KitchenAid sold the KECS161GSS as part of its US cooktop range. No published specification for this model was recovered. What survives is the model number and a dated record of when KitchenAid was showing it, and that is what is set out here. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from November 2001 to February 2013 and gone after that.
A cooktop of that vintage is two decades or more into service, and the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs are long past as-new. Discontinued does not mean unrepairable, but it does mean availability of the specific part for a KECS161GSS is established before any figure is put on the job.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from November 2001 to February 2013
- No rating-plate revision code was observed for this model
Most Common Issues on This Model
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
Touch controls that respond intermittently or not at all, where a touch panel is fitted
Continuous ignition clicking on a gas configuration, usually moisture or debris at the igniter