BobLoad in the Magic Chef...it can be done

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So after an evening's hearty dinner, I wanted to give the dishwasher a real workout...not just another load of a full top-rack and a fork and a saucer in the bottom.

But it's not always easy to find the kind of things that make a vertical-loading bottom rack dishwasher really fly with a full load.

This evening proved different.

The top rack (note the Jet-Dry dispenser hanging out for all to see...wish I had the timed rinse dispenser...*sigh*):

 

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The bottom rack...

Here is the piece de resistance. How often does a collection like this of flat things come together?

Five extra points were gained for this round by sneaking the wire rack next to the silverware basket.

Note the cutting board in the middle. With no pesky wash arm under the top rack to steal space or do useless things like offer good wash performance, we are able to take freeform loading to new heights.

 

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And the results...

...speak for themselves. The rice-encrusted pot? Spotless.

 

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The broiler pan...

...shines fabulously (hush, those are water droplets)...

 

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And in the top rack...

...the garlic press is free of any strings or yiblets of garlic. Yes, it's true! Butt-kicking performance in the top rack, and it's not a Maytag!

*

Okay, it's similarish design, but it's still not a Maytag!

 

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What really counts...

What's important, though, is not that the grungy stuff got clean, or that you couldn't even tell which stove burner drip pan had the burned-on crud. What's important is that all of that happens, AND your glassware comes out impeccably clean.

 

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Only one marginal result

I did have one tallish glass tumbler come out with a rice yiblet stuck in it, but since those tumblers have been a problem in every machine I've had, the judges decided to overlook it.

What's more impressive is that I didn't do any intensive prerinsing or scraping, and the rice was gone. No filtration whatsoever!

(Just lots of water changes! :-D)

 

[appnut]

Nate, it receives a special endorsement simply because it's a challenge to load the dishwasher and as full as you had it everything come out clean. Of course I could say this about a KA 16 & 17 series too with my less than steller experience with them.

 

[frigilux]

Wonderful! Can't argue with those results, that's for sure. Can we get a pic of the control panel?

 

[toggleswitch]

Yay to no yiblets!

Nice Bob-load, though I am not allowed to offically say!

*LOL*

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Great Pictures!
Thanks!
I have had so many D& M Built dishwashers and I can only say that they clean! They have moments, but they will make you happy more than not.
This is a great looking Magic Chef. I thought it was in super shape! Usually you cannot read the face plate anymore. Very cool you found one in such great shape!
Glad you are having so much fun!
Brent

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

OH......
Put your photo's on here of your Control Board and such.
I bet there are so many that have not seen it. It looks great.
Brent

 

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LOL

Thanks, Bob :-D *HUG*

Eugene, sure thing--here's the overview...

 

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And...

...the close-up. (Ignore the dirty floor in the previous shot, please )

 

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Thanks!!

Steve-- *wink* :-D

Brent-- Thanks!! You're absolutely right, they really do clean (and sound good and gutsy doing it), but I know what you mean about the "moments." The other day I came back to a flooded kitchen floor, because the bottom wash arm had gotten stuck, and sprayed full-force against the door seal. The wash arm won. A flat washer inserted between the wash arm and the threaded shaft on which it rides solved the issue, but I tend not to start the dishwasher and run off these days...

 

[toggleswitch]

*STOP* the presses.
Is that a washer to the right?
(Hands on hips...)

WHY WHY HWY have we not seen pics?
(tap tap tap goes the foot.. *LOL*)

 

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Oh HONEY!

This is déja vù all over again. Must we recreate the last Magic Chef thread?

 

[gansky1]

Super cool washer - let's see a picture of the inside! hee hee

I'm amazed at that load in your Tragic Chef dishwasher - you're right though, rarely do those loads come together so well. If you have the meal catered - for 16, you may have enough plates & platters to fill the bottom rack.

Or do like I seem to keep doing, buy a whole set of dishes - again and again...

 

[toggleswitch]

This is déja vù all over again. Must we recreate the last Magic Chef thread?

LOL LOL LOL.
Thank you for the indulgence. At my age, we forget.

When I stop recognizing that type of cabinet as a washer, THEN I will have problems!

 

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LOL

No prob, Steve. And yes, when we stop spotting those, then we'll be lost! :-D