Stainless Steel 36'' 5-Burner Gas Cooktop KCGS556ESS

36'' 5-Burner Gas Cooktop

Model: KCGS556ESS

Color: Stainless Steel

MSRP: $1,499.00

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36'' 5-Burner Gas Cooktop

If you love to experiment and push culinary limits, you'll appreciate the power and versatility of this 36-inch cooktop. Five individual burners includes a powerful 20K BTU Dual Ring Burner that is among the most powerful in the industry. The eye-catching design includes Multi-Finish Knobs and the scratch-resistant CookShield Finish help protect the surface against stains that may occur with high-temperature cooking.

Features

20K BTU Professional Dual Ring Burner

Allows you to go from one small flame for precise simmering to a dual flame for powerful boiling, all on the same burner.

6K BTU Even-Heat™ Simmer Burner

A diffuser plate allows more control of the flame at the lowest setting, for more precise simmering and melting.

CookShield Finish

Protects the cooktop from stains that may occur with high temperature cooking. The permanent finish makes it easy to wipe clean without harsh chemicals so it looks clean, bright and beautiful even longer.

Additional Features

Multi-Finish Knobs

Enhance the look of the cooktop surface with sturdy construction that adds to their premium feel.

LP Conversion Kit Included

Allows you to convert the cooktop so it can be used with LP gas.

Customer Reviews

Rated 2 out of 5 by SMT970 from Looks beautiful, functions poorly We built a brand new home and purchased this range for our kitchen. It looks beautiful, but does not perform well. In order to boil water I have to use the largest, center burner on the highest setting, and even with that it is just a low boil. The other burners barely get a boil and I find pasta will get soggy before it properly cooks, (unless I use the center burner). The flame seems inconsistent and I can hear it flickering, as if the gas is sputtering. Sadly, I find myself missing our 10-year-old electric range in our rental home, which performed much better than this. I was really excited to start using gas, and to have a brand new, nice range, unfortunately this did not deliver.

Date published: 2017-05-08

Rated 2 out of 5 by Stacey from Two stars because it's pretty, but lacks any power It looks nice, but it ends there. Highly disappointed. Right now I'm trying to boil two different pots for dinner, but that can't be done. The only burner that creates a proper boil is the largest, center one. (Even though I'm using appropriately sized pots to the burner). So now instead of having my dinner ready all at the same time. I will have to wait 12 minutes before I can cook something else that also needs to boil on the center burner. Beyond frustrating!! It's basically 4, medium/low burners and 1 center one that will get hot on full blast. I was really excited for a nice, new, beautiful gas range. But this one makes me miss my 10+ year old basic electric stove top.

Date published: 2017-06-07

Rated 4 out of 5 by Steven in SA from Working as advertised We've had this installed now for about 3 weeks and have been happy with it. Ours was converted to LP. There's not a lot of variation in the burner level when going from High to Low, it's almost like there's three distinct levels...High, Medium, and Low. That's something I wasn't thrilled about, but my wife doesn't seem to care. We view it as a middle-of-the-road cooktop, purchased on-sale, and we got what we paid for. I would have liked to have gotten the one with lit knobs, just couldn't justify the expense. I'm still amazed that such a simple product can cost so much. Since it's so new, we don't have much feedback on durability/longevity yet. So far, so good.

Date published: 2018-10-02

Rated 1 out of 5 by Malevets from KCGS556ESS KCGS556ESS is a beautiful looking cook top. Unfortunately it does not ignite very easily and worst, it does not boil water quick enough to cook pasta. Other reviewers have said the same. I tried calling customer service only to get the run around and no one seems to know the answer. One person would pass me on to the next only to be put on hold. Finally, one lady said I would have to pay for some service guy to come out to fix it. KitchenAid, please read this carefully. This is essentially a brand new cook top, so I don't believe there is anything wrong with it, other than the fact that the design is flawed. I live in CO, so maybe do some experiments to see how your burner behaves at higher altitude, lower air pressure.

