KitchenAid Cooktop

KitchenAid KCGS550ESS

Model # KCGS550ESS

KCGS550ESS is one of the cooktop model numbers KitchenAid carried in the United States. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. The only dated record of it is a capture of KitchenAid’s US product site from September 2015.

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 KCGS550ESS00. A plate reading one of those is still a KCGS550ESS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. A KCGS550ESS in use today is about a decade old, and the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs account for most of what it gets called out for. The KCGS550ESS 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 in September 2015
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KCGS550ESS00
  • 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

01

Touch controls that respond intermittently or not at all, where a touch panel is fitted

02

Continuous ignition clicking on a gas configuration, usually moisture or debris at the igniter

03

Blocked burner ports on a gas configuration, giving a yellow, uneven or lifting flame

04

A burner cap sitting out of position, which changes the flame pattern and the heat delivered

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KCGS550ESS FAQ

KitchenAid places the plate on the cooktop's liner, beneath the burners, so that is where the KCGS550ESS label will be. Model and serial are printed on the same sticker. Getting the KCGS550ESS number exactly right matters most on an older machine, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

Then the job stops there and you are told. The KCGS550ESS has been out of production for long enough that this is a real possibility on some components, which is why availability for a KCGS550ESS is checked before a diagnosis is charged for rather than after.

Sometimes, but it depends on the fault. With the cooktop switched off at its supply, we confirm whether the faulty circuit on a KCGS550ESS can be safely isolated. Where it cannot, the KCGS550ESS stays out of use until the repair is done rather than being worked around.

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