"Bob Load" is a honorific given to dishwasher loads that go above and beyond the usual loading of a dishwasher. Every nook and cranny is exploited and more dishes per load are accomodated.
Well, I wouldn't claim to be in the Bob Loader league, but I have often managed to load my Bosch 43c to the hilt. Including cat food dishes (bowls, really, of the Corning Corelle persuasion) with dried on remnants of various odiferous feline treats, mainly Friskies canned.
Meanwhile I've noticed residual odors in the dishwasher. These became more common when I switched from phosphated powder to the new non-phosphated Finish tabs. For light to medium loads, they seemed to work well enough. Then I started noticing that nastly smell again. It's enough to make drinking a recently dishwashed glass of filtered water unpleasant. Even though the Bosch is set to "Sanitize" every load, the off aromas persisted. I would religiously clean the manual clean filter, but this didn't seem to help.
Finally I got a clue. I switched back to powder and loaded the somewhat undersized Bosch detergent compartment fully. So much that extra powder crunched as the lid was slid closed.
Since then, no more off odors from the dishwasher. And I figure the bacteria load is lower, as well.
So a warning to Bob Loaders. If you have a Euro dishwasher, with a small detergent dispenser, you may need to load it fully before running a load that many would say is an overload. Or a load of stinky pet food bowls.
Result: no more stinky loads. And I have noticed any hazing of glassware, either, which can be a concern.
Meanwhile I've discovered I can squeeze two Finish tabs into the detergent compartment. I run the next load like that, complete with stinky cat food bowls, to see if the lack of phosphates isn't the cause of the odors. We'll see!
I've noticed that older American design dishwashers seem to have larger detergent compartments, and many older designs have a space for adding pre-wash detergent. The Bosch has no such provision, and the manual advises against adding detergent outside the timed dispenser. Probably because the machine is programmed to do a series of quick hot rinses to flush away food debris before opening up the detergent compartment about 30 minutes into the entire wash cycle (which lasts about an hour and 10 minutes, I think). More modern American dishwashers however may have done away with (dispensed!) with the pre-wash, I don't know.
Oh, and the water here is relatively soft (2 to 5 grains, depending on season).
Well, I wouldn't claim to be in the Bob Loader league, but I have often managed to load my Bosch 43c to the hilt. Including cat food dishes (bowls, really, of the Corning Corelle persuasion) with dried on remnants of various odiferous feline treats, mainly Friskies canned.
Meanwhile I've noticed residual odors in the dishwasher. These became more common when I switched from phosphated powder to the new non-phosphated Finish tabs. For light to medium loads, they seemed to work well enough. Then I started noticing that nastly smell again. It's enough to make drinking a recently dishwashed glass of filtered water unpleasant. Even though the Bosch is set to "Sanitize" every load, the off aromas persisted. I would religiously clean the manual clean filter, but this didn't seem to help.
Finally I got a clue. I switched back to powder and loaded the somewhat undersized Bosch detergent compartment fully. So much that extra powder crunched as the lid was slid closed.
Since then, no more off odors from the dishwasher. And I figure the bacteria load is lower, as well.
So a warning to Bob Loaders. If you have a Euro dishwasher, with a small detergent dispenser, you may need to load it fully before running a load that many would say is an overload. Or a load of stinky pet food bowls.
Result: no more stinky loads. And I have noticed any hazing of glassware, either, which can be a concern.
Meanwhile I've discovered I can squeeze two Finish tabs into the detergent compartment. I run the next load like that, complete with stinky cat food bowls, to see if the lack of phosphates isn't the cause of the odors. We'll see!
I've noticed that older American design dishwashers seem to have larger detergent compartments, and many older designs have a space for adding pre-wash detergent. The Bosch has no such provision, and the manual advises against adding detergent outside the timed dispenser. Probably because the machine is programmed to do a series of quick hot rinses to flush away food debris before opening up the detergent compartment about 30 minutes into the entire wash cycle (which lasts about an hour and 10 minutes, I think). More modern American dishwashers however may have done away with (dispensed!) with the pre-wash, I don't know.
Oh, and the water here is relatively soft (2 to 5 grains, depending on season).
