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World's fastest dishwasher? Ultimate hot hurricane in a box! |
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Post# 1199261   2/14/2024 at 11:46 (236 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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The hospice where we volunteer just put in a new $250k kitchen. Besides a full complement of Traulsen commercial refrigeration (the best), it also has 2 of these amazing "Centerline by Hobart" undercounter dish machines. Why they put in 2 no idea as it's capable of 12 full load cycles an hour, a complete cycle takes less than 5 minutes, and we never have more than 10 patients to prepare meals for (my role) at a time. I've used it a number if times, everything is always perfectly clean and sanitized at 180* plus in a flash, it's amazing. I want one but at over $5k list (this is a scratch & dent sale) that's not gonna happen! But Hobart hasn't lost it's mojo that's for sure! Wish they still made affordable KAs!
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Post# 1199267 , Reply# 1   2/14/2024 at 13:24 (236 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Oh my God, what must go on inside that box. And in TWO MINUTES!! (according to the link). If only we could see it all, especially the innards.
Who wouldn't want one, but there goes the month's budget. Maybe John can get one from Hobart corporately for the museum in a sweet testing deal and share the glory. But honestly, Roger, the irony is astonishing that you can pop out a load in two minutes in this brand new machine, while its sister machines take two hours. Ah, the topsy-turvy times in which we live! Thanks for a really fun afternoon treat. |
Post# 1199270 , Reply# 2   2/14/2024 at 14:54 (236 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I've used these machines my entire career as a chef; we refer to them in the business as "undercounter machines" or "Bar machines". They're more about sanitizing than about deep cleaning. Some of them, like the one you posted are High-Temp machines, Low-Temp models are attached to a Clorox bottle or other liquid antimicrobial.
They're wonderful for quick cleanups after parties and large cooking jobs but they aren't going to do any "Bob Loads" or spend an hour and a half cleaning every yibble off your knives and forks. They usually have a passive strainer at the bottom of the tub which needs to be cleaned every so often. No detergent dispenser, no rinse aid dispenser (although some of the fancier ones can be connected to an Eco-Lab bottle). The best thing about these machines is how quick they are and anyone who has ever worked in a kitchen like me has to wonder why modern domestic dishwasher require sometimes up to two hours to complete a cycle.
The first one of these I ever worked with in the early Eighties was like a Hobart KitchenAid Superba with a Stainless Steel tub, same dimensions, same handle, no "adjustable racks", no silverware baskets, no buttons, no dispensers, no cycle indicators, just a lot of heat and clean kitchen wares in less than 5 minutes. The tub was also bigger than the one in the Web restaurant ad and could accommodate the huge mixing bowls on 30 qt. mixers. |
Post# 1199278 , Reply# 3   2/14/2024 at 17:06 (236 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)   |   | |
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Hello Everyone.
Quite familiar with this Hobart product. My neighbor had a Bed and Breakfast and had one of these. I often helped her out after breakfast. Got through the dishes etc. in less than half an hour for everything. Also, I occasionally helped out friends who had a restaurant with a commercial Hobart. That too did quick work on dishes. In both cases, the dishes had to be scraped and rinsed first. Those dishes were HOT when they came out of the machine. It's a 180 F rinse. Harry |
Post# 1199366 , Reply# 5   2/15/2024 at 14:16 (235 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 1199418 , Reply# 6   2/16/2024 at 06:46 (235 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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These are amazing machines, but they’re not very suitable for home use we’ve had customers in high-end homes install one of these even two of them and they just don’t do a very good job because they require too much pre-rinsing special detergent, etc.
We just installed a commercial Hobart exactly like the one you pictured Ken in our cleanup room at the warehouse we installed two dishwashers the Hobart and a 70s whirlpool next to it we use these dishwashers to clean shelves and bins and things out of refrigerators etc. that are being refurbished. The Hobart is a really fun machine for quick cleaning of things but we installed the whirlpool for things that are actually dirty that need a good scrubbing. I’ll try to post some pictures. Hi Roger, I sure hope Traulsen refrigerators are better than they used to be , we had a lot of customers that installed them in big fancy homes in the 80s and 90s and they had nothing but trouble with them and they had to be replaced at great expense and didn’t convenience, I even had customers that put the Hobart commercial refrigerators and freezers in some kitchens, and those had a lot of trouble at home use amazingly the evaporator trays and things would rust out in them and they leak all over the place. It seems commercial refrigeration is really well built if you want to slam the door 100 times a day but they seem to have all sorts of functional problems. I have people calling me every month asking me begging me to work on them because of the expensive keeping them working I don’t really think it’s a great solution unless you’re really physically hard on a product For most kitchens. John L |
Post# 1199677 , Reply# 7   2/19/2024 at 11:07 (231 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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We installed these two dishwashers as well as a large double sink with the divider, cut out for washing and cleaning appliance parts when doing restorations and repair work.
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Post# 1199725 , Reply# 9   2/19/2024 at 22:14 (231 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 1199726 , Reply# 10   2/19/2024 at 22:35 (231 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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If anyone is interested. These do seem to be getting more complex vs previous generations.
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