I WANT THAT?
@Pillowpants This is a criminally underrated comment and deserves at least two dozen Likes, if not more.
@nukatha Cast iron is my go-to.. works amazing for bread, lasagna, mac and cheese, etc.
I would make a joke but it probably wouldn’t pan out.
Cool news but it's only in Japan, so butter we supposed to do about it?
@bobby_steurer Thanks!
@ikki5 Even if the product is sold for a premium price, if the materials used in its manufacture are cheap, you'll end up with a poor-quality product. This is true for everything, not just frying pans. But that's how businesses expand their profit margins, especially in recent years: manufacture goods with cheap materials but don't drop the price (in some cases, the price even goes up). Easy money.
Okay people let’s not Panic.
@ikki5 Robert Bilott wonders the same thing.
Turns out it's a poison mushroom pan
@shiftbarackyeaugh
That's gold Jerry, GOLD!
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