Ultrawash III
Thanks for posting! I have fond memories of that line as not only did I work at Sears Brand Central in the mid 90s, but my parents had model 16849 from the 1994 series in their home from the spring of '95 until last summer. For much of that unit's early life, it did dishes for a family of four as my brother and I were still in school and lived at home. It literally ran once a day, sometimes twice if friends or relatives were over. I don't recall a dish ever coming out dirty. Never a service call either. Unit still ran fine last summer when it got replaced by a Bosch for the simple reason that my mother wanted something quiet and also a tall tub as some larger plates would not fit in it(and after using an Ultrawash who wants to go back to handwashing anything!). When I was having my house built several years ago I specified an uplevel dishwasher as Kenmore was the appliance brand being used. I was pleased when I saw it was an ultrawash and while it does a pretty good job(and is MUCH quieter than my parent's old unit), I don't think it cleans as well as their older did unless I use the Pots Pans cycle. And it runs much longer too. But for the price, I don't know there is a wash system that cleans better than these.