KitchenAid sold the KECD805EAL as part of its US cooktop range. What KitchenAid published about the KECD805EAL is that it is a Ceramic-glass Electric Cooktop with Downdraft Vent System, and that single line is all the specification there is. A single dated capture, March 2000, places it on KitchenAid’s US product site, and nothing after that does.
The KECD805EAL is a colour or finish variant, printed verbatim on KitchenAid’s archived product page for the KECD805E. An owner whose plate reads KECD805E, or one of its other finishes, is looking at the same machine in a different colour. The other finishes printed on that same page are KECD805EBL, KECD805EWH. By now a KECD805EAL is an old machine, and the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs carry most of the wear. Being out of production, a KECD805EAL has its parts position checked at the outset rather than after a diagnosis.
Key Features
- Ceramic-glass Electric Cooktop with Downdraft Vent System
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in March 2000
- Printed as a colour or finish variant on KitchenAid's archived product page for the KECD805E
Most Common Issues on This Model
A thermal limiter cutting a zone early because the glass beneath it is running hot
A cooking zone that no longer heats while its neighbours work normally
An infinite switch failed closed, so the zone runs at full heat regardless of where the knob is set
Cracked or chipped ceramic glass, which takes the cooktop out of service until the glass is dealt with