KitchenAid sold the KBRC36FKS as part of its US refrigerator range. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from November 2001 to June 2003 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. 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.
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 KBRC36FKS00, KBRC36FKS01, KBRC36FKS02. A plate reading one of those is still a KBRC36FKS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KBRC36FKS is mostly mechanical and electrical rather than electronic — seals, fans, defrost components, switches and the start device. Those are the parts still in circulation for cabinets of this generation, and they are what we check availability on before any figure is put on a repair.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from November 2001 to June 2003
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBRC36FKS00, KBRC36FKS01, KBRC36FKS02
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Handle, hinge and door-closer wear from years of daily use
Blocked defrost drain leaving water under the crispers or running out onto the floor
Loss of refrigerant charge, the fault that decides whether an old cabinet is worth keeping
Defrost drain freezing solid, which puts meltwater under the crisper drawers instead of down the drain