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Doing Dishes at Twin Gables Bed and Breakfast
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Post# 662906   2/27/2013 at 19:39 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        

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My neighbor Regina Dougherty-McClarren has a bed and breakfast (Twin Gables) in Cape May. Ralph and I were there for dinner and were helping her with cleanup. Dishwasher is a Hobart LX 30 .. 2.5 min cycle. Here are some pictures.
Harry





Post# 662907 , Reply# 1   2/27/2013 at 19:40 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
Hobart LX30 ready to take a load of dishes

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Water temp is about 160 ... This is just after opening and taking out the rack. Rinse temp is about 190.
Harry


Post# 662908 , Reply# 2   2/27/2013 at 19:42 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
Loading dishes in rack

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Ralph is getting a load of dishes ready.
Harry


Post# 662909 , Reply# 3   2/27/2013 at 19:43 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
In they go ...

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Slide the rack in and push WASH.
Harry


Post# 662910 , Reply# 4   2/27/2013 at 19:45 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
And the dishes get washed

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Wash Temp ... and 2.5 min later you have clean and sanitized dishes ...
Harry


Post# 662912 , Reply# 5   2/27/2013 at 19:45 (4,047 days old) by verizonbear (Glen Burnie )        
Pre Rinsed ?

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I see that the dishes seem to be pre-rinsed , is that because of the short cycle time ?

Post# 662913 , Reply# 6   2/27/2013 at 19:49 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
Pre Rinse

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That is correct, you have to do more scraping/prep/pre rinse because of the cycle time. At any rate, you can get through all of the dishes from breakfast (max of 8 people) rather fast. And, the health department is happy because of the wash and rinse temps. There is an annual health department inspection and they check dishwasher temps, fridge temps, freezer temps, cleaning supplies, how stuff is stored, etc.
Harry


Post# 662914 , Reply# 7   2/27/2013 at 19:49 (4,047 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Pre-rinsed dishes

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Yes. There is a filter in the bottom of the machine to catch stray debris, but by & large, one pretty much prerinses the dishes. The church I used to go to had this in their fellowship hall kitchen. I got to use it once. It was fun.

Post# 662940 , Reply# 8   2/27/2013 at 22:22 (4,047 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Now see that would suit me just fine. I'd get a disposer put in our sink and Bobs your uncle.

Post# 662995 , Reply# 9   2/28/2013 at 06:23 (4,047 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
It is fun to use

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It starts with a loud WHOOSH and steam billows from the sides of the door. Lots of steam when you open it. Unfortunately, no disposal at the B&B due to ancient (mid 1800's) plumbing. There are already problems during season with clogs.
Harry


Post# 662998 , Reply# 10   2/28/2013 at 06:35 (4,047 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Thanks for the kitchen party shots

Note the separate rinse arm because the rinse water is straight from the hot water booster line. Those plates seem to lean back in that rack like there was an overhead wash arm, but I guess that since they don't really have soil on them it does not matter. One reason that these machines require such thorough pre rinsing is that food soil weakens the wash solution which is used for a whole meal's worth of dishes so to avoid having to add much more detergent, you simply keep food out of the machine. Since the rinse water falls into the tank, it displaces some of the wash solution so additional detergent has to be added either manually or via the automatic feed system to keep the concentration where it should be.

Did you notice how long the rinses were? They are usually about 10 seconds at 190F. It is not enough to do a lot of diluting of the detergent solution and, since it is so hot, it helps keep the detergent solution hot even if it causes some overflow down the drain.


Post# 663030 , Reply# 11   2/28/2013 at 11:08 (4,046 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)        
Glad that you like the kitchen shots of Twin Gables.

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For every load more detergent is manually dumped in. The Inn is currently using Cascade. I did not time the rinse but will. The rinse is 190 and is powered by water pressure. Yes, there are overhead wash/rinse arms. Here in Cape May that is about 60PSI. Electric supply is 240V. Our water in Cape May comes from a de-sal plant and is extremely high quality. Virtually no scaling on anything. We had to do the de-sal plant because of salt water intrusion into our supply wells. The de-sal plant can do 2 million gals/day and we approach that amount of usage on busy summer weekends when upwards of 40,000 - 50,000 people show up. And, like Key West we see the sun rise and set over water.
Harry



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