The recalled Sunjoy Oakmont LP fire pit tables were sold through Big Lots and used a concealed 20-pound propane cylinder, push-button ignition, and adjustable flame. Consumers were instructed to stop using affected units and obtain a free replacement burner kit.
Sunjoy now offers several different fire-pit configurations, so product identification and fuel type are critical after an accident. Consumers should preserve the fire pit, fuel components, labels, instructions, photographs, purchase records, fire reports, and medical documentation.
Quick Facts
- CPSC recalled about 10,900 Sunjoy Oakmont LP fire pit tables because an incorrectly installed burner hose could melt and ignite.
- Sunjoy received 17 reports involving incorrectly installed hoses, including 12 fires and one reported hand burn.
- Current Sunjoy products include propane tabletop fire pits, larger propane fire-pit tables, and wood-burning steel models.
- Potential claims may depend on the model, fuel system, installation, warnings, accident mechanism, injuries, and preserved evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest Sunjoy Fire Pit Recall and Safety Developments
- What Is a Sunjoy Fire Pit?
- What Was the Sunjoy Oakmont Fire Pit Recall?
- What Was Wrong With the Recalled Sunjoy Fire Pit?
- Where Were the Recalled Oakmont Fire Pits Sold?
- What Was the Recall Remedy?
- What Sunjoy Propane Fire Pits Are Sold Today?
- Why Propane Fire Pit Components Matter
- What Risks Can Propane Fire Pits Present?
- Does Sunjoy Sell Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
- What Risks Are Associated With Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
- What About Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits?
- What Happened With the Colsen Fire Pit Recall?
- Why Other Fire Pit Recalls Are Relevant
- What Injuries Can Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Who May Be Liable?
- What Is the Current Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
- Do I Qualify?
- What Evidence Should I Preserve?
- Do I Have a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About Sunjoy Fire Pits
- Do I Have a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Evidence May Support a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Which Sunjoy Fire Pit Was Recalled?
- Why Were the Oakmont Fire Pit Tables Recalled?
- Were Any Injuries Reported?
- Does Sunjoy Still Sell Propane Fire Pits?
- Does Sunjoy Sell Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
- What Should I Do After a Sunjoy Fire Pit Accident?
- References
Latest Sunjoy Fire Pit Recall and Safety Developments
July 2026
- July 16, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Houswise Tabletop Fire Pits because pooled or spilled alcohol can create uncontrolled pool fires and refilling can cause flame jetting. More than two dozen incidents and seven injuries, including third-degree burns, were reported; this warning concerns Houswise alcohol-burning products rather than Sunjoy propane or wood-burning models [1]
November 2020
- November 10, 2020 – CPSC announced the recall of about 10,900 Sunjoy Oakmont LP fire pit tables because an incorrectly installed burner-kit hose could melt and ignite, creating a fire hazard. Sunjoy received 17 reports involving incorrectly installed hoses, including 12 fires, four reports of minor property damage, and one report of a consumer suffering a hand burn [2]
- November 10, 2020 – CPSC instructed consumers to immediately stop using the recalled Oakmont LP fire pit tables and contact Sunjoy for a free replacement burner kit and installation instructions [2]
What Is a Sunjoy Fire Pit?
Sunjoy manufactures and sells multiple outdoor fire-pit designs rather than one standardized product.
The company’s current catalog includes propane-powered fire-pit tables, compact tabletop propane units, traditional wood-burning steel fire pits, smokeless fire pits, and outdoor fireplaces [3]
Because these products use different fuels and components, the cause of an accident should be evaluated using the specific model rather than generalized across the Sunjoy brand.
What Was the Sunjoy Oakmont Fire Pit Recall?
The 2020 recall involved Sunjoy Oakmont LP fire pit tables sold exclusively through Big Lots stores and BigLots.com.
CPSC described the recalled units as square fire-pit tables measuring approximately 38 inches wide, 38 inches deep, and 25.6 inches high. They had a powder-coated steel frame and an all-weather wicker base concealing a 20-pound LP cylinder.
The products used push-button ignition, an adjustable flame, and a steel burner cover.
What Was Wrong With the Recalled Sunjoy Fire Pit?
CPSC says the burner-kit hose could be installed incorrectly.
If positioned improperly, the hose could melt and ignite while the fire pit was operating. That condition could create an open fire beneath or around the propane-powered table.
Sunjoy received 17 reports involving incorrectly installed hoses. Twelve units ignited, four incidents caused minor property damage, and one consumer suffered a hand burn.
Where Were the Recalled Oakmont Fire Pits Sold?
The recalled fire pits were sold at Big Lots stores nationwide and online from January through June 2020.
CPSC says the products sold for approximately $480.
Receipts, online order histories, photographs, manuals, burner components, and retailer records may help establish whether a particular fire pit was subject to the recall.
What Was the Recall Remedy?
