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5000 Flocken? WATTENSCHEID!

This is outrageous in 2 ways: (1) the price. A bad joke, if not an insult. (2) IF living outdoors at ALL, so why have a dishwasher? How bitchy can anyone go?

This is like going to a campsite but wanting full manicure each morning, no matter what. Heidi Klum incarnated mindlessness, but not worth a thought.... *shuddering here*. Just plain bitchy. (sorry).
 
It can't possibly cost that much to make a dishwasher out door rated.

 

My dish washing plans for the back yard kitchen are: 1) either take them inside to clean (which is what I'll usually do), or 2) wash them in a little outdoor sink I have that will drain into the flower bed (for a few serving/cooking utensils that I'm going to immediately reuse). Total cost - maybe $15.00 for a little plumbing pipe to hook the sink up (found on side of road).

 
 
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I know someone that has a complete outdoor kitchen out by their pool. Think of it as a tiki bar. It is a stand alone bar/grill and none of the utensils make it into the house. They have a dishwasher as well. I think it is a Viking but I'm not positive that it is. Of course theirs is built under a gazebo so it is protected.

So I can understand why someone might have a need for this appliance, but can't wrap my head around the price.

Malcolm
 
It seems like if you can afford this you would have staff to schlep the dirty dishes back inside for washing. Imagine how air tight the outside cabinets would have to be to keep the dishware clean and who would be going outside to unload the thing? Staff is better.

Did anyone look at the cooktops offered? The Lobster Boiler cooktop has high walls around the burner so that breezes won't blow away the heat of the flame from under the pot. I remember trying to build up 15 pounds of pressure in a Mirro Matic on a 6,000 btu gas burner with a kitchen window just slightly open (it was Christmas day at a friend's house). We had to shut the window to get up a head of steam.
 
In temperate climates where freezing is rare, such as here in the SF Bay Area, it would probably be a LOT cheaper just to stick a regular dishwasher in the outdoor kitchen counter - and then replace it if it eventually goes "bad". I would suggest the best options would be the all-stainless models, such as from Bosch. If the cooking are is protected from rain by an awning, then the dishwasher should last for years - or so I would think.

You could buy a lot of $600 dishwashers for $5000...

That is, if you can't stand the thought of shlepping the dirty dishes indoors for a proper dish washing.
 

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