KitchenAid sold the KECC562GBT as part of its US cooktop range. The one specification line recovered for the KECC562GBT describes it as a 36″ Ceramic-glass Electric Cooktop with Radiant Elements, and this page does not go beyond it. The archive of KitchenAid’s US product site holds it from March 2000 through to August 2004, and no later capture carries it.
KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KECC562GBT2. A plate reading one of those is still a KECC562GBT; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. By now a KECC562GBT is an old machine, and the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs carry most of the wear. The KECC562GBT is no longer made, so what can actually be obtained for it is the first thing looked at, not the last.
Key Features
- 36" Ceramic-glass Electric Cooktop with Radiant Elements
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from March 2000 to August 2004
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KECC562GBT2
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Touch controls that respond intermittently or not at all, where a touch panel is fitted
A burnt element receptacle, which shows as scorching underneath the cooking zone
A hot-surface indicator that stays lit long after the cooktop has cooled
Downdraft vent motor or damper faults, where a downdraft system is fitted