Here's the load of dishes from our 2nd Xmas party with other relatives. We had turkey, stuffing and other MidEastern/Armenian dishes like Humus and Baklava, Pilaf etc.
This scrumptious dinner led to a massive load to wash in the GE Triton XL my parents have. I did all the loading of course, scraped and rinsed maybe 2 items in the whole load.

Enjoy.

bottom rack, look at all the silverware!

top rack, double tiered

it was all run on China/Crystal with Xtra Hot Wash and Heat Dry options.
It ALL came out spotlessly clean using one Cascade action pack.

Damn, I love this machine. GSD6660, TritonXL.

Oh-OH running wooden
handle utensils thru the dishwasher-those poor handles-they may come off eventually.

we have the exact same plates!

BTW: does this machine come with that many cutlery baskets?

That is a massive lower spray arm! Thanks for the pics, especially of the control panel.

I spent the holiday in my old house with the kids. My exwife was out of town. We had a GE Triton. I had forgotten how amazingly quiet it is and what a super scrubber. It is the best dishwasher I every owned. I use a vintage Kitchenaid now. I like it but it is much louder and the capacity is less by at least a third.
Kelly

No, two of the baskets were kept from our old machine, specifically for instances like this weekend. They really come in handy.

I too have only heard rave reviews about that genre of GE DW-ers

Regarding wooden handled knives:
I think those will not deatch in that the tine goes all the way through the handle and it's "bolted" together. Cosmetically howwver, the wood may suffer. :-)

A bigger risk IMHO are those knives that are glued to a plastic handle. I try to convince myself that a "cool" dry keeps my plastic-handled knives alive longer.

Another huge holiday dishwasher load gets squeaky clean!!

I really miss the configuration and capacity of our Hotpoint, JennAire, and GE dishwashers. The current Bosch washes well enough; but after 1 1/2 years, I still find the capacity/configuration small and hard to load properly. It is particularly frustrating on the upper rack with glasses.

As far as running the wooden-handled utensils in the dishwasher...GUILTY. A little mineral oil rubbed back into the handles should bring them back to life until the next swim with Cascade! ;-)

John
You loaded it well. I have the very simular GE TT 7700 model. It is great. It does hold a lot and cleans well. I only wish it had a window (wouldnt that be awsome) - I mostly use Normal Wash cycle with the Added Heat option. I'm surprised you used China Crystal for such a heavy load. I use that cycle as my light wash cycle. Actually the Added Heat option does the same thing as the AntiBacteral cycle with extended final rinse.
Peter

John, I am sorry I dind't mention about your loading expertise. but suffice it to say, when I saw the load, I had to have a cigarette and was wondering where my bear went lol!!

Peter, actually with the sensor sensing a pretty heavy soil amount on China/Crystal, it can be a pretty robust cycle. Plus the added heat probably made sure main wash temp was heated to 140 degrees rather than the std. 120 or so main wash temp for that cycle. Just shows the extreme versatility of the GE TTs. My ownly complaint is the sani-rinse temp reached on the last rinse of the Anti-Bac cycle, isn't an independent option like on Whirlpool cousins!!

Bob
In the last rinse if you select Added Heat it is the same thing as using the AntiBacteral cycle. It will boost the temp to Sani temp. The only reason their is the AntiBacteral cycle is to meet those certifications. I Think on the ChinaCrystal cycle the water pressure is reduced but not completly sure.
Peter

Venus, I agree with you on the rack configuration of the Bosch. It is the best dishwasher I have had in cleaning ability since my mom's 70's GE Potscrubber. It out cleans my 82 KA Superba and my 97 TOL Frigidaire Gallery. They both left grit on the tops of the glasses in the upper rack. I have issues with loading it. The top rack has 4 rows but one is only good for juice glasses, our daily drinking glasses fit in only three of the rows and our Fiesta Ware mugs only fit in two. The lower rack, the silverware basket is small, but love that you can move it anywhere it fits. I have problems fitting cereal bowls in the bottom, we have three different Pfaltzgraff dinnerware sets and the bowls just don't fit well. my long handled utensils and knives, I just lay across the glasses on the top rack, i saw on the Bosch website there is a cuttlery rack/basket thing you can purchase, I may look into it. This is the first holiday season for my Bosch and it has gotten a workout. Running some days two loads. I was able to was wash all 8 of my large cookie sheets in there, The ability to remove the upper rack and put the showerhead in is a great feature. I would buy another one.

Flexibility of loading is one of the things I love best about my Maytag. I can also remove the top rack, but have only done it once. Almost everything I own can be washed without removing it. I was skeptical about the tiered upper rack, but once I got used to loading it, I wouldn't trade it for a regular upper rack. It really opens up space for super-tall items in half of the lower rack. Again, mucho versatility. And it cleans my toughest pots/pans loads perfectly.

