KitchenAid sold the KGCU483VSS as part of its US cooktop range. No published specification for this model was recovered — no dimension, no capacity, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number. It sat in KitchenAid’s US catalogue from September 2013 until September 2015, 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 KGCU483VSS00, KGCU483VSS01. A plate reading one of those is still a KGCU483VSS; 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 KGCU483VSS is at the age where the switches, the element or burner connections and the control knobs are the usual suspects. Since the model is out of production, we settle what can still be supplied for it before the work is quoted.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2013 to September 2015
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KGCU483VSS00, KGCU483VSS01
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
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
A thermal limiter cutting a zone early because the glass beneath it is running hot