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Wash In Pics - Steve Gyrafoam's Visit

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Post# 92740 11/7/2005 at 18:46 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes I was going through the files today and doing some fall cleaning and found these pics of Steve's (gyrafoam) visit to Omaha a couple of weeks ago. We were so anxious to post pics of the machines we brought home, we forgot about these! We unpacked and ran the 1973 Kenmore Roto-Rack dishwasher for it's very first load. Here is Steve proclaiming the joys of automatic dishwashing with Cascade...

Post# 92741 , Reply# 1 11/7/2005 at 18:48 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Here is the lower rack, loaded and ready for business. Steve and I did a lot of cooking and baking - cookies, chocolate cake, chili and cornbread. We had this dishwasher filled way before dinner was ready!

Post# 92742 , Reply# 2 11/7/2005 at 18:48 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Top rack - ready to roto them clean!

Post# 92743 , Reply# 3 11/7/2005 at 18:49 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Started and running. We ran the Normal wash, sani-temp option.

Post# 92744 , Reply# 4 11/7/2005 at 18:52 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Delay, Delay, Delay... We did several loads of clothes around the dishwasher's delay for heating the final rinse water. We were afraid we'd have to go to bed and get up in the morning to find the dishwasher still heating that water. The incoming temp wasn't THAT cool, but there is ALOT of water in this machine to heat!

Post# 92745 , Reply# 5 11/7/2005 at 18:54 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Look, no clothes on the floor - for once!! Notice how a couple of things have changed since everyone was here in June. They're changing still, the Kenmore washer is out and the Neptune TL is in it's spot and I'm getting ready to move even more things around.

Post# 92746 , Reply# 6 11/7/2005 at 18:55 (6,743 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes One of Steve's picks of the evening, the 1954 Speed Queen.

Post# 92757 , Reply# 7 11/7/2005 at 19:28 (6,742 days old) by bostonwash ()
Checkrate/Likes *Cool dishwasher.* I've seen several of those in years past. None as good looking as your. The butcherblock top is like new. Those tops were a solid 1 1/2" of wood. If you haven't already, be sure to oil and/or seal BOTH SIDES of it to avoid it warping from the humidity. What an awesome museum. Complete with the detergents and clothes and adverts of the era. Great details :o)

Post# 92764 , Reply# 8 11/7/2005 at 19:48 (6,742 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)
Checkrate/Likes Oh Greg: I would have loved to be there. Your Laundry Room is a Killer!!!!!! I am Dying over the Dishwasher!! LOL Steve

Post# 92804 , Reply# 9 11/7/2005 at 22:43 (6,742 days old) by tlee618 ()
Checkrate/Likes That dishwasher is just beautiful Greg, I know that they did a great job as well. I remember as well that it took forever to get the water up to the high temp. I love that striped rug you have in the laundry room now. Everything looks so nice. Glad you guys had fun. Sounds like you had lots of good things to eat. Terry

Post# 92824 , Reply# 10 11/8/2005 at 04:31 (6,742 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)
Checkrate/Likes I love that laundryroom! I noticed that the GE combo was replaced by the Westinhouse combo. All machines look very shiny and even the wash basket is empty. Cool pic! Cute dishwasher too!

Post# 92830 , Reply# 11 11/8/2005 at 07:07 (6,742 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)
Checkrate/Likes Sweet sweet memories of a wonderful exhibit, wonderful people and a wonderful time. Loved Omaha and it's people too! AHHHHHHHH..."comfort food" for the mind and now I get to see mom's dishwaser again.... LUV IT!

Post# 92846 , Reply# 12 11/8/2005 at 08:21 (6,742 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes *Rinse water heating delays* In the older KitchenAids that offer the option of a sani rinse, it was always the third rinse and only offered for years on the Superba, which is also the only model from the 15s through the 18s that had a heating element in the sump, except for the portables. The Custom and Imperial only had two rinses. The third rinse on the Superba models only filled with a gallon of water, which it heated in the sump, not while recirculating, and at 1400 watts so it took less time. In the period of recirculation after the heating, it did not really heat the load, especially in the top rack to sanitizing temperatures, but when your hot water supply is not very hot, this does improve drying. The heating element in the 18 Superba allowed it to offer the Soak & Scrub pot smasher cycle with alternate periods of recirculation and heating of the water. After the 15s, KA only offered the Soak cycle which was supposed to be used with an enzyme dishwasher product made especially for food soil that would be eaten by enzymes. Alas, it did not make it in the market back in the late 60s, So, owners of old KitchenAid dishwashers with soak cycles, your machines' day is here with the new enzyme products for the soak cycle. Starting with the 14 series, KitchenAid, like many other dishwasher manufacturers, offered a Utility and Utensil cycle or Pots and Pans cycle that was just a regular cycle with an abbreviated or skipped dry period to loosen soil but not allow it to dry before it was scrubbed off by hand.