CPSC instructed consumers to immediately stop using recalled Oakmont LP fire pit tables.
Sunjoy offered a free replacement burner kit and installation instructions. Consumers should follow the official recall remedy rather than attempting to reroute or modify the propane hose without appropriate instructions.
What Sunjoy Propane Fire Pits Are Sold Today?
Sunjoy currently sells propane-powered products ranging from compact tabletop units to larger patio tables.
One current 10-inch tabletop propane model uses a one-pound propane cylinder, a stainless-steel burner, adjustable flame settings, and a child-lock safety control. Sunjoy lists its output at approximately 1,100 BTU per hour and says a one-pound cylinder can provide more than two hours of high-flame operation [4]
These current products are different from the recalled Oakmont table and should not automatically be considered part of the 2020 recall.
Why Propane Fire Pit Components Matter
Propane fire pits depend on multiple components working together, including the cylinder, regulator, hose, fittings, control valve, ignition system, and burner.
A damaged, incorrectly routed, loose, leaking, or overheated component can potentially create conditions for escaping gas or fire.
After an incident, these components should be preserved rather than discarded or rearranged when they can be stored safely.
What Risks Can Propane Fire Pits Present?
Potential propane-related hazards may involve gas leaks, ignition near leaking propane, overheated hoses, damaged fittings, burner malfunction, or fire spreading to surrounding combustible materials.
Consumers may also suffer direct-contact burns from flames, hot burner components, fire glass, metal surfaces, or surrounding materials heated during operation.
The 2020 Sunjoy recall specifically involved a hose installation problem, but that does not mean every Sunjoy propane-fire-pit incident has the same cause.
Does Sunjoy Sell Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
Yes. Sunjoy also sells traditional wood-burning fire pits.
One current 30-inch round model uses a black powder-coated steel fire bowl and comes with a mesh spark screen and fire poker [5]
Wood-burning models present different hazards from propane products because they involve logs, embers, sparks, ash, shifting fuel, and hot steel rather than pressurized gas.
What Risks Are Associated With Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
Wood-burning fire pits can produce sparks and embers capable of traveling beyond the fire bowl.
Nearby furniture, decks, vegetation, clothing, paper products, or structures may ignite if hot embers escape or burning logs shift outside the intended fire area.
Wind, fire-pit stability, fuel load, ground surface, and distance from combustible materials may become important after an accident.
What About Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits?
Alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits involve a different fuel system from Sunjoy’s documented propane and wood-burning products.
CPSC has warned that certain open-container liquid-fuel fire pits can cause flame jetting during refueling and uncontrolled pool fires when alcohol spills outside the intended reservoir.
These hazards should not be attributed to a Sunjoy propane or wood-burning model unless the actual product and evidence support that mechanism.
What Happened With the Colsen Fire Pit Recall?
In October 2024, CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen alcohol-burning fire pits after receiving 31 reports of flame jetting or flames escaping their containers.
Nineteen burn injuries were reported, including serious third-degree burns and incidents involving surgery, prolonged medical treatment, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement [6]
Those incidents involved Colsen products and should not be described as Sunjoy incidents.
Why Other Fire Pit Recalls Are Relevant
Other recalls demonstrate how different fire-pit systems can create serious injuries through different mechanisms.
The Sunjoy Oakmont recall involved a propane-hose installation problem, while Colsen and later CPSC warnings involved liquid-alcohol flame jetting and pool fires.
That distinction reinforces why fuel type and product identification should be established before assigning a cause to a fire-pit accident.
What Injuries Can Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
Fire-pit accidents can cause thermal burns from open flame, hot surfaces, burning fuel, sparks, embers, or ignited surrounding materials.
Severe injuries may require emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, skin grafting, rehabilitation, burn-center care, or long-term scar treatment.
The nature and severity of an individual injury should be established through medical records rather than inferred from another consumer’s accident.
Who May Be Affected?
Potentially affected people include consumers injured while lighting, operating, moving, extinguishing, repairing, or sitting near a Sunjoy fire pit.
Guests, children, relatives, neighbors, installers, and other bystanders may also be exposed to flame, hot components, propane fire, sparks, embers, or spreading fire.
Property owners may experience damage involving furniture, decks, patios, landscaping, walls, flooring, clothing, or other structures.
Who May Be Liable?
Potentially responsible parties may include a manufacturer, importer, distributor, retailer, component supplier, installer, or another entity involved in placing or assembling the product.
Possible claims may involve defective design, manufacturing defects, inadequate instructions or warnings, negligent installation, breach of warranty, or other legal theories available under applicable law.
A product recall does not automatically establish liability in every case. Product identity, defect evidence, installation, causation, injuries, damages, and governing law must be evaluated individually.
What Is the Current Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
The public sources cited for this article establish a prior CPSC recall involving Sunjoy Oakmont LP fire pit tables and a reported consumer burn injury.
