The KCGS956ESS is a US-market KitchenAid cooktop. No published specification for this model was recovered, so there is no dimension or capacity quoted on this page. A number lifted from a sibling model would be worse than silence. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from February 2015 to September 2024 and gone after that.
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 KCGS956ESS00. A plate reading one of those is still a KCGS956ESS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. That puts a KCGS956ESS roughly ten to fifteen years into service, the point at which the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs tend to need attention. Being out of production, a KCGS956ESS has its parts position checked at the outset rather than after a diagnosis.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from February 2015 to September 2024
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KCGS956ESS00
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Downdraft vent motor or damper faults, where a downdraft system is fitted
A gas valve that will not hold its low setting, so the flame drops out when turned down
Wiring damage under the cooktop from years of heat cycling
Control knobs and their shafts worn, so the setting no longer matches the mark on the panel