Post# 92848 , Reply# 13 11/8/2005 at 08:25 (6,742 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes You're right Tom, the Kenmore really does get the whole load of dishes and the machine really hot. I should take some temp readings on the sani-rinse water from the KA dishwasher while it's being pumped out. Even though it starts out at 180'ish in the sump, I'll bet it ends up at 150-160F by the pump out a minute later... This weekend at the sales, I finally found a Sunbeam Coffeemaster stand for the top-bowl. I've been looking forever!

Post# 92851 , Reply# 14 11/8/2005 at 08:56 (6,742 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)
Checkrate/Likes *SLAP* You took the beautiful Kenmore out to replace it with the evil Maytag. GREG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could you! Hmmmph!

Post# 92867 , Reply# 15 11/8/2005 at 10:34 (6,742 days old) by cybrvanr ()
Checkrate/Likes That machine looks so familiar. I can't remember if it was my aunt or my grandmother that had one. I DO though remember as a kid loading the round top rack. As a little one, the rack was at eye level with me, and was actually a reach. I also thought it was neat when the indicator lights for the water temperature would appear on that busy pattern on the control panel after pushing the buttons...the indicator light sort of came out of nowhere. This appears to be a TOL machine for it's day & age

Post# 92872 , Reply# 16 11/8/2005 at 12:25 (6,742 days old) by lightedcontrols ()
Checkrate/Likes *washability...........* Usually the washability problem was related to the upper rack spray nozzle. For some reason, instead of moulding the spray nozzle in one piece, they put a screw on cap on the end of it. Without that cap, the upper rack didn't wash well as it usually didn't turn at all if the lower rack was full. I've seen many of these machines without that end cap, thus warranting a poor washability complaint. I used to take old Wisk bottle caps and screw on the end of the spray nozzle, and then they would wash perfectly. Have NO idea how they would ever come off on their own??? Mark

Post# 92903 , Reply# 17 11/8/2005 at 15:59 (6,742 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes No slaps needed, I didn't send it to the Toyota factory - it's right here on ebay, safe and sound. The best part is, it can be yours! CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK on eBay

Post# 92913 , Reply# 18 11/8/2005 at 16:50 (6,742 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)
Checkrate/Likes *Yeah but* The shipping would kill me :-( I hope that Kenmore gets a good home.

Post# 92919 , Reply# 19 11/8/2005 at 17:16 (6,742 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Well Jason, would it kill you more if it went to become a Toyota next year? Steven, that dishwasher aws the next to the TOL Lady Kenmore. The beautiful Avocado built-in shown yesterday was a Lady Kenmore. The only differences were: all push-button with rapid advance timer; selectable 12 or 26 minute dry and a Power Wash Cycle. Every other cycle and feature were the same.

Post# 92945 , Reply# 20 11/8/2005 at 20:14 (6,741 days old) by kenmore1978 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Roto Rack spray tube* "For some reason, instead of moulding the spray nozzle in one piece, they put a screw on cap on the end of it. " Actually, the earlier version of the spray tube WAS one piece and was held on by an easily lost thumbscrew. The newer design of having a cap on the end of the spray tube instead of having to remove the entire tub made it easier to clean. And though the end cap or the thumbscrew could both get lost, I imagine the cap would be easier to spot. The thumbscrew was small enough that it could eaaasily fall into the pump intake if dropped into the sump during removal.

Post# 92970 , Reply# 21 11/8/2005 at 21:29 (6,741 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)
Checkrate/Likes It would never make it to the Toyota plant, the machine has too much metal and no plastic.

Post# 92972 , Reply# 22 11/8/2005 at 21:41 (6,741 days old) by westytoploader ()
Checkrate/Likes I might consider grabbing that '63 Kenmore...definitely more reasonable than the Kelvinator...LOL!! That would make BD Kenmore #3 and would definitely be a keeper!

Post# 92992 , Reply# 23 11/9/2005 at 01:23 (6,741 days old) by norgeman ()
Checkrate/Likes *Kenmore Dishwasher* I like the dishwasher our neighbor across the street in Cal. had one pretty much like it built in though. What I'm more interested in is your westy washNdry. every think about selling it? Your fellow Nebraskan. Dan CLICK HERE TO GO TO norgeman's LINK

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