Looking for BobLoad® Certification

[washer111]

We had (a) guest for dinner last night, so I took it upon myself to attempt a BobLoad®, and gain certification from yours truly...

What ended up in the top drawer of our DD - 5 dinner plates, a colander, some cups/glasses, 2 small/medium sized pots, a plastic bowl, a vegetable/cheese grate and my favourite, an oven tray!

Because I'm a bit of a dill, I overfilled the detergent cup, so I decided to "rinse and hold" the load, to get the best results (Yes, I pre washed/rinsed using a dishwasher!), since I'm afraid of spreading the cold around unlike certain other people in my locality, I selected a "Heavy" cycle, to main wash @ 70ºC/158ºF and Rinse @ 65ºC/149ºF, and maybe do a little sanitising (I know, sani should be 73º/163º or more, but 70º is more than close enough - besides, what germs survive at 70º and 65º respectively?)

So... Does this load qualify for a BobLoad Certification®? Or Do I think I need to do a little more cram packing?

 

[washer111]

Another View

This time with that oven plate in the machine. Despite it's awkward location, it washed up pretty well, with only a couple of greasy spots afterwards

 

[washer111]

The Results...

Pretty good, even if I do say so myself. One of the pots was removed mid cycle to heat milk for coffee (incase your wondering, our 9 y-o Panasonic Inverter works, but doesn't work anymore), but it still came out clean.

Lately, I have also been trialling the non-use of the fan drying, instead opening the drawer for a few minutes after the final drain. The results are quicker and much warmer!
Which reminds me, is there a way to manually advance to Final Rinse? I'd like to use it to warm plates on the odd occasion (since DD's just use residual heat to do the drying).

 

[combo52]

Bob Load in a Dish Drawer

I sure hope that the glass in the corner and the blue mug weren't too dirty as they couldn't possibly gotten a good cleaning. Next time you do a load like that smear peanut butter and flour mixture inside those cups and you will see that those items don't get thoroughly washed when loaded on top of a large item in a corner..

 

[washer111]

That Baking Tray...

Here is the baking tray sitting atop the load! Pretty decent results, I think (and pretty clogged pipes too! )

 

[washer111]

@combo52

No, they weren't too dirty at all, so I wasn't particularly concerned!

I was shocked the plastic salad bowl got clean with the vegetable grater right below it though!
But yes, I will do a peanut butter test today after breakfast (one on the top glass rack, the other below it), since I have another bob-load waiting...

For all those concerned, the actual cycle time without drying is just 84 minutes, with "Normal" being 74 - this this dishwasher doesn't have unacceptable cycle times until you include that blasted drying cycle - Since I made sure incoming water was hot with my Rinse/Hold cycle, we lost around 5-10 minutes on top of that for the Final Rinse and Main-wash, so this machine is actually not all that bad...

 

[logixx]

Nice load but you really should start to expect more from a dishwasher. Nothing shocking about the dishwasher being able to wash pieces of veggies off that bowl, IMO. It's what I'd expect from any good dishwasher like yours.

More of what I excpect a dishwasher to clean:

 

[rp2813]

I'm not familiar with dish drawers enough to know what constitutes a BobLoad so will wait for word from the master himself.

 

I crammed a load into my ISE Classic Supreme this past week that was a little tough to configure.

 

Bottom rack:

 

[rp2813]

Top rack. 

 

Sorry, I always forget to take a picture of the contents before running the machine.

 

[washer111]

@logixx

I certainly can fit more in there... Try last weekend, but I'm not going to post that, since I didn't run a rinse cycle to get rid of the extra grease for the main-wash, so the detergent wasn't as effective in removing certain burnt on bits from meat.

What surprised me about the salad bowl was the placement - above a veggie grater and two pots obstructing some of the water flow.

If I wanted to, I think I could've crammed so more in there! As you say, I should really expect more... But we don't have enough of everything for me to test the Bobload theory on this machine

 

[whirlykenmore78]

Here's a full rack in the Hobart AM-9-T2

I know I have threaded about this before. Here's the results of a 60 second cycle.
Nick WK78

 

[washer111]

@whirlykenmore78

60 seconds? Steam washer or what!!!

But that's probably more cutlery than the DD would ever get inside - but I'd fit all those little bowls with plenty of ease, thats for sure!

 

[whirlykenmore78]

@washer111

It is a pass thru, door type commercial dishwasher. Racks slde in through the left side the doors are closed and the cycle begins as follows, Wash-48 Sec. @ 150F Dwell 4 Sec. Final rinse 12 sec @ 180F. Afterwards the doors are opened and the sanitized load exits the right side. This type of DW is very common in commercial kitchens that do not have the space or need for larger rack conveyor or flight type Dw's.
Nick WK78

 

[badgerdx]

I used a HOBART very similar to that when I lived in a housing co-op in Madison, WI (corner machine... in one side, out an adjacent side, if I remember rightly)... But I have a question: What is "BOB"-load? Beast of Burden?

I have the world's wussiest GE and it wouldn't even TRY to clean a load like your all's... fageddaboudit!

 

[washer111]

@badgerdx

From my understanding, A "BobLoad" is when a dishwasher, clothes washer or dryer is stuffed to the absolute limit, and everything still gets clean. The creator of this term is none other than AutomaticWasher.org's Appnut/Bob - who apparently became famous doing this in his clothes washer and his GE Potscrubber 1200 series dishwasher.