Sunday's 5:00 AM Find...KDS-20

[foo123]

How do you rig for transport

Very nice machine.

What is the "best practice" for transporting an older machine like this?

Remove racks - or tape and pack them with blankets or...

And what do you do with the spray arm?

 

[toploader55]

It's Running Right Now

I forgot about how many Pauses on this machine for water
heating !!!

Oh, I'm in Heaven ... Solenois snapping and now it's a full fill for the Main Wash. All that water throwing and the snap for the Main Wash Dtergent Cup.

Yeah, I guess it's almost like Sex !!! LOL

Bob Load tomorrow Night !!!. So far He's running like a dream on "Heavy Wash".

Thanks Guys for all the Warm (Pre Heated) Warm Wishes. !!!

Nothing like the sound of a KitchenAid hard at work

 

[toploader55]

Transporting...

If it's close to home, I don't do much but drive slow and make sure it won't tip over. (Driving Slow will piss anyone off behind me and hopefully they'll look at the Beautiful Machine in my truck wishing they had one or remmber they had one in their childhood). LOL. Long distance, Upright, tied down and wrapped with Pallet Wrap 4 times over to prevent Weather Damage.

 

[toploader55]

OK...

The New Guy is finished running with 3 Clicks of the Rapid Advance Timer, but was feeling lonely on his first night home. So, what else could I do ? Of Course, but bring in Grandma to make him feel at home. (Where I get the Gender things for my machines, I haven't a Clue) !!! I'm such a silly fag ! LOL

 

[pdub]

The coppertone machine looks to be well loved too!

 

[toploader55]

Thanks Mike.

Yes it's a Great Machine for the One Arm Wonder. The KDS 55 is truly a "Dishwasher". Tricky Loading but cleans Great. As for the "New Guy" , They can wash it all. Pots, Pans, Dishes, it's as we know because of the Wash Arm under the Upper Rack.

@ Ben, Thanks for your Compliments. Yup , It's wonderful to find someone that doesn't remove the film.@ paul, Thanks. we'll talk soon

@ Mr. Gansky, The Rapid Advance gives me Goose Bumps aka "Chicken Skin" !!! Although, I'm no Spring Chicken anymore. LOL

@ Drew... I remember and have the pics from the thread of the Black Paneled 19 Dan got.. Great Beautiful Machine. Yup. The 20 is a better machine, but the 19 was good as well, except for the drying which I stated earlier and most agree.

Thanks Everyone for your Kind Comments. It's always fun to find a "Gem".

 

[gadgetgary]

Congrats

Love, love, love my KitchenAid!

 

 

[peteski50]

KitchenAid!

Hi Eddie,
That is one beautiful machine. I like to hear tose clicks also.
Best Wishes,
Peter

 

[toploader55]

The First Sort of Bob Load

Made Pot Roast Last Night.

This Pot went right in. No presoak, No Touch ups, Just right in

 

[toploader55]

The Lid

Right in.

 

[toploader55]

The Rest

Lower Rack

 

[toploader55]

All Three filled with Finish Powder

And used The Soak and Scrub Cycle

 

[toploader55]

Amazing !!!

Spotless, Right Out of the Machine.

 

[toploader55]

Everything Clean and No Yibbles as Well !!!

But you couldn't expect anything less from Hobart !

 

[aldspinboy]

Wow Eddie that is a very cool find !!!

Hey having two spray arms is good thing ...want be so bad without the constant rinse mini-spray port.

That DISH LOAD came out with all flying colors !

I got to send this to my rinseing friends...who thanks the just squart water lol.

Enjoy very nice !

 

 

 

Darren k

 

[retropia]

Have you tried the drying cycle on your KDS-20, and if so, how did it do? One thing I dislike about modern dishwashers is that they don't dry worth a darn, plastics in particular.

 

[mickeyd]

The before and after lid in 39 & 42

tells the whole Kitchen Aid story. Immaculate cleaning. Fabulous!

 

[toploader55]

Drying Cycle.

Yes, I always leave the heat on. The KDS-19 did NOT have a heated dry. Just the fan that pulsed on and off every 5 minutes. The 19 did a terrible job of drying plastic.

This 20 however does a darn good job. But it's rare that Plastics come out Bone Dry on any machine (In my own Opinion).

 

[turquoisedude]

OMG that thing cleans like a champion!  Again, congratulations Eddie - you struck gold there for sure!!

 

[polkanut]

What was said earlier by Allen "Whirlcool" about people feeling it is easier to wash dishes by hand is true of my oldest sister and her husband.  True, they have a BOL Frigidaire/Electrolux dw, but with proper loading I've proven to her that it can do a decent job.  She claims that she can notice a significant jump on their electric & water rates when the dw is used.  Although there may be a slight uptick in electric usage, I've tried to show her that their water consumption would actually decrease, but she's convinced otherwise.  Oh well, I tried. 

 

[retropia]

Does she read Consumer Reports? If so, they've performed tests that show automatic dishwashing uses less water/energy than hand-washing does.

 

[brummybear]

Tetris.

Fantastic finde, all them years of playing tetris as a kid paid off!

 

[whitetub]

I can't believe how clean that pot came out! I am shocked.

Is that a Le creuset pot? I didn't know they were dishwasher safe.

 

[toploader55]

The Pot

@ Whitetub...

It like Le creuset, it's called Chantal and I just got it as a gift. And the tag said "Dishwasher cleaning is NOT recommended".

So of course I did. It did not harm the finish. It is Porcelain Enamel.(The same as the Wash Chamber of the KitchenAid)So I figured "What the Heck ???"

 

[whitetub]

It did a great job. Keep on putting it in then. But I think if there are any part of the pot that is not coated by the enamel, it might rust. Like the top edge of the pot. It must be cast iron underneath the porcelain.

Anyways, great dishwasher. It's sad that they don't build them like that anymore.

 

[beekeyknee]

Fantastic

That's a great find, Eddie.

I found one at Habitat For Humanity last year. It wasn't as nice as yours but by the time I got done with it it almost was. And the great thing about it was, I was wandering through an old local hardware and appliance parts store shortly afterwards and found all kinds of replacement parts. I couldn't believe it. A new wash arm support, four-way hydro-sweep, the original water valves, door gaskets and I can't remember what else. Between those new parts and the parts from our old machines, there's enough to keep a KDS-20 going for a hundred years. But I won't be here to keep 'em going though.

Maybe I can get my nephew interested someday? If you haven't seen it already, it's thread #31983

 

[beekeyknee]

Where do you get Pallet Wrap?

 

[beekeyknee]

Non-Dishwasher Safe

I hate that crap. Washing that stuff by hand when the d/w's half full and then running the machine. Makes me mad. Except for the old cast iron skillets and dutch oven I have, everything else goes in there or it goes in the trash.

 

[toploader55]

Pallet Wrap...

I get it from my Produce Warehouse. (Where I used to work)

As far as Pre Rinse Washing, I never did that. A Dishwasher has to wash dishes. I don't anymore have Cast iron , but most of my Cookoing Utensils are Stainless or Dishwasher Safe in my eyes.

 

[toploader55]

Cycle Buttons...

Here you go Kevin...

Brian, your 20 looks so Handsome with the Stainless Panels.