The WHIRLPOOL 36-inch Gas Cooktop with EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates (Model WCGK5036PS) is designed to elevate your cooking experience with its blend of style, functionality, and innovation. This cooktop offers a spacious cooking surface with five burners, providing ample room for multiple pots and pans, making it perfect for both everyday meals and elaborate dinner parties. The standout feature of this cooktop is the EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates, which allow for easy cleaning without the hassle of removing heavy grates. Simply lift the grates to wipe up spills and crumbs, ensuring your cooktop remains pristine with minimal effort. The cooktop also features a powerful SpeedHeat™ burner for rapid boiling and searing, as well as a simmer burner for delicate sauces and soups. With its sleek stainless steel finish, this Whirlpool gas cooktop not only enhances the aesthetics of your kitchen but also offers reliable performance and durability for years to come.
Highlights:
- EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates: Allows for easy cleaning by lifting the grates without removing them, simplifying maintenance.
- Five Burners: Provides a versatile cooking surface with ample space for multiple pots and pans.
- SpeedHeat™ Burner: Delivers high heat for rapid boiling and searing, perfect for quick cooking.
- Simmer Burner: Offers precise control for gentle simmering of sauces and soups.
- Stainless Steel Finish: Adds a sleek, modern look to your kitchen while ensuring durability.
- Continuous Grates: Enable easy movement of pots and pans across the cooktop.
- Dishwasher-Safe Knobs: Simplifies cleaning by allowing you to easily remove and wash the control knobs.
- Electronic Ignition: Ensures reliable and easy startup of the burners every time.
- Built-In Design: Seamlessly integrates into your kitchen countertop for a streamlined appearance.
- 5K BTU Simmer Burner
- Easily maintain low, even heat to simmer your sauces, warm up leftovers or melt chocolate with the 5K BTU Simmer Burner.
- 9.1K-12K BTU Multi-Purpose Burners
- Get a variety of heating power with your multi-purpose burners. The 9.1K BTU burner gives medium heat for daily cooking while the 12K BTU burner gives quick, high heat for searing.
- ADA Compliant
- This cooktop meets the Standards for Accessible Design specified by the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide equal access to all.
- Cooking Flexibility
- Navigate busy mealtimes with various burner sizes and a range of power levels, so you can simmer your sauce while you sear your steaks to maximize time in the kitchen.
- Dishwasher-Safe Cast-Iron Grates
- Wash these cast-iron grates right in the dishwasher when they get messy, thanks to a dishwasher-safe finish that makes them easy to clean.
- EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates
- Get quick access to spills on the cooktop with our industry-first EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates. The hinged design lets you wipe up underneath without the hassle of removing heavy grates.
- Edge-to-Edge Cast-Iron Grates
- Maximize your space to saut(eback), boil and simmer with cast-iron grates that extend across the entire cooktop, giving you the flexibility to move pots and pans anywhere.
- Fifth Burner
- Save time and cook everyone s favorite at once with the extra Fifth Burner. With room to fit different pan sizes, you can boil water, saut(eback) veggies and sear burgers all at the same time.
- Sealed Burners
- Cut down on cleanup with burners that are sealed to prevent food from falling into them.
- SpeedHeat™ Burner
- Get a rapid boil and perfect sear quickly with the SpeedHeat™ Burner, which generates high heat to get dinner to the table fast.
- Upswept SpillGuard™ Cooktop
- Cleanup is fast and easy with a cooktop that has raised edges to help contain spills.
- Wall Oven Compatible
- Install this cooktop in a counter above select Whirlpool® Single Wall Ovens or on its own for more flexibility.*
*See Oven/Cooktop Compatibility in specifications for more information.
Get dinner on the table fast thanks to a Fifth Burner for greater Cooking Flexibility. This 5-burner gas cooktop includes a SpeedHeat™ Burner for a quick boil and a 5K BTU Simmer Burner for low, even heat. Then cleanup is quick and easy with the EZ-2-Lift™ Hinged Cast-Iron Grates.
Ada Compliant |
ADA Height and Side Reach Compliant |
Prop65 |
Standard |
Ul |
Yes |
Control Location |
Front |
Control Type |
Knobs |
Infinite Heat Controls |
No |
Cooktop Surface Color |
Stainless |
Digital Display |
No |
Griddle Included |
N/A |
Heating Element On Indicator Light |
No |
Hot Surface Indicator Light |
No |
Ignition Type |
Direct Spark Ignition |
Automatic Pan Detection |
No |
Automatic Pan Size Adjustment |
No |
Combinations With Oven |
WOES3027L; WOES3030L; WOES5027L; WOES5030L; WOES5930L; WOES7027P; WOES7030P; WOS31ES0; WOS31ES7; WOS51EC0; WOS51EC0A; WOS51EC7; WOS51EC7A; WOS52EM4; WOS52ES4M; WOS72EC0; WOS72EC7; WOS92EC7A |
Cooktop Configuration |
All Burners |
Installs Over Built-in Oven |
Yes |
Lp Convertible |
Yes - Kit Included |
Power Outage Compatible |
Yes |
Product Height |
5.5625 |
Carton Height |
12.99 |
Gross Weight |
73.36 |
Carton Width |
40.65 |
Product Depth |
21.0 |
Cutout Depth Max |
20 |
Cutout Width Min |
33.875 |
Cutout Depth |
20 |
Carton Depth |
24.96 |
Cutout Width |
35.25 |
Cutout Depth Min |
19 |
Cutout Width Max |
35.25 |
Net Weight |
66.7 |
Product Width |
36.0 |
Power Cord Included |
Yes |
Center Element Burner Power |
18,000 BTU |
Center Element Burner Type |
Power |
Cooktop Element Style |
Sealed Burner |
Left Front Element-burner Power |
12000 BTU |
Left Front Element-burner Type |
Standard |
Left Rear Element-burner Power |
5000 BTU |
Left Rear Element-burner Type |
Simmer |
Number of Cooking Element-burners |
5 |
Power Boost |
No |
Right Front Element-burner Power |
9100 BTU |
Right Front Element-burner Type |
Standard |
Right Rear Element-burner Power |
9100 BTU |
Right Rear Element-burner Type |
Standard |
Knob Color |
Stainless Steel |
Knob Type |
Plastic |
Grate Details |
Cast Iron Grates; Continuous with Hinge; Dishwasher Safe; Matte Finish |
Number of Grates |
3 |
Works With |
No |
Downdraft Vent |
No |
Ventilation Type |
N/A |
Venting |
N/A |