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Hi, Suds. Congrats on the Superba 21. The machine will run *ok* with the torn mesh, but it will perform its best if you repair it--especially considering that the machine has one rinse. The mesh on the 21 series did degrade and tear with time. The 22 series had a much much finer and more durable...

Bob--Todd would probably argue that I'm actually a complete burden and not particularly nice. Anyway, that's what I wanted him to be sure to realize very early in our relationship...he thought I was kidding! Only now is he coming to terms with the awful truth. ;) Veg--I'm on disc 2 now, I could...

Hi Veg! Aren't you fresh! No, no unattached twin brother. I'm tempted to say the usual, "But if I did have one, he'd be all yours!", but really, he'd probably be a total bitch and who'd want him. :) I'm just up to episode 3 on the season 2 DVDs of the DD show. I think that at work I'm probably...

My other grandma saved soap remnants. Heaven knows why. She didn't do anything with them. When she died we found boxes of them. She also saved string, the selvege edges of fabric (to use when the saved string ran out, presumably), and, in cigar boxes, every pay stub my grandfather brought home...

Well since Bob says to keep talking and since I failed to address this one: "When did the forced air-drying and the *push-it-out-the-seam between-the-doors* vent stop?" Forced air drying last appeared on the KD-23 series. The KD-24 just used the heating element just like a WP, with the vent at...

I went into a Corning outlet last year with the thought of buying a bunch of pyroceram, because I had seen literally piles of it a year earlier but didn't have the need for it at the time. Much to my surprise all they had were piles of that godawful French White--that's when I found out that...

KUDS21 vs KUDS22 The Superba Classic that Rich is picking up has buttons (left to right) Soak & Scrub Pots/Pans, Normal, Light/China, Rinse Hold, Sani Rinse, Energy Saver No Heat Dry, and Cancel. And for the record, the indicator lights on both models are (left to right) Heating Water, Wash...

Reversing motor Actually Hobart switched to a reversing motor on the KD-20A models in like 1982-83, which introduced the "triple filtration" system that continued on the KD-21 and KD-22 models. They had another job for the drain impeller while the machine was in "wash" mode, namely to pump...

Bobby--no, not Italian. She was Slovenian and she did have the stove from their old house in the basement. :) I don't remember her using it, but it was there, all hooked up. I just remembered, she kept a pair of slippers in her Sophia Petrillo purse, and whenever she came to our house she took...

Hi, Veg! Not only did she use plastic runners, but she had cut up a couple worn oriental carpets into runners which she had laid out on the parts of the house that weren't carpeted. Similarly, she bought a new couch and kept an old bedspread over it, "to keep it nice". I'm glad I didn't inherit...

Vibra-groomer What is with people vacuuming their wall-to-wall without an upright or a power-nozzled canister? My grandparents built a new home in 1966 and had short-shag gold wall-to-wall carpeting put in. Grandma got a new Eureka Empress, and didn't even use the Vibra-groomer. Just the...

You never know... Today I found a KDS-17 at the Lake County Habitat ReStore in Gurnee for $25. It even has the frame kit on the front panels. I also got a KUDS220T3, which I will clean up and give to a friend as part of what seems to have developed into a KitchenAid rescue program. Both were...

Sudsmaster--I have an avocado green lower panel from a KDS-17A. It's just in my way. You could spray paint it black or something. Or fashion a stainless "cap" for it. Email me if you are interested. It's yours if you want it. T.

Waah. What was I doing when this was listed? Todd's taxes! I can only hope karma has something even better in store for me. But what could that possibly be? A KDS-16? (I love them so). Good luck, Jeff! I see by the vacuum-in pics that you have already witnessed the splendor of this machine. T.

Sue Ann: I used to do a dance at private parties, but unfortunately I don't have my costume anymore. Murray: Yeah, her snake died. Sue Ann: (glaring) He died happy. Here I am, hemmed in by bureaucracy, upholding the good reputation established by Miss Jane and Moneypenny. Oh, and Doris Martin. T.

There is confusion here--two people have reported different problems in the same thread and the replies have become confused as to what machine they're in reference to. Bingwsguy, I wouldn't replace the pump until you have replaced the belts. Maytag uses special belts that are cloth covered...

I saw these at Sears over the weekend. The tub seems even more huge in person. I can't believe they actually call it "Canyon Capacity". Apart from being cartoonish, it doesn't bring to mind a clean place to do laundry. Oh well. T.

Tom, I had noticed that the KD-16 manual suggests an enzyme product called Pan-Dandy for the soak cycle. I had wondered why such a thing had gone away. Leave it to humanity to universally shun enzymes because they were problematic in the laundry. I liked KitchenAid's water heating AFTER they...

"No prerinsing" has been a claim for literally over 40 years (see link). I've never prerinsed things that I've put into KitchenAids as old as 1966. Some friends have a GE Potscrubber from the very early 70's that does a marvelous job without prerinsing. It has a bypass microfilter in the back...

Chris, how are things going with your KitchenAid? I was running mine last night and noticed that it IS a startling, "something's wrong" sound when the motor that's been running constantly for 22 minutes suddenly stops mid-rinse. Hope yours is ok. T.