Washibilty, I'd say a 18-21 series Hobart Kitchenaids. As far as reliability, well, the 1989 WU-204 has currently outlasted the KDS-19 by 8 years....and without a single repair. Can't go wrong with either machine though!!
The Greatest Cleaning Dishwasher of All Time
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mrcleanjeans
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Years ago.our 1959 RCA Whirlpool FP-50 portable top loader with the Filter Stream
wash system got the dishes cleaner than ANY dishwasher I had ever used. When I used Calgonite (the 12% phosphate formula ) and not the later 8.7% Formula 211 Calgonite with the bonus solid rinse aid,the dishes gleamed like they were buffed with an electric polisher-I kid you not. Consumer Reports was right about that dishwasher,they check rated it and its built -in counterpart as cleaning all but a relatively few test dishes to a "gleaming radiant sparkle." Its cycle design was rinse,wash.rinse,wash,rinse,rinse,dry. The main wash alone was 15 minutes long,triple the time of most machines then with their puny 5 min.wash,then two 1 min.rinses. Yet the cycle was only 45 minutes long,since it did not pause to fill or drain,but kept the motor running all along til the dry cycle which was only 13.5 minutes.How I forgot to bring this DW up a few days ago is beyond me-business I guess,BTW,the built in version had the telephone dial.
wash system got the dishes cleaner than ANY dishwasher I had ever used. When I used Calgonite (the 12% phosphate formula ) and not the later 8.7% Formula 211 Calgonite with the bonus solid rinse aid,the dishes gleamed like they were buffed with an electric polisher-I kid you not. Consumer Reports was right about that dishwasher,they check rated it and its built -in counterpart as cleaning all but a relatively few test dishes to a "gleaming radiant sparkle." Its cycle design was rinse,wash.rinse,wash,rinse,rinse,dry. The main wash alone was 15 minutes long,triple the time of most machines then with their puny 5 min.wash,then two 1 min.rinses. Yet the cycle was only 45 minutes long,since it did not pause to fill or drain,but kept the motor running all along til the dry cycle which was only 13.5 minutes.How I forgot to bring this DW up a few days ago is beyond me-business I guess,BTW,the built in version had the telephone dial.
whirlcool
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The Maytag we purchased last November cleans as good as the early 90's Maytag Jet Clean we had. The build quality is not as heavy duty as the 90's model, but it cleans just as well, which means anything that you put into it will come out totally clean; including food that has been baked onto SS pans with no precleaning.
Behind every sparkle is a G.E....
I don't know, every G.E. I ever had proved that there was one behind every pile of dried-on crumbs in my glasses ;-)
Greg and I guffawed at a 30" Dacor in Nebraska Furniture Mart. Like the Empress, yet another 30" machine designed with 24" wash systems. If you're going to do that, you have to change the racking--or add twin wash-arms--or something!
If I couldn't lay hands on a KitchenAid, my parents' 1978 Whirlpool (with SuperScour!) was a rockstar. 360º filtration, plastic tub and that damned silverware basket in the door, but always a flawless performer. The only bummer about those machines was dodging the wash tower and the very low-hanging upper wash arm. Otherwise, the only thing that came out was clean dishes--including, amazingly, the silverware. (We were meticulous about avoiding overloading or nesting flatware in the basket.)
I don't know, every G.E. I ever had proved that there was one behind every pile of dried-on crumbs in my glasses ;-)
Greg and I guffawed at a 30" Dacor in Nebraska Furniture Mart. Like the Empress, yet another 30" machine designed with 24" wash systems. If you're going to do that, you have to change the racking--or add twin wash-arms--or something!
If I couldn't lay hands on a KitchenAid, my parents' 1978 Whirlpool (with SuperScour!) was a rockstar. 360º filtration, plastic tub and that damned silverware basket in the door, but always a flawless performer. The only bummer about those machines was dodging the wash tower and the very low-hanging upper wash arm. Otherwise, the only thing that came out was clean dishes--including, amazingly, the silverware. (We were meticulous about avoiding overloading or nesting flatware in the basket.)
toggleswitch2
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~she once saw a friend's KitchenAid with a week's full of dirty smelly dishes and roaches and swore that her's would never be like that.
One sentence solution
Find
Rinse Only
Rinse & Hold
on the control panel.
Only caveat, one must prop the door open afterwards or the resulting residual moisture will stink too.
One sentence solution
Find
Rinse Only
Rinse & Hold
on the control panel.
Only caveat, one must prop the door open afterwards or the resulting residual moisture will stink too.
customline
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Well......
That would be my 1957 Westinghouse.
That would be my 1957 Westinghouse.
