How long does your dishwasher take?

[matthewza]

Basic LG

We have a basic LG LD-2120WH with 4 cycles - auto, eco, quick, prewash.

Auto senses the soil, but never under an hour, includes a 30 min dry at the end, and average time is about 1hr30mins and that's a 70degree wash on a cold feed. Only use this cycle when there is quite a few heavily soiled pots and pans. Here in SA cold water comes out the tap at about 25C so it doesn't take washers and dishwashers long to heat up

eco is a 65C wash that takes 2hr25mins. We hardly use this wash because its so long, but also includes 30mins dry time

Quick is a 34min 70C wash. Does a great job all the time even on pots and pans so we use that cycle 90% of the time. No dry time on this cycle but the final rinse is a heated rinse, as are all final rinses on all cycles on this dishwasher

Prewash is an 18min rinse off. Have never had the need for this cycle.

 

[whirlcool]

Our Maytag is:

Light Wash: 80 minutes.

Normal Wash: 2:00

Heavy Duty Wash: 2:45

We use normal wash most of the time, but even the light wash is no slouch.

 

[mwb]

Miele PG 8080i

ProSpeed - 17 minutes
Universal - 32 minutes
Pots and Pans - 43 minutes

Those are the cycles I've used so far. This is a professional/commercial machine hooked up to 220V.
Heater rated at 4.2 Kilowatts.

 

[logixx]

Nice! These circulate 50 gal. a minute. Must be quite a water show in there.

 

[oldskool]

2009 Kitchen Aid

About 2.5 hours from start to finish, for Heavy Duty Cycle with water heating including dry cycle. One must scrape, rinse, and anything nasty must be fairly well cleaned before loading or it doesn't come out clean. We use "Finish" because when using store brands, many items not clean. Previously had Whirlpool, was fabulous.

 

[iheartmaytag]

Depending on soil level

2013 Kitchenaid.
1 hr cycle 59 minutes--dry adds 20 minutes.
Light wash--50 minutes
Normal cycle Average 90 minutes with sani-wash, no heated dry
Heavy wash--2hrs ish with sani-wash- no heated dry
Pro-scrub option adds about 20 minutes to Normal or Heavy wash, not available on Light or 1 hr wash

Just scrape, never prewash, always everything comes out clean. I have been extremely happy with this machine.

 

[haxisfan]

2012 Hoover Dynamic

Hi robliverpool, I'd say that less than an hour for a normal everyday cycle is, by modern European standards, below average. Good to know that it still cleans and dries well in such a short time!

The Hoover dishwasher has all cycle lengths... these are obtainable by tweaking the various options... yet my favourite is the 1 hour and 10 minutes daily program at 55 degrees or the 1 hour and a half 65 degree (both with cold prewash). If there's still room left inside it, and I want to set it to go anyhow, I'd then opt for the 55 minutes cycle at 55 degrees. The shortest program is a 30 minute complete cycle, but I never use it. I always set the dishwasher before I get to bed to start an hour before I rise and shine... then, I open the door in the morning before going to work and I leave the unloading job for someone else to do ;-)

 

[aquacycle]

Mine takes between 80 and 120 minutes, depending on the cycle and how dirty the plates are as mine is a sensor machine so it changes the cycle accordingly.

 

[foraloysius]

I had an AEG Öko Favorit in the past. That dishwasher did the normal cycle at 65*C in 78 minutes.

Now I have a Miele G4210SC. It has a Turbo button, that speeds up the cycles.

Automatic cycle: 2.29 with Turbo: 1.41
Glass 1.52 with Turbo: 0.39
Eco 3.00 Turbo not available
Light soil 1.40 with Turbo: 1.27
Pots and pans 2.48 with Turbo: 2.06

I often use the Automatic cycle without the Turbo function. I don't use the dishwasher every day since I'm living alone. Often I turn the machine on after dinner, open it later in the evening and let the dishes dry overnight.

 

[mattywashboy]

My Blanco (Beko) dishwasher takes just 1 hour on the Daily cycle which runs at 60 degrees celcius. I use this cycle the most but on occasion usually after hefty cooking or if we have taken a long time to load the dishwasher I will run it on Intensive 70 degrees which takes 2:16. The Half Load function cuts a bit of time off the cycles but not much. It also eliminates the pre rinse on the Intensive cycle.

This dishwasher is one of the best I have ever used. Very rarely do I have to re-wash anything even after being loaded by my less than careful partner lol..

Matt

 

[robliverpool]

Thanks guys for all your replies. It's great to see all the various times our machines take. Very impressed with the times on the miele but being such a high end machine I wouldn't expect anything less.

