Select Home Warranty warns homeowners to cover appliances before Thanksgiving

Select Home Warranty says Thanksgiving is a peak failure period for ovens, stoves and garbage disposals, and that homeowners need to buy coverage in October to beat the plan’s 30-day waiting period. The company is urging households to secure protection before holiday cooking creates costly repair emergencies.

Why it matters: - Thanksgiving can turn a routine kitchen problem into a holiday disruption, especially when ovens and garbage disposals fail during peak cooking. - Select Home Warranty says homeowners who wait until November may miss the 30-day waiting period and be unprotected when they need coverage most. - A breakdown on Thanksgiving can force families to pay for urgent repairs or replacement support out of pocket.

What happened: - Select Home Holidays, the company’s holiday messaging campaign, highlighted claims data on appliance failures ahead of Thanksgiving. - The warning focused on homeowners planning holiday meals and on the risk of high-stress appliance emergencies on Thanksgiving Day. - Marc Shapiro of Select Home Warranty said Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for kitchen appliances and that waiting until November is often too late.

The details: - Thanksgiving Day sees oven and stove failures rise to 2.70 times the normal baseline, based on seasonal breakdown patterns indexed against operational data. - The most common oven and stove complaints involve units failing to reach temperature or heating elements burning out mid-roast. - Garbage disposal failures rise to 2.56 times the normal baseline on Thanksgiving Day. - Select Home Warranty said disposal calls are driven more by major leaks than by jams. - The company linked disposal failures to overworked units handling holiday scraps, bones and heavy food waste, often in systems that were already compromised. - Home warranty plans typically include a 30-day waiting period before coverage takes effect. - Select Home Warranty said October is the critical deadline for homeowners who want holiday coverage ready in time. - The company said securing a protection plan in October can ensure repair or replacement support is available during peak holiday usage.

Between the lines: - The message combines seasonal urgency with a built-in sales clock, since the waiting period makes last-minute buying less useful. - The claims data is meant to make Thanksgiving appliance risk feel measurable, not just anecdotal. - The focus on leaks, not jams, suggests holiday disposal failures may be more about overload and wear than everyday misuse.

What's next: - Homeowners can buy coverage before Thanksgiving to get the plan active before holiday cooking begins. - Select Home Warranty directs prospective customers to more information or to call 1-855-267-8940. - The company also points homeowners to its social channels for updates and marketing messages.