La 0.7 K x Ca 0.3−x MnO 3 ( x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) perovskites were prepared by sol-gel method. The K-doped effect was determined by the structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties of the compounds. In the crystal structure of K-doped La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 , Mn-O-Mn bond angle slightly increases with K addition. The transition shifts the range of 270-320 K when the K is added in La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 . The Curie temperature increases from 251 to 288 K with increasing K amount. The maximum magnetic entropy change was found to be 2.7 J kg −1 K −1 at 283 K under a magnetic field change of 2 T for the La 0.7 K 0.05 Ca 0.25 MnO 3 . The relative cooling powers (RCPs) in the La 0.7 K x Ca 0.3−x MnO 3 ( x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) samples were calculated to be 103, 133 and 88 J kg −1 , respectively.