First vintage multi-cycle dishwashers

On the weekend, we had some visitors down in Ogden and they got to see (correction: they asked to see...) the slightly scary loft above the garage where most of the dishwasher collection lives. But one of them asked a question about older dishwashers that I didn't know the answer to... When did the first multi-cycle pushbutton dishwasher appear?

My first thought was 1960 (thinking of the GE SU70 models with 4 pushbutton cycles) and even Hubby chimed in citing some 1961 KitchenAid literature I have. However I seem to recall seeing a Waste King machine from the late 50s with cycle selection buttons in old BH&G Kitchen Planning magazines. I then looked back here in the archives at the ultra-rare 1958 Hotpoint that surfaced last year in Minnesota and I swear it had a couple of cycle selections...

My glib answer was 'early 1960s' but I'd like to know what the real date was.


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Post# 867458 2/16/2016 at 12:37 (2,984 days old) by turquoisedude (.)
Checkrate/Likes On the weekend, we had some visitors down in Ogden and they got to see (correction: they asked to see...) the slightly scary loft above the garage where most of the dishwasher collection lives. But one of them asked a question about older dishwashers that I didn't know the answer to... When did the first multi-cycle pushbutton dishwasher appear? My first thought was 1960 (thinking of the GE SU70 models with 4 pushbutton cycles) and even Hubby chimed in citing some 1961 KitchenAid literature I have. However I seem to recall seeing a Waste King machine from the late 50s with cycle selection buttons in old BH&G Kitchen Planning magazines. I then looked back here in the archives at the ultra-rare 1958 Hotpoint that surfaced last year in Minnesota and I swear it had a couple of cycle selections... My glib answer was 'early 1960s' but I'd like to know what the real date was.

Post# 867498 , Reply# 1 2/16/2016 at 17:09 (2,984 days old) by xpanam (Palm Springs California )
Checkrate/Likes I think you are right Paul with the 1958 Hotpoint 2 buttons one normal and utensil.

Post# 867503 , Reply# 2 2/16/2016 at 18:05 (2,984 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Our Waste King (that's been a POD for a Christmas present) that we got in 1960 or 1959 that had Full Cycle, Pots/Pans, and Rinse & Hold buttons.