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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

                  I, Leonhard Dreimann, Chief Executive Officer of Salton, Inc.,
certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Salton, Inc.;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
         such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
         covered by this quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this report, fairly present in all material
         respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
         of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
         registrant and have:

         a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
                  to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                  information relating to the registrant, including its
                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which
                  this report is being prepared;

         b)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         c)       disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the third fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
                  reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting; and

5.       The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
         on our most recent evaluation of the internal control over financial
         reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
         registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
         functions):

         a)       all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                  design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

         b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 11, 2004

                                               By:   /s/ Leonhard Dreimann
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                                                     Leonhard Dreimann
                                                     Chief Executive Officer