Taking her fashion cues from Scarlett O'Hara, this Hotpoint Hostess used the same fashionable fabric for both her curtains and hostess gown.
POD 4-5-24 Hotpoint Dishwasher
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In light of a Carol Burnet skit that mocked GWTW, her husband obviously was hanging about window shopping for a dishwasher and he chose the Hotpoint and wife appropraiately dressed for the dinner partry.
stevet
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How good a job
Did these impeller/bowtie (correct me if they used a different water delivery system) actually do? How would they compare with The KD 10 thru 14 series that Kitchenaid sold at the time and in ensuing years?
And it always fascinates me how the doors, and their locking mechanism and the timers were so similar to each other back then. Some had the bottom mounted timers and some on top or on one side like the POD Hotpoint.
I guess customers were glad to have one full cycle that took away the drudgery of doing the dishes and it was quite a while before multiple cycles were added to most machines in one way or the other.
Did these impeller/bowtie (correct me if they used a different water delivery system) actually do? How would they compare with The KD 10 thru 14 series that Kitchenaid sold at the time and in ensuing years?
And it always fascinates me how the doors, and their locking mechanism and the timers were so similar to each other back then. Some had the bottom mounted timers and some on top or on one side like the POD Hotpoint.
I guess customers were glad to have one full cycle that took away the drudgery of doing the dishes and it was quite a while before multiple cycles were added to most machines in one way or the other.
Went With The Wind
Carol's line was 'I saw it in the window and just had to have it'!
lawrence
Carol's line was 'I saw it in the window and just had to have it'!
lawrence
From what I remember Tomturbomatic commenting over the years, the design of the impeller itself had an impact. I believe he also stated that GE's metal bow-tie impeller was the best. the Westinghouse with the prolonged heater boosted main wash did pretty well too.
Steve, the double washes with heat added boosted the performance of the Hotpoint. It's Bakelite impeller, like all of the Bakelite impellers eroded over time and became less effective.While the KitchenAids had a forceful wash system, the single wash was meant for thoroughly pre-rinsed dishes being loaded into the machine. Hobart used to cite their experience in institutional kitchens in their ads, but institutional kitchens are different from domestic kitchens with hotter water, steam, electric or gas water boosters and fresh soil rinsed off dishes. Even the UM 4 at lunch counters was run fairly continuously during serving hours so the machine relied on stored heat and fresh soil to perform well. The home machine usually started from cold each time and often relied on the dishes being rinsed under the faucet beforehand. My top loading portable has a 5 minute wash and two one minute rinses. When I use it, I stop it after the first wash drains and restart it with a fresh charge of detergent. The second wash is then good and hot.
