SESKStuff Everyone Should Know
SESK: Stuff Everyone Should Know · sesk.info/elec-gfci-kitchen-all

Under the 2023 NEC, which dwelling unit kitchen receptacles need GFCI protection?

All kitchen receptacles need GFCI protection in the 2023 NEC.

Start playing free

  1. Only receptacles serving the countertop
  2. All 125V through 250V kitchen receptacles ✔
  3. Only receptacles within 6 feet of the sink

Why: The 2023 NEC dropped the old countertop-only wording in 210.8. Now every 125V to 250V receptacle in a dwelling kitchen needs GFCI protection.

Huh, didn't know that: Mike Holt summed up the 2023 GFCI changes as: where there is water, you need a GFCI.

The dad joke
I didn't realize how difficult it was being an electrician until I tried it myself. I was shocked.
Like this card?
Play the game

References

Answer: All 125V through 250V kitchen receptacles. The 2023 NEC dropped the old countertop-only wording in 210.8. Now every 125V to 250V receptacle in a dwelling kitchen needs GFCI protection.

  1. EC&M: Top Changes to the 2023 NEC (Mike Holt) ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/21254614/top-changes-to-the-2023-national-electrical-code
    GFCI protection is required for 125V through 250V receptacles in kitchens.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.

Test yourself in the game

Trades & ShopThe 2026 NEC bans kitchen receptacle outlets within how far below the countertop surface?Trades & ShopIn the 2023 NEC, what is true about receptacles for kitchen islands and peninsulas?Trades & ShopWhich appliance did the 2023 NEC newly require GFCI protection for (150V or less to ground, 60A or less)?

That's stuff everyone should know.