L'Aide de la Cuisine

[foraloysius]

A lot!!

My brochures don't go further back than the early eighties, but that are the pretty much the same machines. A Miele dishwasher from 1981 would use 51 litres or 13.5 gallons for a normal cycle. I think a normal cycle had a prerinse, wash, rinse and last rinse. Temperature of the main wash and of the last rinse 65*C or 150*F

 

[DADoES]

Is the lower rack is different, with extra pins in the space beside the silverware basket? I don't recall our KDI-17 had those pins to hold two plates in that space.

 

[chachp]

It doesn't look like my 17A has them.

Here it is but it is hard to tell from here. I'll have to look more closely when I get home.

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[chachp]

I'll try again.

Here is the pic.

 

[deeptub]

The 15, 16, and early 17 series machines had pins out to the outboard edge of the rack. Somewhere in the 17 series they eliminated the outermost pins to make room for wider things like baking pans. The rack pictured is from before they did that.

The brochure seems to be dated 9/71, which would about coincide with the intoduction of the 17 series.

T.

 

[deeptub]

Rinsed Only

I just realized that the Rinsed Only light isn't labeled. I wonder if there was even a light behind the lens.

T.

 

[bajaespuma]

You folks don't miss a trick.

I have a complete Miele catalogue from the same trip, same year. It is 36 pages so it will take me some time to scan. It is amazing, though how contemporary their stuff from 1977 looks. Like Mercedes Benz, they haven't changed their basic design precepts for what looks like decades. What does that say about US?

 

[bajaespuma]

Oh, and as far as that

If you read the features for the French Superba, I believe that what would have been the "rinsed only" light for the American models has become an alert light for when the user has neglected to recharge the internal water softener with new salt:

"Voyant de regeneration. S'allume afin que vous n'omettiez pas de mettre du sel dans le bac de l'adoucisseur".

...well, there it is, plain as day. Merde.

 

[toggleswitch]

Did anyone notice that in one pic the interior is SS?
(Did we mention that already?)

 

[petek]

Voyant de regeneration. S'allume afin que vous n'omettiez pas de mettre du sel dans le bac de l'adoucisseur

Regenerating signal. Lights when you omit to put salt in the softener bin.

 

[romil]

Lave-vaisselle / dishwasher

Ces vieilles versions de lave vaisselle français sont très intéressantes ! Je ne vois plus Kitchen Aid ici, mais Miele est toujours une très bonne marque.
Maintenant qu'on ne peut plus utiliser de vaisselle jetable dans le pays (http://recettesdukan.net/utilisatio...ur-realiser-des-recettes-en-toute-simplicite/), tous les organisateurs d'évènement doivent s'équiper !

These old versions of French dishwashers are very interesting! I don't see Kitchen Aid here anymore, but Miele is still a very good brand.
Now that disposable tableware is no longer available in the country, all event organizers have to equip themselves!