The KOST100ESS is a KitchenAid wall oven sold in the United States. No published specification for this model was recovered. What survives is the model number and a dated record of when KitchenAid was showing it, and that is what is set out here. The archive of KitchenAid’s US product site holds it from August 2015 through to October 2017, and no later capture carries it.
A machine of that age has had enough cycles for the door seal, the hinges and the heating elements to have moved on from new, and that is where diagnosis usually starts on a KOST100ESS. Discontinued does not mean unrepairable, but it does mean availability of the specific part for a KOST100ESS is established before any figure is put on the job.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from August 2015 to October 2017
- 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
Heat damage at the rear terminal block and its wiring
A door seal hardened or torn, so the front of the oven runs hot
A latch mechanism seized by grease and heat over many years
On a double cavity, one oven working normally while the other will not come up to temperature