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Unclaimed and ready for action: '75 Waste King DW 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 297763   8/18/2008 at 22:27 (5,722 days old) by reversajet (Westchester, NY)        

Due to lack of communication after prior sale, here's another opportunity for this great deluxe Model 911 stainless steel workhorse. Purchased as a gift and rarely used since the Nixon era, mom asked me to sell this to help with her downsizing. Pick up in lower Westchester NY please; cleans like nothing before, nothing since. Includes manual, custom door panels. First $100 takes it. (914) 337-6718




Post# 297974 , Reply# 1   8/19/2008 at 16:54 (5,721 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)        
Toggles/Gary, this one has your names on it

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Oooo. Stainless interior and wood facade, in the 70's!

It would look right at home with your side dial Maytag.

Post# 297981 , Reply# 2   8/19/2008 at 17:29 (5,721 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
What a classic!

 These machines would qualify as true classics of engineering from the 60's and 70's. They would have to be second to Hobart's "Hurricane in a box" Kitchenaids and these would definitely take the honors as "Tropical Storms in a Box"

I was always amazed how they could clean so well yet had next to no filtering system in them. I put a Thermador derivative in my sister's house for a while and man it was noisy and took long even without the steam cycle to wash and dry the dishes, but they came out really clean in it. That model also had the forced air drying system in it. It was also devoid of the timer dial and had lights and a rapid advance timer on it.
Those days are long gone but some of us not only remember them, but even still own them!

Post# 297999 , Reply# 3   8/19/2008 at 18:58 (5,721 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Wow!! My house was finished July, 1984, and the front of this dishwasher could be complimentary to my cabinets. I'm not sure if this is as new as 1975, could be. If it is, it was one of the last years with the timer behind the protective clear plastic bezzle. This was the successor to our 1968 model. Steve, you are right about the hurricane and tropical storm in boxes. Ours cleaned very well (when I could sneak the BobLoad past the mother). This was not a Steam Machine either, otherwise it would have said so on the panel as well as one of the cycle buttons. Someone here did post recently (in the last year) a cycle chart which showed the differences between Full Cycle, Sani Heat, and Super Scrub. Our Full Cycle heated the final rinse to 155. Brings back a lotta memories. Someone please save this gem. Where is Steve in Buffalo/Albany (steved--yikes, he no longer has a profile on here) when ya need a dishwasher guy who loves dishwashers!!

Post# 298014 , Reply# 4   8/19/2008 at 20:05 (5,721 days old) by mikes ()        
Waste King Not?

 My parents installed a Waste King dishwasher in 1971 (bottom of the line model), and frankly it was not the best cleaner. No matter how we loaded, scraped and despite different detergents, the machine simply left food particles on glasses. Installation was checked several times as was the machine itself. Also hated the sealed timer dial!
On the plus side was the stainless steel interior...and ours was avocado green. But that's it when it comes to advantanges.
The higher line models were probably better, but the BOL Waste King was, frankly, a POS.

Post# 298016 , Reply# 5   8/19/2008 at 20:17 (5,721 days old) by magic clean ()        
I'm aware

 of 2 families that had the base model Waste King in the early 70's. As Mike said they didn't do to well. The trouble was they were equipped with the pop-up spray disk instead of a wash arm for the upper rack and that is where the poor cleaning took place.

The lower rack was fine, up top basically was the repository for residue of all types. So it meant a thorough pre-rinse of all soils from all dishes before loading. In one situation a KDS17 replaced the W-K.

Post# 298250 , Reply# 6   8/20/2008 at 19:40 (5,720 days old) by mikes ()        
Update: BOL Waste King

 Magic is absolutely right. And to refresh my memory, I pulled out the November 1971 issue of Consumer Reports, with the dishwasher tests. The BOL Waste King ranked dead last; the TOL Maytag was the highest rated dishwasher, and a BOL GE model was a Best Buy. Ironically, the deluxe Waste King (which featured an "enzyme soak" cycle) was rated higher than its cheaper counterpart, but lower than the Maytag and the two GE's tested. Coincidence? Probably not.


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