Thread Number: 44488
Hobart KitchenAid dishwasher detergent dispenser question |
[Down to Last] |
|
Post# 653397 , Reply# 1   1/14/2013 at 19:52 (4,090 days old) by rance ()   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
What I feel is the best dishwasher dispenser, best looking and best design. |
Post# 653424 , Reply# 2   1/14/2013 at 22:44 (4,090 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
The only model I'm aware of that was priced lower than the Custom was the "builder's" model. I don't remember what it lacked compared to the Custom, but it was the bottom of bottom-of-the-line. There was a thread about such a model here a while back, and you might be able to find it via the Super Searchalator on the main page of this forum.
The Selectra models had electronic controls instead of mechanical buttons like the Superbas. The Hobart Selectra electronics are notoriously problem prone and replacement parts for the control panel are no longer available, which makes them far less desirable than the more reliable Superbas from the same period.
Again, you'll find an abundance of information available on vintage KitchenAid dishwashers by using the Searchalator function. |
Post# 653429 , Reply# 3   1/14/2013 at 23:45 (4,090 days old) by bogo (montreal)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Looks in very nice condition. Other pictures would be appreciated. The porcelain coat inside your DW seems thicker than the one on my 22 series from early '90s. |
Post# 653665 , Reply# 4   1/16/2013 at 05:21 (4,089 days old) by zippyjet (Baltimore)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Rance:
I can tell you that my cousin's families apartment was built new in 1971 (late) Their Kitchen Aid DW was the Custom with a copper (dark brown door). It had the updated ovoid aqua dispenser. Now my aunt back in the day replaced her builder's model Hotpoint (1961) which looked like the funky 27" monsters that were produced from Post WWII to 1957. But I learned that '57 was it's last year. Everything was the now standard 24". She replaced it with a Kitchen Aid Custom which retained the round white detergent dispenser. I believe that Custom was around 1969 or 1970 and lasted well into the 80's where it was replaced with a Superba. I'm not sure if this was a Whirlpool or one of the very last of the Hobarts. She now lives in a Hyatt House in Bethesda, Md. So, I'm guessing KA updated the dispenser for their 1971-1972 models across the board. Jumping ahead to the 80's, That $299 special to the best of my knowledge was at the end of the classic Hobart era. This machine went on the market in late 1984 and like the Selectra were 1 hit wonders. Only thing I can think on the bargain basement KA, it was still Hobart mechanicals but lacked heated drying and probably the fan part of the drying cycle. In the early 80's Maytag also had an entry level bare bones model. Again this was pre-Whirlpool. It too had no drying apparatus meaning you had to jump to the next model to get a heating element. ACtually this was a nice idea by KitchenAid and Maytag. They still retained their quality but no drying heat. For me this would be no problem as, I never use heated drying even on the crappy GE in my apartment. Back in the day the low end models DID NOT have rinse aid dispensers so it was the cylandrical JetDry hang it on the rack for your rinse aid. They were great but were not long lasting. If I used Cascade products, spots and streaks were never an issue. Builders equipping their houses/apartments for sale that gave you a KitchenAid were almost as rare as an honest politician. The only one I knew of was the late developer Gordon Sugar who built his homes and apartment units with a KitchenAid custom built in as standard equipment. My cousin's family rented and eventually bought their apartment unit with the standard KitchenAid DW. Their washer and dryer however were the lower to middle end Whirlpool Electrics with the chincey sideways door opening on the dryer. Later my late aunt and uncle moved to a midrise which was built by Sugar in the 89's called Pomona. My uncle is 94 and still lives there and to the best of my knowledge that later Hobart Kitchenaid Custom is still washing the dishes like it did when Ronald Reagan was the POTUS. The washer and dryer were low to middle end GE. I never like GE washers and dryers (top loaders) I thought the tub opening was ugly. I like a perfectly round opening like the pre Whirlpool Maytags or the pronounced D-shaped opening of Whirlpool and Kenmore top loaders from the 80's and back. That's the stuff of another thread. I keep putting it off but I want to have a thread about Ugly appliances. I know here at automatic washer this will be a slap in the face for some but the truth will set you free. This will be a time intesive thread as I back up my reasons with pictures of the fuglies. Here's a hint and please forgive me if I'm offending anyone. I never met a Norge washer or dryer I liked in regard to it's looks! |