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Post# 591969   4/25/2012 at 05:20 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        

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Unless I've missed it, we haven't had a good Bob Load Thread in a while. I've had the KDS-17A as my daily driver for a number of weeks now and I am getting the hang of loading it. I find that I have to run it more often than I did my Boschmore but hey, I see that as a benefit. I love the great sounds that come out of this machine.

The Bottom Rack before.





Post# 591970 , Reply# 1   4/25/2012 at 05:21 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
The Top Rack Before

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Pic 2

Post# 591971 , Reply# 2   4/25/2012 at 05:21 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
I love the Soak Cycle.

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Took about an hour.

Post# 591972 , Reply# 3   4/25/2012 at 05:22 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Bottom Rack After

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Not bad.

Post# 591973 , Reply# 4   4/25/2012 at 05:23 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Top Rack after.

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I know I can get more in here and I'm working on it. LOL. Let's see some other snaps of your favorite Bob Loads........

Post# 591984 , Reply# 5   4/25/2012 at 07:06 (4,355 days old) by chris74 ()        
Compliments

A great load... Do the KA dishwashers not have an upper spray arm under the rack, under the ceiling or an impeller on top? How about the cleaning performance on the top rack?

Post# 591988 , Reply# 6   4/25/2012 at 07:25 (4,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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This was at Fred Nelson's a couple of months ago:
 
 


Post# 591989 , Reply# 7   4/25/2012 at 07:26 (4,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Top rack at Tarantula Arms

Post# 591992 , Reply# 8   4/25/2012 at 07:33 (4,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
now for more a more unusual dishwasher load:

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I have to call this one a "Fred Load" as he's the one who taught me this trick. This is a model 63 Hoover vacuum cleaner. I took it all apart, loaded nearly every part that would fit in the machine and ran it through the full cycle with only STPP, no detergent. Yup, that's the motor in there. It comes out beautifully clean and after a thorough drying time has elapsed, it's ready to reassemble. After a bit of washing, I opened the machine to flip the base of the vacuum over for more directed scrubbing.

Post# 591993 , Reply# 9   4/25/2012 at 07:36 (4,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Here's another I did a couple of months ago at home. I love having the KDS-14 out in the garage for big meal clean-ups!


Post# 592055 , Reply# 10   4/25/2012 at 12:56 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
WOW Those are some loads!

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chris74: the 17 Series Kitchenaid does not have a wash arm under the top rack.  There is a constant rinse arm above the top rack but it seems to be more for making sure the tops of glasses and cups are well cleaned and don't end up with particles deposited in them.

 

I am really amazed at how well the top rack is cleaned provided I don't block it with a large pan or bowl.  It does take a little getting used to but these machines are very powerful and really do a nice job.


Post# 592057 , Reply# 11   4/25/2012 at 13:02 (4,355 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Second Machine

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gansky: I have my second machine in my utility room off hte kitchen and I use it more than I thought I would. It is nice for those overflow large pots, bowls, etc.


Post# 592106 , Reply# 12   4/25/2012 at 16:17 (4,355 days old) by badgerdx ()        
seh whut?

Bob load? Beast of Burden?

I don't fit in no durn dishwersher, says Badgerdx, aka, "Bob"


Post# 592131 , Reply# 13   4/25/2012 at 18:19 (4,355 days old) by bwoods ()        
wow

I've washed a lot of unusual things in the dishwasher, including vacuum cleaner parts, but never the motor!!

Post# 592154 , Reply# 14   4/25/2012 at 20:48 (4,355 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)        
Another Bob Load

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At Tarantula Arms.  Not sure if this qualifies, but you can load large items in the bottom of the KDS-17 and it all comes out clean.  Thanks for the memories Greg.  I've used one of these since the 70's and learned how to load them.  I have yet to have anything come out not clean.  And in 45 minutes, no less!


Post# 592156 , Reply# 15   4/25/2012 at 20:53 (4,355 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)        
And

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So stylish too!  Around 35 years old and still going strong.


Post# 592278 , Reply# 16   4/26/2012 at 07:27 (4,354 days old) by chris74 ()        
@ chachp

Well, when there is no spray arm under the top rack and only constant rinsing from above: will larger items like bowls and pots in the lower rack not prevent the water from reaching the items in the upper basket? Just wondering why everyone is so satisfied with these old machines... But the full metal spray arm looks indeed very powerful...

Post# 592298 , Reply# 17   4/26/2012 at 09:28 (4,354 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Just love that ss Kitchenaid. It was the Cadillac Fleetwood of its day and it looks just as classy today.

Post# 592417 , Reply# 18   4/26/2012 at 21:54 (4,354 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Post 591992: Weirdest. Load. EVER.

Like, acid flashback weird.


Post# 594819 , Reply# 19   5/7/2012 at 09:54 (4,343 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Bump.............

 

(Wanna post a pic, before it's too late.......later today hopefully)

 

And yes I agree, running a dissasembled vacuum in the dishwasher... A very odd thing to clean in a dishwasher!




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Post# 594826 , Reply# 20   5/7/2012 at 11:01 (4,343 days old) by chris74 ()        
I don't think it is that weird

I have washed a toaster, a coffee maker, an electric water kettle and an electric waffle iron in the dishwasher and had good results...

Post# 594946 , Reply# 21   5/7/2012 at 21:45 (4,343 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Here it is folks!

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Umm... does THIS qualify as a "Bob load"?   Wink

 

This is 56 - 9" dinner plates, 48 in the lower rack and 8 in the upper racks, in the Kitchenaid KDA-5 portable.    I washed them all, like this, prior to the Spring Wash-In just over three weeks ago.   When they were "party dirty" they weren't packed in quite like this as there other dishes in there too.... but hey.

 

Wanted to share.

 

Kevin


Post# 594975 , Reply# 22   5/8/2012 at 00:39 (4,343 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()        

Great pics guys, I sure miss using my dishwashers. My one roommate doesn't believe in using the dishwashers, she says they use too much water and electricity and every time I load something in them she turns around the next morning and washes them by hand, she's a 70 year old woman. I've tried to explain that they don't use that much water, but it ends starting a argument, so I finally gave up. I run them once a month dishes or no dishes.


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