On the weekend, we had some visitors down in Ogden and they got to see (correction: they asked to see...) the slightly scary loft above the garage where most of the dishwasher collection lives. But one of them asked a question about older dishwashers that I didn't know the answer to... When did the first multi-cycle pushbutton dishwasher appear?
My first thought was 1960 (thinking of the GE SU70 models with 4 pushbutton cycles) and even Hubby chimed in citing some 1961 KitchenAid literature I have. However I seem to recall seeing a Waste King machine from the late 50s with cycle selection buttons in old BH&G Kitchen Planning magazines. I then looked back here in the archives at the ultra-rare 1958 Hotpoint that surfaced last year in Minnesota and I swear it had a couple of cycle selections...
My glib answer was 'early 1960s' but I'd like to know what the real date was.
My first thought was 1960 (thinking of the GE SU70 models with 4 pushbutton cycles) and even Hubby chimed in citing some 1961 KitchenAid literature I have. However I seem to recall seeing a Waste King machine from the late 50s with cycle selection buttons in old BH&G Kitchen Planning magazines. I then looked back here in the archives at the ultra-rare 1958 Hotpoint that surfaced last year in Minnesota and I swear it had a couple of cycle selections...
My glib answer was 'early 1960s' but I'd like to know what the real date was.
