Well,
99% of the load came out sparkling clean with just one Cascade Action pack with Dawn. In the upper rack pic, in the lower left hand corner, you'll see a small white custard cup. It's sitting on the flip-down shelf directly above a pot lid, and didn't get any spray action. My husbear is legally blind, and when he unloaded the Miele, he didn't notice that it wasn't clean! Boy, I noticed it that evening when I pulled it out of the cupboard to get my nightly (small) fix of Ultimate Moose Tracks ice cream!
I have a TON of "tur-kwazz" Fiesta, most new, some old. I can't see mixing up colors of Fiesta, my OCD won't allow it, and I only own tur-kwazz. I too, have been washing the Le Creuset in the Miele for years, and in the Maytag before it. The rims of the pots are beginning to rust a wee bit, but I think that's from a spell of el-cheapo Walgreen's "Sunsations" dollar-a-box detergent. I haven't noticed it happening with the Cascade.
Someone posted "The machine (his Miele) would wash ok, but it would make a shwooshing sound, like there was air mixed with the water coming through the spray pump. (I didn't pay for a noisy Miele!) It turned out that the flow restrictor on the inlet hose had somehow misformed over time. Replacing it completely resolved the problem."
Mine does the EXACT same thing, though only when it's doing a "top solo" load. The thing sounds like it's starved for water! I add a mason jar or two of hot water to the tub, and it quiets right down! I wonder why it only happens on Top Solo? It's still under it's 2-year warranty, and I've thought about getting the repairman over to see about it. But the last and only time he was out, he barely knew how to turn the thing on! He certainly wasn't the cute Miele shirt clad man in the brochure wearing little booties to protect my floors!
Oh well, I only do "Top Solo" loads occasionally, and I've learned the mason jar workaround. But still, for a machine that retailed for $2,495.00 (I paid half that as a floor model)you'd have thought I wouldn't have to "go to the well" to get enough water for a top rack only load.
I purposefully didn't let Barney the "pre-washing Beagle" get to the plates, tho' he dearly wanted to! I wanted to see if I could get a Bobload clean with one Action Pack, and now I'm certified!
(sniff) You like me, you really like me! (sniff)
