No I'm not missing out, again the Power Cleans (which I've in fact used) were good but not convincing enough for me to switch over because of the noise. Not to mention I'd rather not get a used dishwasher for my kitchen unless if I had no choice. My KitchenAid works just as well as a Power Clean since I've used them both long enough (I always thought they were just called Whirlpool Gold instead of Power Clean). Here's why I prefer pre rinsing my dishes out. I run my dishwasher about once a week. By loading the soiled dishes inside and letting it sit for a while before running is what's causing the smell, worse than letting the dishes sit in the sink. While my KitchenAid has yet had a clog (and based on the design it doesn't look like it would), I'm not risking clogging it since I'm no expert on taking apart or repairing dishwashers and I'm certainly not paying to have someone unclog it. I had to have someone come out long distance to fix my apartment Crosley dishwasher when it got clogged more than once by not pre rinsing. And last but not least, by pre rinsing I'm letting my faucet bleed out the cold water on the dishes before it gets hot enough to start the dishwasher since by starting it I'm already getting hot water which I like. By doing all of that I'm pretty sure that still saved more water than what our first dishwasher used, one of those models where it filled like 15 gallons I think. In the end here, everybody can use and do what they prefer. I'm doing what some other members like Tim (wayupnorth) do with their dishes and I'll also stick with quieter dishwashers.