It isn't as quiet or water-efficient as a Bosch, though.

After 3 years now with my GE 9200 TT dishwasher, I have to say that it is simply the very best machine I ever owned or used. I have never seen another dishwasher clean the way this baby does, even when it's overloaded (often!), and oversized 12" plates can still be random loaded in the lower rack. Tilt the top rack down, and dinner plates fit, angled forward, along the right side of the upper rack. The stainless interior still shines under moderately hard water conditions, and its cleaning is unsurpassed...never grit on anything. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. GE has a winner on their hands with this machine. My only minor complaint...it's got a noisy drain pump, though the circulation pump is very quiet. I think they've got one of the best induction motors of any dishwasher in the industry.

No doubt about it; GE's TT dishwashers are second to none. Here's some questions answered:

- Water pressure: this machine uses the same water pressure whether it's on China or Cookware cycles. The water pressue is not extremely powerful, but it's stronger than what I hear about Whirlpool's TT machines. Things won't be knocked loose by the water. Where this machine makes up for it is in coverage and wash time. It has at least 22 jets that all spray out in a fan pattern. It's the most jets i've ever seen in a GE. So there's tons of moderately gentle water flowing around, gently scrubbing the toughest pots and pans, while giving tender care to your china. GE TT's have true 6 tier water coverage; two levels per spray arm. Lower arm washes the lower rack as well as the micromesh filter. Middle arm washes the top rack, while two drive jets spritz the lower rack [really helps with silverware]. And the top arm sprays down at the upper rack and with a jet that sprays at the walls.

Temerature: The GE Triton XL series and Profile series all have CleanSensors that monitor soil and water temperature. They also have the beefiest heat coil in the industry currently, that i've seen. It'll rapidly heat up that first cold fill to at least 95deg. Depending on soil content, in all cycles, from what I gather, all wash portions are heated to a min. of 120deg. Added Heat I highly doubt, will heat the final rinse to the sanitizing temperature of 155deg. I believe only the AntiBacteria cycle will do that, and hold that temp for about 15 minutes. I think what added heat does is ensure the main wash and last rinse are a min. of 140deg.
Of course, I am not completely positive, because the CleanSensor raises or lowers heat depending on how dirty it thinks the dishes are. I think Added Heat just adds a minimum setting and overrides the sensor if it thinks the water should be cooler.

What's nice is GE's machines all do a minimum of 2 rinses, preventing that gross "one rinse" syndrome that Whirlpool loves to pull. A vast majority of the cycles we run is simply "Normal" wash. It's quite variable and will adjust to full or partial loads as well as light to heavy soil. Most of the time, since my parents prerinse everything, the Triton XL will not even do a prerinse, but do a main wash and 3 rinses, using just 5 gallons of water.

The difference between China and Normal is really temperature. Otherwise, in the manual, the cycles seem to be identical, while China runs slightly shorter and cooler, but seems to adapt quite well to a heavy soil load. China, from what i understand from a GE online infomercial, washes at a cool 128 degress. Even with Added Heat, i cannot see the computers allowing China to go all the way up to 140. The China/Crystal dry cycle i also know is much gentler because things are left more damp than on a Normal cycle dry period.

Yes, the drain pump in these dishwashers is sorta loud because it's bolted directly to the subframe, which resonates all the vibration. Like Bosch, they should've isolated the motors more with rubber. The main wash motor, which they call their "QuietMotor" is FENOMINAL! It's powerful, virtually silent and quite energy efficient while drawing just under 2 amps! It doesn't have a horsepower rating that i've seen, but i doubt it's weak. It's made in Germany and the U.S....so GE will never have issues with loud or fried motors like Whirlpool seems to be having with their chinese motors. GE is "General Electric" and i've always fundamentally loved their motors, even their loud 1st generation dishwasher motors were bulletproof. I know 25 year old machines with those motors still running strong. I can only bet that their QuietMotor is going to be the same, if not BETTER.

Thanks John!! I just love it when guys talk dishwashers!! Sigh!!!

Thanks John,
Like I said I have the GE TT 7700 very simular to yours. The actual Added Heat feature will extend the final rinse to do the same as the AntiBacteral cycle with some slight variations. The Added Heat will also raise the temp in the main wash period if necessary. It does always give a extended final rinse which is about 25 minutes if this option is used. And yes it is nice to see a dishwasher that gives through rinse periods in this day and age.
Peter

My next unit will probably be a GE...They've always been my favroites as far as dishwashers go and i really like what i've read here about them.. But who knows when that'll be.. Chad