Those materials do not themselves constitute a current court judgment, certified class action, settlement, or finding that every Sunjoy fire pit is defective.
An individual injury or property-damage claim may nevertheless warrant review when evidence links the loss to a specific Sunjoy product or component.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you or a loved one burned or otherwise seriously injured while using or sitting near a Sunjoy fire pit?
- Did the incident involve a propane hose, leaking gas, ignition, burner malfunction, hot surfaces, sparks, embers, or spreading fire?
- Did you require emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, burn-center care, or other significant medical treatment?
- Do you have the fire pit, model information, fuel components, purchase records, photographs, recall documents, or medical records?
An individualized legal review can determine whether product identification, recall status, accident mechanism, causation, damages, available evidence, and filing deadlines support a claim.
What Evidence Should I Preserve?
Preserve the Sunjoy fire pit, burner, propane hose, regulator, fittings, tank, ignition components, spark screen, manual, labels, and damaged parts whenever safe to do so.
Save receipts, online order histories, photographs, videos, fire reports, insurance records, repair communications, medical documentation, witness information, and property-damage records.
Do I Have a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one suffered serious injuries or significant property damage involving a Sunjoy fire pit, you may have legal options. Contact Schmidt & Clark for a free case review.
Important Legal Actions or Recalls
| Event | Month/Year | Type | Status | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houswise fire pit warning | July 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Immediate stop-use | CPSC | Different fuel system |
| Colsen fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Disposal remedy | CPSC | 19 burn injuries |
| Oakmont LP fire pit recall | November 2020 | Consumer product recall | Replacement burner kit | CPSC | One burn injury |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation may include emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, burn-center care, rehabilitation, medication, scar treatment, and future medical expenses supported by an individual case.
Additional damages may include lost wages, pain and suffering, permanent scarring, property damage, repair costs, insurance deductibles, and other losses available under applicable law.
Compensation amounts vary by case. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Legal Process Overview
Free case review: The initial review may address the Sunjoy model, fuel system, recall status, accident sequence, injuries, property damage, and available evidence.
Investigation. Attorneys may examine the fire pit, hose, regulator, burner, ignition system, installation, instructions, purchase records, photographs, fire reports, and medical evidence.
Filing. A lawsuit may be filed when available evidence and governing law support one or more claims. Filing deadlines vary by jurisdiction.
Discovery/negotiation: The parties may exchange product-design information, installation instructions, testing records, incident reports, medical evidence, expert opinions, and testimony while discussing possible resolution.
Resolution: A case may conclude through settlement, dismissal, court ruling, or trial. No outcome or timeline can be guaranteed.
Frequently Asked Questions About Sunjoy Fire Pits
Do I Have a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
A potential claim may warrant review if a Sunjoy fire pit malfunctioned or caught fire and caused documented injury or significant property damage. Eligibility depends on product identification, causation, damages, evidence, and applicable law.
What Evidence May Support a Sunjoy Fire Pit Lawsuit?
Evidence may include the fire pit, model label, propane hose, regulator, burner, tank, instructions, receipts, photographs, fire reports, medical records, and witness statements. Preserve damaged components whenever they can be stored safely.
Which Sunjoy Fire Pit Was Recalled?
CPSC recalled about 10,900 Oakmont LP fire pit tables manufactured by Sunjoy. The recalled units were sold exclusively through Big Lots in 2020.
Why Were the Oakmont Fire Pit Tables Recalled?
CPSC says the burner-kit hose could be installed incorrectly and melt, creating a fire hazard. Twelve of the reported affected fire pits ignited.
Were Any Injuries Reported?
Yes. CPSC received one report of a consumer suffering a hand burn. Four incidents also involved minor property damage.
Does Sunjoy Still Sell Propane Fire Pits?
Yes. Sunjoy currently sells propane tabletop fire pits and larger propane fire-pit tables. Current products are not automatically included in the 2020 Oakmont recall.
Does Sunjoy Sell Wood-Burning Fire Pits?
Yes. Sunjoy currently sells wood-burning steel and smokeless fire pits. These products present spark, ember, hot-surface, and spreading-fire risks rather than propane-hose hazards.
What Should I Do After a Sunjoy Fire Pit Accident?
Seek appropriate medical treatment and keep people away from damaged fuel equipment. Preserve the product, fuel components, photographs, purchase records, fire reports, and medical documentation when safe to do so.
References
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Houswise-Tabletop-Fire-Pits-Immediately-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-or-Death-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Fire-Pit-Tables-Sold-Exclusively-at-Big-Lots-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Manufactured-by-Sunjoy
- https://sunjoyshop.com/collections/outdoor-fire-pit
- https://sunjoyshop.com/products/smokeless-tabletop-propane-fire-pit-stainless-steel
- https://sunjoyshop.com/products/sunjoy-30-inch-round-metal-patio-fire-pit-for-outside-black
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards