KA Upper Racks
Hi johnb300m. I used to think the same thing just from looking at the racks. It does LOOK odd, but in reality, they work quite well.
I am continuously amazed at not only the capacity, but the flexibility of my Superba.
Yes, you have to have the adjustable upper rack and the fold down tines to truly appreciate and maximize that flexibility. But I can really pack this machine and that flexibility adds to that.
I've finalized the setup of my machine after almost a year now and truly maximized my capacity. The use of a smaller silverware basket is what truly adds to the larger capacity.
And I really hated to do one thing, more for the "vintageness" of the machine than sentimentality, but I took the silly ChinaGuard off. It was always 'just' in the way of my large plates and my chopsticks in the lower rack. So, I decided performance is more important than anything so I had to get rid of it. Oddly, I never liked that on those machines even back in their day. And had I had one then, I would have surely taken the thing off as well. So it wasn't too big of a loss to me to take it off.
I also took off all the clips, holders and tines from the right side of the upper rack to allow complete openness for flat items. (All my former dishwashers for 15 years have been this way, so it was the right thing to do).
Lesson learned though.....the rack has huge gaps without the parts in place and things would just have fallen through and blocked the spray arm.
So I did a little "doctoring" and re-used the tines and the clips from the ChinaGuard and now it's just perfect. It can also be used to line plates or small bowls as the tines acts as perfect holders for such items.
Have a look at the pics and let me know what you think.
Oh, in the pics, the spray arm is the one from the 22 so you can see the uniform size of all the upper spray holes compared to the dual-sized ones one the 18-20 series.
I'm happy and yes, even though it's a 19, it washes amazingly and I love it!!!
