# Tristar Products, Inc.

> Tristar Products develops and markets consumer products through television demonstrations, digital commerce and retail distribution. Founded by Keith Mirchandani in 1992, it built brands including PowerXL, Copper Chef and Emeril Everyday before selling its appliance and cookware business to Spectrum Brands in February 2022.

- **Founded:** 1992
- **Headquarters:** Fairfield, United States
- **Founders:** Keith Mirchandani (Founder; CEO at the time of the 2022 appliance-business sale)
- **Products:** Jack LaLanne Power Juicer, Genie Bra, Power Pressure Cooker XL, Copper Chef, PowerXL
- **Notable:** Founded in 1992 and marked its 25th anniversary in 2017., Built PowerXL, Copper Chef and Emeril Everyday into a portfolio acquired by Spectrum Brands., Appliance and cookware business achieved more than 85% sales growth over the three years preceding the 2022 acquisition announcement, according to Spectrum.

## Products & services

- **Jack LaLanne Power Juicer** — Historically marketed juicer developed with fitness personality Jack LaLanne; the company dates its first million-unit product milestone to 2000.
- **Genie Bra** — Seamless bra brand launched in 2011 and subsequently extended into lingerie and apparel.
- **Power Pressure Cooker XL** — Electric pressure cooker line; the company places the launch in 2014.
- **Copper Chef** — Cookware brand associated with a square deep pan and accessories; included in the appliance and cookware business sold in 2022.
- **PowerXL** — Kitchen appliance brand spanning air fryers and related countertop cooking products; included in the business sold in 2022.
- **Emeril Everyday** — Chef-branded countertop appliances developed with Emeril Lagasse; included in the business sold in 2022.
- **Product development and direct response marketing** — Historically combined invention development, television content production, digital marketing and domestic and international retail distribution.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1992 and marked its 25th anniversary in 2017.
- Built PowerXL, Copper Chef and Emeril Everyday into a portfolio acquired by Spectrum Brands.
- Appliance and cookware business achieved more than 85% sales growth over the three years preceding the 2022 acquisition announcement, according to Spectrum.
- Company reported that Copper Chef’s initial pan and extensions had exceeded an estimated 20 million units by June 2017.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Spectrum’s fiscal Q3 release continued to identify litigation costs associated with the Tristar acquisition; this describes the buyer and acquired business, not a new Tristar funding event.
- **2026-07** — Spectrum disclosed completion of remaining regulatory approvals for Oaktree’s investment in the wider HPC business, bringing Oaktree’s ownership to 27.3%. This is not an investment directly into Tristar Products, Inc.
- **2025-08** — Spectrum’s quarterly filing described post-acquisition distribution, inventory, returns and recall issues and litigation seeking recoveries, including claims of alleged fraud. Allegations are not findings of liability.
- **2023-12** — CPSC announced a recall of about 319,000 PowerXL dual-basket air fryers, naming Empower Brands as importer.

## Links

- Website: https://tristarproductsinc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tristar-products-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Tristar_Product
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXe3Ke_Ugmo0kts_XwiMKkg
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Tristar-Products-Inc-1072467559461769/

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