The black Cooktop is an OEM part for Whirlpool ranges. It serves as the flat surface where cooking is done by using burners or a warming element. The glass-ceramic or stainless steel cooktop provides an attractive and durable cooking area.
Symptoms of a bad cooktop include:
- Cracks or chips in the glass or surface material
- Burned, stained, or discolored areas that cannot be cleaned
- Dents or depressions that collect moisture or debris
- Inoperable or intermittent burners or heating elements
Causes of a bad cooktop can be cracks or damage from impacts or heavy pots/pans, heating element failures over time, surface deterioration from abrasive cleaners, or prolonged heat exposure.
This OEM part is also compatible with Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef, Admiral, Norge, Roper, and Kenmore models.
Do-It-Yourself Stories from Customers like You
Dropped a wine bottle on a jen air glass range top and broke it Bernard G. • North Palm Beach , FL • November 12, 2014
Once you are resigned to disconnecting the exhaust fan system under the range so you can remove the range from the surrounding counter, the rest is easy.
once out, its 8 screws to remove the top and 8 screws to remove the heating elements, and 2 simple wire conneop back onto the stovectors. I labeled the elements before I removed them just to be sure they got back where they came from. zip zip, all was back in place on the new top and the the top back on the stove.
the only trouble is...
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