The KECC051HBT is a KitchenAid cooktop. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. It sat in KitchenAid’s US catalogue from February 2004 until August 2004, which is the window the archive records.
KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KECC051HBT04, KECC051HBT05, KECC051HBT1, KECC051HBT2, KECC051HBT3. A plate reading one of those is still a KECC051HBT; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. A KECC051HBT still in a kitchen today has twenty-odd years behind it, and that age shows first in the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs. The KECC051HBT is no longer made, so what can actually be obtained for it is the first thing looked at, not the last.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from February 2004 to August 2004
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KECC051HBT04, KECC051HBT05, KECC051HBT1, KECC051HBT2, KECC051HBT3
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
A hot-surface indicator that stays lit long after the cooktop has cooled
Downdraft vent motor or damper faults, where a downdraft system is fitted
A gas valve that will not hold its low setting, so the flame drops out when turned down
Wiring damage under the cooktop from years of heat cycling