Date published: 2017-05-23

Rated 3 out of 5 by Parslye from Great stove but hard to clean! I have had my stove now for about 3 months and love it...for the most part! I agree with other reviews that it takes a long time to boil water, but that isn’t really why I only give 3 stars. It’s the cleaning aspect! I like to have a clean stove and will clean after every cooking session. But the grain of the stainless steel is horizontal and VERY “etched” into the steel. So in order to clean and not leave marks you have to follow the grain. Tough to do! I have found that soaking the cooktop it soapy water and then using a wad of paper towels to soak it up is the best way to not leave smears. I would love to hear others methods of cleaning this appliance. It’s not easy!!!!

Date published: 2018-08-04

Rated 5 out of 5 by chat from Disappointed with the stain free surface I have used my cooktop for less than two months and already going to every store that carries cleaning stuff to find a degreaser to take stains off my cook top even though it says the cooktop has a stain resistant shield. Customer service was not very helpful because the only cleaning brand they recommended does not even have it available at stores nor online. Also, the burners get stained/burned too and can't clean,very frustrating and disappointed. Love the performance!! but hard to clean.

Date published: 2018-02-19

Rated 3 out of 5 by Racin Lady from Looks great This cook top looks great and has all the features I wanted like simmer and high output burners. However, we have propane and the LP conversion kit did not contain the correct jet specified for one of the burners. The burner spreaders for two of the burners do not appear to be the correct ones for the model we bought causing them to rock more than they should when they are in place. This makes it difficult to wipe them off after use. The hole that fits over the igniter and supposedly makes them line up properly appears to have been drilled incorrectly. It's been a couple of weeks since I called about the missing jet and I still don't have it nor have I gotten the new spreaders

Date published: 2016-08-20

Rated 2 out of 5 by JFRATLIFF from Looks great; not practical if you cook big meals We built a house and furnished our kitchen with all kitchenaid appliances. I was super excited to finally have a gas cooktop, and since I cook a lot, I was excited to have a 5 burner cooktop. That excitement was short lived when I went to cook, however, because it’s impossible to fit 2 normal sized pans on the same side due to the knobs being in the front. The grates, where the pans sit, are not very wide. The piece underneath the knobs (that light up when burner is on) came unstuck. Once this happens, it’s impossible to put back on. You have to order a new piece, which costs about $22. It appears that what keeps this part in place is a “peel and stick” seal. I’ve also had a terrible time keeping the burner caps free of black spots, even though I clean my cooktop after every cooking session. This happened after the very first time I cooked on it. And with us being in a new house that we built, I’ve been very ocd with cleaning and keeping everything in good shape. The last issue may have nothing to do with this model in particular; however, I’d like to see a solution for this. I have not had issues with the way this cooktop cooks. I love that part. If I need to simmer something, I use one of the two simmer burners. I am able to boil things quickly when I need to.

Date published: 2018-06-14

Rated 1 out of 5 by Inspiredby2 from Disappointed, flames don't adjust to a simmer Bought this cooktop and love the look of it and quality. However, the burners all have a very high flame that never adjusts down to a low simmer. Everything cooks to hot, ruining food and pans. The area around the cooktop gets so hot. We have made the adjustments based on the manual and the burner flames are still so high. Very disappointed. Called Kitchen Aid and it's going to cost us $200 for someone to come out and look at it.

Date published: 2017-11-03

Rated 5 out of 5 by Sue from 36" 5-Burner Gas Cooktop We recently renovated our 1970's kitchen, and this cooktop helped our antiquated space take on the attributes of the current century. After having an electric cook-top for the past 35 years, I was skepical about the tje efficency and ease of cleaning, but I have to say that I have fallen intantly in love with my new cook-top. It's easy to clean, gives me plenty of control...I don't have to wait until the burner cools down, and I can use my beloved cast-iron frying pans without the fear of scratching the surface.

Date published: 2017-09-24