CU tests
John, CU used the same load for all the machines. I am sure the machines, softened the noodles enough that the remnants got pulled through the pump at the drain portion of the cycle. After being softened by moving hot water for approximately 45 minutes, I am sure they lost much of their structural integrity.
You are restating what the reports says, I don't know why. Well actually I do, you are jealous the Maytag got a higher rating and are attempting to find some way to denigrate it. Yes, it did state that the Maytag had a average repair rating, zi think we all saw that.
Yes, I stated very clearly that the Frigidaire/Wards were not tested after the safety defect was found. But you are correct, that some people reading this still stated they came in last, when they didn't. They just weren't tested.
Once again you bring up the one year that Maytag moved the normal cycle designation to the center of the cycle dial,basically, giving the normal cycle one wash and two rinses. To, if course, reduce the the listed energy/water consumption.
Consumer Reports reported that year that the dishes on the Maytag "appeared clean," but the dishwasher was downrated because when they examined the dishes under a microscope they found microscopic food residue. Maytag changed the normal wash back to the full cycle and the following year and it went back to its usual rating in the top group. However, that has nothing to do with this post.
As in your other comment you stated this because your jealousy of the Maytag getting a higher rating and your usual attempt to build up Whirlpool, because you like it, by denigrating other machines. I have never seen an adult with a neurosis about a dishwasher before, ha. I had just been waiting for you to comment on this post with your usual Whirlpool is so great scenario. You did not disappoint.
"Whirlpool had by far the best design with the small, removable cup type trap."
(your quote). No, they did not. You obviously are stating your Whirlpool biased opinion, not a fact.
Garbage being left on the filter means every drop of wash and rinse water is being filtered through food wastes, as evidenced by CU results, and their confirming photograph. I don't consider that the best design, I don't think anyone else does, either. With that being said, for people who are more meticulous in thorough scraping and/or rinsing of their dishes before loading, that is not an issue.
I have had several Whirlpool/Kenmore dishwaserd over the years. In one of my early apartments, built in 1980, I had a very similar Whirlpool only it was BOL, or very close, a builder's grade machine.
Actually, I liked it very much. I solved the problem of messes on the filter by taking out the removable tray, permanently. Not being one to rinse off food wastes (that's the dishwasher's job) I found it rather sickening to see much of the wastes lying in the bottom of the machine after the cycle. Removing the trap solved the problem, and the dishwasher never had any issue disposing of the wastes in the three years I lived there.
I was confident enough in Whirlpool quality that I suspected the pump would never jam, and it never did. Although I don't rinse, and rarely scrape dishes, I did make sure nothing hard or very large, waste-wise, went into the machine.
Yes, I think it goes without saying that most, if not all the machines, would have improved wash quality if they were operated on their Pots and Pans cycle. That's why they put a Pots and Pans cycle on their machines.