Here's a full load (awaiting BobLoad certification from The Man) of cookware from making three hotdishes (that's casseroles to those of you outside the tri-state area) for an outdoor supper tomorrow night. This also provides the chance to offer some impressions of the dishwasher, having lived with it for seven months.
1. It does a superb job of cleaning in both racks. I use the Normal (1:15 without temp boost; 1:51 with; 2:20 Sanitize) and Light (49 mins.) cycles the most. The Heavy cycle (2:28; 2:38; 3:22) is reserved for loads with particularly soiled cookware. Have never used the AutoSense or eWash (Eco) cycles. Express (30 mins) is great for light loads or food prep items like bowls, cutting boards, utensils.
2. Drying: The Power Dry option adds 50 to 65 minutes depending on the cycle chosen. I used it once, but found dishes dry much faster by simply opening the door and letting them flash dry. A small fan (2 watts, I believe) runs for an hour after the Clean light comes on whether you choose Power Dry or not. If you don't choose Power Dry, the Clean light comes on immediately after the final rinse water has drained. The mini-fan shuts off and does not run again once you open the door.
3. Racks are flexible, with tines that raise/lower; adjustable upper rack---standard stuff in middle- to upper-end models these days. The four Bottle Wash sprayers in the upper rack get used only when bud vases or the Good Seasons salad dressing cruet get washed. Tall items with wider mouths (canning jars, ice tea glasses, etc.) are cleaned perfectly without using that feature. The option adds 23 minutes to the cycle.
4. The interior dimensions are noticeably smaller than those of the LG it replaced. I get a bit frustrated when the lower rack won't hold the same group of often-used cookware the LG could handle. I still miss the LG's third rack for cutlery/utensils, and the PDT760 has one; but I can't imagine losing another couple of inches of headroom for it in the GE.
5. I love how quiet it is! The LG wasn't noisy by any means, but the GE easily takes the checkered flag for quietness. The single rack-wash option gets used frequently. Normal and Heavy cycles are shortened by between 20-30 minutes. Light and Express times are not shortened.
6. Filters: Still haven't had to clean the large flat filter on the floor of the machine. I clean the twist-out cylindrical filter once week, though it could easily go much longer. Takes only a few seconds to rinse it under the kitchen faucet. Very easy to remove and put back. Thought I'd hate having manual-clean filters, but it's really no big deal at all.
7. Reliability: Only time will tell, and the very heavy use a dishwasher gets in my kitchen provides a great testing ground.
PHOTOS:
1) Three deep sauté pans. Two of them have particularly heavy, cooked-on deposits.
2) The lower rack.
3) The upper rack. Cruet and tall glass are on the Bottle Wash sprayers. Both have come clean without using the feature, but I used it for kicks on this load.
4) Featured detergent: Cascade Platinum Pac
5) Cycle: Heavy. Options: Sanitize, Bottle Wash, Pre-Soak. (Sanitize option doesn't appear on screen, as the options scroll down). Bottle Wash and Pre-Soak each added 20+ minutes. Had I chosen Power Dry we'd have gone well over 4 hours, but I didn't want any viewers to have a stroke, so decided against it. The two green bars indicate both racks are being washed.
6) All items emerged completely clean, including the sauté pans, shown here.
7) Oh, what the hell. Here's the longest possible cycle time for this machine. (This photo was taken after the cycle had been completed.)
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1. It does a superb job of cleaning in both racks. I use the Normal (1:15 without temp boost; 1:51 with; 2:20 Sanitize) and Light (49 mins.) cycles the most. The Heavy cycle (2:28; 2:38; 3:22) is reserved for loads with particularly soiled cookware. Have never used the AutoSense or eWash (Eco) cycles. Express (30 mins) is great for light loads or food prep items like bowls, cutting boards, utensils.
2. Drying: The Power Dry option adds 50 to 65 minutes depending on the cycle chosen. I used it once, but found dishes dry much faster by simply opening the door and letting them flash dry. A small fan (2 watts, I believe) runs for an hour after the Clean light comes on whether you choose Power Dry or not. If you don't choose Power Dry, the Clean light comes on immediately after the final rinse water has drained. The mini-fan shuts off and does not run again once you open the door.
3. Racks are flexible, with tines that raise/lower; adjustable upper rack---standard stuff in middle- to upper-end models these days. The four Bottle Wash sprayers in the upper rack get used only when bud vases or the Good Seasons salad dressing cruet get washed. Tall items with wider mouths (canning jars, ice tea glasses, etc.) are cleaned perfectly without using that feature. The option adds 23 minutes to the cycle.
4. The interior dimensions are noticeably smaller than those of the LG it replaced. I get a bit frustrated when the lower rack won't hold the same group of often-used cookware the LG could handle. I still miss the LG's third rack for cutlery/utensils, and the PDT760 has one; but I can't imagine losing another couple of inches of headroom for it in the GE.
5. I love how quiet it is! The LG wasn't noisy by any means, but the GE easily takes the checkered flag for quietness. The single rack-wash option gets used frequently. Normal and Heavy cycles are shortened by between 20-30 minutes. Light and Express times are not shortened.
6. Filters: Still haven't had to clean the large flat filter on the floor of the machine. I clean the twist-out cylindrical filter once week, though it could easily go much longer. Takes only a few seconds to rinse it under the kitchen faucet. Very easy to remove and put back. Thought I'd hate having manual-clean filters, but it's really no big deal at all.
7. Reliability: Only time will tell, and the very heavy use a dishwasher gets in my kitchen provides a great testing ground.
PHOTOS:
1) Three deep sauté pans. Two of them have particularly heavy, cooked-on deposits.
2) The lower rack.
3) The upper rack. Cruet and tall glass are on the Bottle Wash sprayers. Both have come clean without using the feature, but I used it for kicks on this load.
4) Featured detergent: Cascade Platinum Pac
5) Cycle: Heavy. Options: Sanitize, Bottle Wash, Pre-Soak. (Sanitize option doesn't appear on screen, as the options scroll down). Bottle Wash and Pre-Soak each added 20+ minutes. Had I chosen Power Dry we'd have gone well over 4 hours, but I didn't want any viewers to have a stroke, so decided against it. The two green bars indicate both racks are being washed.
6) All items emerged completely clean, including the sauté pans, shown here.
7) Oh, what the hell. Here's the longest possible cycle time for this machine. (This photo was taken after the cycle had been completed.)
[this post was last edited: 7/15/2014-23:56]
