The KBHS179BSS is a KitchenAid microwave oven sold in the United States. No published specification for this model was recovered. Rather than fill the gap with a figure borrowed from a similar-looking number, this page says only what the sources actually carry. It sat in KitchenAid’s US catalogue from September 2013 until July 2014, which is the window the archive records.
KitchenAid appends a two-digit production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KBHS179BSS00. A plate reading one of those is still a KBHS179BSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. Ten years and more into service, a KBHS179BSS is at the age where the door latch, the interlock switches and the turntable drive are the usual suspects. The KBHS179BSS is discontinued, so the parts question gets answered first and the price second.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2013 to July 2014
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBHS179BSS00
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
- KitchenAid published an installation dimension guide for it
Most Common Issues on This Model
Keypad legends worn away with use, so the panel is hard to read
A door seal face damaged, which the oven can read as an interlock fault
A magnetron reaching the end of its life, showing as heating that has become slow and uneven
A door interlock switch that has failed, so the oven lights and runs its fan but will not heat