 

[dj-gabriele]

If you want an even faster machine seek for the SMEG STP374 (built-in) or LP364X (free standing). That is not a commercial machine but a "stronger" and more powerful domestic model.
It can do a complete pots&pans cycle in only 16 minutes if used with three-phase electric supply! And still manages A++ energy class!
I definitely want one

 

[rolls_rapide]

My circa 2003 Bosch takes around 2hrs 10mins to complete an "Auto Superwash". The machine is connected to hot water, but the water is usually cool as it is at the furthest end of the plumbing.

I don't usually use the other programmes; I like decent rinses between washing and drying. Auto Superwash has a mainwash, 2 intermediate rinses, a final rinse and drying as standard. Automatic pre-wash might kick in if the computer says so, according to soiling.

 

[optima]

Dishwasher times

I have had my fully integrated Indesit DI450 9 Place Dishwasher since 2006 & it has never let me down. It has always washed great. Normal wash time is 1:33 but i tend to use the rapid & dry programme that will wash & dry the load in only 44 minutes.

 

[ultramatic52]

Electrolux Wave Touch Dishwasher

Mine takes about 2:30 hrs or a little bit less. It depends on the water temperature on each fill.

 

[foraloysius]

Miele high end machine

Well, sort of. It's a Miele, but a BOL one. I bought it for 600 euros.

Louie,

Do you have a picture of your Elux dishwasher?

 

[jerrod6]

I have a 2006 Miele G2830. It was actually sold in Germany in 2004 so I guess I am using 10 year old DW technology. The machine has a lot of cycles but I tend to use 4 the most. Listed in order of use:

Water Saver: This cleans my every day soil and is a wash, two rinses, and dry. It takes about 1 hour 36 minutes. It does not use a soil sensor but it does sense the size of the load and adjusts the amount of water taken in each fill. I wash dishes every other day and I don’t pre rinse and this cycle cleans it all very well.

Sensor Wash: I use this for more heavily soiled loads. This uses the soil sensor, and load size sensor so the time for this varies. The prewash, main wash and first rinse time varies and it may add another rinse before doing the final rinse followed by dry. The time for cycles is between 1 hour 36 minutes and 2 hours 12 minutes. Water temps are between 104F and 150F for the wash depending on soil amount and type and the last rinse is always at 150F.

Cheese: This is for burned on cheese mainly on plates and the baking casserole. This consists of a longer heated prewash, a 170F main wash followed by 2 rinses and dry. Times are between 2 hours 19 minutes and 2 hours 27 minutes depending on incoming water temperature.

Quick wash: I use this for lightly soiled glasses, plates, and small loads. Main wash two rinses. Takes 23 minutes.

 

[bob]

YOU ALL ARE LUCKY

I have a new Kenmore, and it runs for over three (3) hours, and we essentially wash our dishes and silverware before they go in the machine. We prewash because the dishwasher doesn't do a good job of cleaning.

I cannot believe this piece of junk is "energy efficient" when it runs for 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Last Kenmore appliance for me.

 

[bob]

UPDATE TO MY NOTE ABOVE

I translated my 3 hour washtime into MONEY ($), and we are not going to use our dishwasher until the industry fixes this INSANITY. These dishwashers have the SMARTWASH FUNCTION, yet it is the dumbest thing that I could have ever envisioned.

Any dishwasher that runs 90-180 minutes is NOT your friend. I had a three (3) hour runtime with clean dishes. Are these companies in collusion with the utilities?

Think about this. Dishwashers never took so long. Commercial dishwashers, today, wash the dishes in 2-4 minutes. I remember working for a restaurant when I was a kid, and one of my duties was, you guessed it, washing the dishes. Back then it took maybe 10 minutes. Some of today's smaller machines might draw 4-6 times the electricity, but they finish in as little as two minutes. The focus on these machines is sanitation (#1) and clean (#2), but believe me when I say they do a good job of getting the dishes clean.

There has to be a much happier medium than these clowns (the manufacturing companies) are currently producing. Personally, and in the sake of GREEN, the cost to run these junk machines has doubled or quadrupled and YOU are the benefactor.

As for me and my wife, we just purchased a dish rack and will be using more high-end paper plates.

Please don't be a dupe. Don't worry about the time. Worry about the much higher cost in electricity that these "feel good" names (smart wash) are costing you. You will be surprised if you take the time I did in looking at this.

Leaving your coffee pot on after brewing is another major no-no. My darling, my dearest, now brews her coffee, turns off the pot, and pours it into our $24.95 EMSA 19 hour carafe from Amazon.

 

[mich]

I hope you realize..

On these newer Dishwashers that take longer to wash dishes, The Water Pump uses significantly less power & energy to operate, as well as much less water (to fill up with). And Since there's less water, there is less water for the heating element to heat up, plus, there's even less water being drawn from your Hot Water heater, meaning even less of an electric bill. 

 

They do take more time (because there washing one rack at a time) but, I can attest, they are saving money. Probably about 10-20 cents worth a load, vs previous machines.