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Thread Number: 78951
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Can Kitchenaid Hobart compete with modern Dishwashers (Bosch, etc)? |
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Post# 1029425 , Reply# 3 4/10/2019 at 06:48 (1,837 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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On average older/vintage dishwashers weren't always that great with pots and pans. Especially those heavily encrusted with baked/cooked on muck.
Then again it depends upon how far back "vintage" you are going. By the 1980's or so when GE came out with their "Potscrubber" dishwashers manufacturers were realizing what it took to get pots/pans clean. Even so results often varied. Many older dishwashers at best even with a "pots and pans" cycle merely removed a good part of crusted on muck, leaving Madame to rinse, wipe, or whatever the rest what remained. My vintage GE Mobilemaid uses huge amounts of water *and* has a W-R-W-R-R-D for normal cycle. Pots and pans only eliminates the drying cycle so not as to bake on any remaining crud. As noted in previous comment cycles on many vintage dishwashers were rather short compared to modern machines. Those short wash cycles, even when there two or three just aren't long enough to scrub away hardened on muck. Mind you most housewives grew familiar with what their dishwashers could and couldn't cope with; so many would have pre-rinsed/washed pots/pans or at least let them soak before putting in DW. In fact IIRC many owners manuals for dishwashers recommended soaking or whatever for badly soiled dishes/pots/pans. Finally as also noted in above comment, without very hot water results aren't going to be that great when dealing with really crusty dishes/pots/pans. | ||
| Post# 1029476 , Reply# 6 4/10/2019 at 12:46 (1,836 days old) by delturner (USA) | ||
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Opinions certainly seem to vary don't they. However, I have had more than one Kitchen aid dishwasher and most of the new dishwashers put the old ones to shame, anemic spraying or not. Of course they take about 4 times as long as the old machines too. | ||
| Post# 1029482 , Reply# 7 4/10/2019 at 14:02 (1,836 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Older dishwashers can be modified for longer washes by tapping into the timer motor and installing an inline switch.
I installed one on my KDS-18 6 years ago. It allows the user to manipulate water fills and wash times. For heavily baked/burned loads, I delay the first water fill an additional 30 seconds for an extra gallon of water (first and second fill use 2 gallons instead of 3 on pre and main wash cycles) and then delay the timer again depending on the soil level, usually nor more than 20 minutes. Purge the line and let it commence it's regularly scheduled program. CAUTION: When manipulating cycles during pre and main wash, wait one full minute AFTER the detergent cup has opened to prevent burning out the bi-metal switches.
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| Post# 1029652 , Reply# 10 4/12/2019 at 07:44 (1,835 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
They certainly are good performers, but I agree on the pots and pans. I have a KDM-21 and mine does heat the water first before it starts washing. I used the Soak/Scrub-Pots/Pans cycle quite often and it did a decent job honestly. However I have to say my new Kenmore Elite does even better. I'm amazed at how well it cleans. I put a stainless steel saute pan in there and it had some burn on bits and it came out completely clean. I was seriously shocked. In the Hobart it probably wouldn't have cleaned it all, I would have had to soak it some. The extra water they use does help a lot on normal loads but the short cycles do make it difficult for it to clean as thoroughly as new machines. The pots/pans cycle in my Kenmore is 3 hours + but like I said, everything is spotless.
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