Just listed on Craigslist in San Francisco is a 1958 Hotpoint "Spotless Deluxe" dishwasher for sale for $100 in stainless steel. The seller says they purchased this house built in 1958 in the East Bay (across from San Francisco) from the original owner who never used the dishwasher. The dishwasher was used as food storage. Looks in great shape and would make a great addition to a retro kitchen. Great opportunity to get a good looking dishwasher.
1958 "Spotless Deluxe" Stainless Steel Hotpoint Dishwasher
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Pretty interesting----as good as NIB? Was this an impeller model? Whan is the concensus on its cleaning ability?
Steve, this was an impeller model. The cleaning ability was pretty good--Hotpoiknts this design were some of the best cleaners of the impeller machines, from waht I remember being said. This particular model, by this time, had double washes. I believe the two racks were separate rather than the lower-end having the top rack rest on the bottom rack and you had to remove the top to get to the bottom. The timer dial on the lower left panel also had a light behind it when running.
In 1952 the impeller Hotpoint was rated the #1 by Consumer Reports, above the KitchenAid for cleaning ability.
In 1958 Hotpoint came out their first wash arm dishwasher as the TOL model, but continued with their impeller machines as the MOL and BOL models.
In 1958 Hotpoint came out their first wash arm dishwasher as the TOL model, but continued with their impeller machines as the MOL and BOL models.
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I'll take one in pink please...
Thanks, it does look nice. I may call the number in the ad.
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Here's the link...the DW looks like it's in awesome shape.
Ahhh, its the MOL model, very nice, this is a great find!
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Robert, thanks for posting the brochures. Dishwasher brochures posted give me goosebumps. I love dishwashers too lol.
Hotpoint Impeller.
I had a friend who had this dishwasher in her home. It was built, new, in 1956. It cleaned very well. The thing she had to be careful of was not blocking the center round opening in the bottom rack. It would prevent the water flow to the top. She used it for years along with her RCA 40 inch range, like the one Duncan Hines used in his ads in the magazines. She was a British war bride who was a local celeb because of her accent and silly sense of humor.
Kelly
I had a friend who had this dishwasher in her home. It was built, new, in 1956. It cleaned very well. The thing she had to be careful of was not blocking the center round opening in the bottom rack. It would prevent the water flow to the top. She used it for years along with her RCA 40 inch range, like the one Duncan Hines used in his ads in the magazines. She was a British war bride who was a local celeb because of her accent and silly sense of humor.
Kelly
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It was sold this morning... before I sent an email...
That's ok, I'm busy trying to jettison some appliances from my collection... and I really don't think it's a good idea to aquire more, even if great stuff, until that is done.
It was sold this morning... before I sent an email...
That's ok, I'm busy trying to jettison some appliances from my collection... and I really don't think it's a good idea to aquire more, even if great stuff, until that is done.
Model DE 1 was not around long. Notice that it had a pump mounted on a horizontal motor and the separate drain pump. Hotpoint then went to the black Bakelite wash arm with the long slot openings. That machine used the same vertical mount motor as the impeller machines. If you took the wash arm off and went into what was underneath it, you saw this little flying saucer shaped thing, black on top and sort of gray perforated plastic underneath with a small impeller in it. That was the circulating pump housing and impeller. The motor ran at the same speed as the impeller wash models. There was something funny about the water circulation pattern in this machine. You could put skillets or similarly shaped pans on the sides of the lower rack, but you could not put them along the back of the rack facing forward. Somehow the water pattern did not wash "into" items placed there. It cleaned the edges of plates that ended at that position, but it definitely was meant to wash only what was loaded upright and parallel to the left and right sides of the tub, except for bowls, saucepans and things that were tipped down toward the center of the lower rack.
In picture #3 of the DE 1, did anyone notice the large square pan and cover in the top rack? That was the Supermatic Pan that went on Hotpoint's automatic unit where their deep well used to be. It was aluminum, so I don't think it would look like much after automatic dishwasher detergent finished with it, but there it was. Of course, their utensil cycle was meant as a pre soak to loosen baked on or charred soil so I guess you would take it out and finish it with Brillo or SOS pads, but if that's the case, why would the cover be put in also, except to show the capacity of the machine, I guess. I have not seen in any of the owner's manuals a suggestion that, after running the load through the Utensils cycle, you rewash it on the regular cycle, but maybe it would work. With our dishwashers, we would fill pans with water and let them soak in the sink and then put them in the machine and they came out clean. The real secret to cleaning a roasting pan or skillet is to make gravy and cook all of the fond or drippings off of the pan and into the gravy.
In picture #3 of the DE 1, did anyone notice the large square pan and cover in the top rack? That was the Supermatic Pan that went on Hotpoint's automatic unit where their deep well used to be. It was aluminum, so I don't think it would look like much after automatic dishwasher detergent finished with it, but there it was. Of course, their utensil cycle was meant as a pre soak to loosen baked on or charred soil so I guess you would take it out and finish it with Brillo or SOS pads, but if that's the case, why would the cover be put in also, except to show the capacity of the machine, I guess. I have not seen in any of the owner's manuals a suggestion that, after running the load through the Utensils cycle, you rewash it on the regular cycle, but maybe it would work. With our dishwashers, we would fill pans with water and let them soak in the sink and then put them in the machine and they came out clean. The real secret to cleaning a roasting pan or skillet is to make gravy and cook all of the fond or drippings off of the pan and into the gravy.
