Ohhhhhh Haaaaaaaarriet......

[danemodsandy]

Does Anyone Know...

...What year this machine was produced? It's a little different to the Hottie DWs I've seen in old Ozzie and Harriet commercials. The commercials I've seen appear to be from the 1950-1953 time frame; the racks of the DWs are uncoated, and the "Wonder Dial" is different.

Any info for those of us who don't know nuttin'?

 

[polkanut]

It doesn't get any better than a gravity drain, no pump to go bad.

 

[gansky1]

Everyday is a holiday -- with Hotpoint!

"I can't wait to hear this thing roar to life! You'll pop that Superba KA out of the kitchen so fast its Hydro-Sweep will spin ;-)."

Nope, not me! It's getting ready for a long journey to Minneapolis tomorrow. It will be shivering in the back of my dad's truck but it will none the worse for the wear and happy to be in a loving new home. Happy Hotpoint!

 

[appnut]

There's a 1953 Hotpoint dishwasher commercial, as a related link, available. It's also an O&H ciommercial. THAT'S the particular hotpoint model I was exposed to a lot when I was very little. Ad the guy talkin about the dishwasher ain't bad lookin neither!!! Cracks me up, show a lady from the crew bringing in a cart of dirty dishes. Shows her liftin out the top rack, but it doesn't show her strugglin' to put that loaded top rack back on top of the bottom rack lol.

 

[swestoyz]

Wooo Boy - that's a fine lookin' dishwasher there! Nice catch Greg, and congrats Robert! I'm sure you'll enjoy the silence of gravity drain for years to come.

Is this girl a 27"?

Ben

 

[launderess]

Gravity Draining

Simply is one of the best designs. One reason commercial washing machines and dishwashers last ages, no pump to foul, jam or otherwise give out. Valve opens, water dumps, end of story.

For front loading washing machines it solve the problem of suds locking or too much water being extracted at once, causing the machine to slow extraction or stop all together.
Always amazing to watch a 50lb Speed Queen washer at the local launderette deal with a full load such as huge duvet. Damn thing simply goes into spin and what seems like Lake Erie comes gushing down the window of the door, and right down the drain. Job done, no muss, no fuss.

Launderess

 

[Hometechdoc]

great machine

I have used this machine too as a kid. My mother's aunt had one in her New Haven Connecticut House. It was in the butler's pantry. It was still working the last time I was up there in the late eighties. It was used regularly too by the multi-generation family living in the house. I loved loading and playing with it as a kid.

 

[spiceman1957]

Hot Point Dishwasher

How well did this dishwasher clean compare to today's models? I'll bet you had to scrape and rinse the dishes before loading. Still when this machine was out in the 50's, it was high tech for its time. I seems to remember as well a kid in our neighborhood got scalded by hot water when he opened the their dishwasher while it was running. Has anyone heard of stories about this from old machines?

 

[Unimatic1140]

I'll bet you had to scrape and rinse the dishes before loading.

I only use 1950's dishwashers in my house (1957 KitchenAid, 1956 Frigidaire, 1950 Westinghouse). They all clean just fine, you don't (and shouldn't, its bad for the dishwasher) have to rinse the dishes before hand, but you do have to soak any pan or dish that has burned on food. You should never pre-rinse the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, the dishwasher detergent is mildly caustic and needs to eat something. If there is no grease and food particles left on the dishes the detergent will eat away at the porcelain of the dishwasher must faster over time.

 

[pulsator]

Wait wait wait, are you telling me that if I wash the dishes BEFORE I put them in the dishwasher, we'll be getting a new dishwasher sooner rather than later??? YAY!!! lol

 

[iheartmaytag]

we'll be getting a new dishwasher sooner rather than lat

When I moved into a new house and the dishwasher there made me wash before and after I put them dishes in it. I got the new dishwasher sooner.

BTW--if anyone wants a Frigid-crap plastic tub alternating wash arm dishwasher, it's sitting in my garage.

 

[spiceman1957]

Unimatic1140

Well, I learned something about dishwasher detergent that I never knew. Will keep in mind when I load my machine! Thanks

 

[foraloysius]

Yay!!!

Cool find! What a neat dishwasher.

BTW, is this the same one?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Yup and this is a closer up look to the new machine that will be arriving in Minneapolis in just a couple of hours, YAY!

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[cehalstead]

yes, it did shake the house

We had the ElectricSink version of the one in the commercial in a related link. It DID shake the house. Steam billowed out the vent ridges on top of the door during the entire cycle. Gravity drain connected to a "Y" in the basement that also drained the kitchen sink. Mother did pre-wash, but probably didn't need to. One thing you didn't do with this one: wash Tupperware in it. Seemed to handle other plastics well, but Tupperware always became a blob on the bottom of the wash tank. About the loaded upper rack being too heavy to lift: ours also had a removable section of the upper rack, very small, that could be removed to load the lower rack instead of taking the whole rack out. And picture this: when the fridge and stove died and were replaced by avocado green ones, the "perfectly good, why buy a new one?" dishwasher was simply painted to match. Shows how generations have changed...now most folks (except us) rip out the whole kitchen if one item goes bad. 'cuse me for rambling...lol.... but this thread sure brought back some good childhood memories. and btw....i still live in the same house...a mid-20th century flat roofed ranch...if I ever figure out how to do pics on this site, I'll share some....my whole neighborhood is mostly still original, and many of the original owners still live here..

 

[appnut]

Steam billowed out the vent ridges on top of the door during

Couple that billowing with the scent of vintage Cascade, moan moan, sigh--I now need a cigarette!!!

 

[cehalstead]

vintage Cascade...

i forgot about that. MMMMMM...can smell it in my mind's nose now......

 

[1952crestwood]

BEA-U-TEE-FUL Hotpoint DW

Congrats on that gorgeous machine! It's nearly identical to what I am hunting for, except the one I want has just the plain red button in the upper left corner, and a lighted dial in the lower left one. Otherwise this has the same racks and everything that my late Aunt Jane's house had in Springfield VA. She moved in July 1973 and the unit was still working for some years after that. House was built in '52 and I never knew exactly for sure when that unit would have been installed. Just based on ads, the one my Aunt had was about a 55-57 model. That really is cool! Best of Luck With It!
Robyn
Arlington, VA

 

[roto204]

*giggle*

You know, that's a really good point about adding a forgotten dish--wow, I never tried it and never realized that, but you're right! Eep!

That'll be so much fun!

As for rinsing the dishes and getting a new dishwasher, I think it's only true if you have a porcelain machine, Jamie...and if my Frigicrap was any example, on modern machines, you're probably better off prerinsing it anyway! :=

 

[jetcone]

The Dishwasher ..

That looks like an Oven!

I bet it would do fish in foil nicely! Maybe thats what it was designed for??