The Waste-King Universal dishwasher has been saved!

[rinso]

Congrats Paul. My aunt and uncle had a freestanding Waste King in white. I remember thinking that the control knob on theirs was shaped like a bow tie. It had the three cycles shown above. (Pre-Wash, Pots & Pans, and Full Cycle) It only had the lower arm, but the racks were well-designed. It also had the infamous detergent dispenser that pivoted and tipped between pre-wash and wash using two water compartments, one side with a small drain hole. Being a freestanding model, it was ultra loud, letting you know how hard it was working. It washed and dried flawlessly.

 

[appnut]

An observation just made

Paul, did you realize the timer dial on your actual machine, the color combination/contrast is very different than the dishwasher that's pictured on the front of the Use & Care manual?  That timer dial mimics/coordinates the two colors of the display light on the left when it's illuminated.  And that's what our timer dial looked like.  

 

[sudsomatic]

Awesome!

Congrats again Paul. It's a beauty. Glad you got the shipping worked out.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Bowls can go in the corners of the lower rack behind the pins.

 

[hippiedoll]

Tomturbomatic:

Thanks for your answer regarding the bowls going in the corners of the lower rack. It just seems like if there is dinner plates in their proper places, bowls couldn't fit in the corners?

I guess I'd have to see it loaded for myself, to see that they will/do fit.
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[appnut]

Christina, I  can assure you, they did.  Not soon after we moved into the new house (and had brought this dishwasher with us), my mom & 2 neighbors got a first suburban grand opening special at our major department store with Johnson Brothers Regency dishes.  The cereal bowls fit perfectly in the corners.  Put dinner plates going down the center  (both sides of center "hole") and then put salad plates  and similar small items on the two rows facing to the center from the two sides.  The little fruit bowls fit perfectly toward the center loops too.  I still have those same dishes and are used as my every day dishes.  They have fit easily in every dishwasher I've had from college to 47 years later to today.  Those dishes are how I judge how every other dish design fits as easily into a dishwasher.  And given today's dishware with their small mnixing bowls for cereal and soup bowls, wastes a lot of space.  

 

[tomturbomatic]

There is a POD that is a Waste King ad that shows stuff in the racks. While it is not a bird's eye view, you can get some idea of how things would fit. Watch for it

 

The top loading portable was totally different with bed of nails racks and the orange Z-shaped washarm.

 

[chachp]

Since I couldn't have the dishwasher....

 

<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">I downloaded the user manual.  Here are a couple of snaps of the racks loaded.  Also, looks like it heats the wash water too.</span>

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[tomturbomatic]

Thank you very much. Nice that they gave the warning about blocking water to the upper rack.

 

[nmassman44]

So if one does the math here, that one arm wonder puts out about 60 gallons per minute to wash the load. That is impressive, but I am wondering how well it would do washing a grubby unrinsed load...just scrape, load and go..

 

[hippiedoll]

Thank you...

Appnut/Bob, Tomturbomatic/Tom, Chachp/Ralph;
For your replies, experiences, and pictures.
Reading and seeing your guys' replies is enjoyable and also educational for me.
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