Double dishwashers

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

Huh? Do you need two?

My dad has 2 and he'd always talked about it when I was a kid. It's nice
when we have a family get together the dishes get done up really fast, but
the rest of the time I have no clue why he has 2 dishwashers for him and my
mother.

Lynne

"So'n'so" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

On Sun 04 Dec 2005 07:26:40p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it So'n'so?

Quoted message said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

Are you referring to the dish drawers, one above the other? There is
essentially no increased capacity, and it does somewhat limit the size of
items you can put in them compared to a full size machine. However, it does
give you the ability to split loads.

If you're referring to having two conventional dishwashers, then I'm all for
it. I absolutely refuse to wash anything by hand that could be washed in the
dishwasher. Most nights I could easily fill or nearly fill two dishwashers.
As it is, some things simply remain in the sink until the first load is done.
Then I reload and wash again. That's a PITA, but less of one than washing by
hand, IMHO.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

We have two dishdrawers for just my husband and I. We replaced our old
full sized dishwasher with dishdrawers as we thought the smaller loads
would be more suited to two people. We use one or both at least once a
day, and find it really good. I often entertain and have both going at
once.

We bought Fisher & Paykel dishdrawers. However, I have read they are
prone to problems, though so far so good for us.

In article <[email hidden]>,

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

I have a double dishwasher...
It's two stainless steel sinks and a pair of hands. ;-)

I wash dishes twice per day and each time it only takes 5 minutes,
including putting away the clean dry ones.

IMHO dishwashers are a waste of space, water and electricity,
especially since there are only two of us.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

kalanamak said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you're referring to having two conventional dishwashers, then I'm all
for

Quoted message said:

I have days when the dishwasher goes all day long....I'd love to have
one to fill with stuff that doesn't need the bejesus scrubbed out of it,
and one for the pots and pans, etc.

Sounds good, but I have a lot of kitchen priorities that come before it.
Just having a builtin dishwasher would be nice. Our dishwasher works
fine, but when it's running, we have no faucet and no sink. The stove
isn't too bad, but the dishwasher pretty much occupies the whole
kitchen, and cooking is not a plan, at least not much.

Of course, this is all really academic for me. I quit my job in August,
and any kind of kitchen upgrade isn't going to happen.

--
Dan Abel
[email hidden]
Petaluma, California, USA

On Mon 05 Dec 2005 03:06:20a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dan Abel?

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

kalanamak said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you're referring to having two conventional dishwashers, then I'm
all for

Quoted message said:

I have days when the dishwasher goes all day long....I'd love to have
one to fill with stuff that doesn't need the bejesus scrubbed out of
it, and one for the pots and pans, etc.

Sounds good, but I have a lot of kitchen priorities that come before it.
Just having a builtin dishwasher would be nice. Our dishwasher works
fine, but when it's running, we have no faucet and no sink. The stove
isn't too bad, but the dishwasher pretty much occupies the whole
kitchen, and cooking is not a plan, at least not much.

Of course, this is all really academic for me. I quit my job in August,
and any kind of kitchen upgrade isn't going to happen.

Did you retire, Dan, or just get fed up?

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

aem said:

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

Huh? Do you need two?

The two dishwasher is another questionable "Euro" trend. The idea is
that you play dishwasher ping-pong and don't bother with putting the
dishes away in the cabinets. Just take what you need from the current
clean dishwasher and then put the dirty dishes into the other.

When the dirty is full and the clean is empty you run the dirty one and
it becomes the clean. Of course this is a trend from the land(s) where
people take kitchen cabinets with them when they move and where the
"Euro" frameless cabinet design originated (they're cheaper and flimsier
than face frame cabinets).

Pete C.

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

I have a double dishwasher...
It's two stainless steel sinks and a pair of hands. ;-)

I wash dishes twice per day and each time it only takes 5 minutes,
including putting away the clean dry ones.

IMHO dishwashers are a waste of space, water and electricity,
especially since there are only two of us.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Dishwashers do a better job of washing dishes than hand washing and
generally use less water doing it. They clean at a higher temperature
than you could by hand, unless you like third degree burns and by the
time you've filled a sink basin with soapy water and one with rinse
water, you've used as much as the dishwasher does if not more. If you
run the water for the rinse you will use more water than the dishwasher.

Pete C.

Pete C. said:

Dishwashers do a better job of washing dishes than hand washing and
generally use less water doing it. They clean at a higher temperature
than you could by hand, unless you like third degree burns and by the
time you've filled a sink basin with soapy water and one with rinse
water, you've used as much as the dishwasher does if not more. If you
run the water for the rinse you will use more water than the dishwasher.

Pete C.

And you don't have to look at dirty dishes or drying dishes sitting
around, as you can tuck the dirty ones into the DW until ready to wash.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Pete C. said:

aem said:

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able to
split loads?

Huh? Do you need two?

The two dishwasher is another questionable "Euro" trend. The idea is
that you play dishwasher ping-pong and don't bother with putting the
dishes away in the cabinets. Just take what you need from the current
clean dishwasher and then put the dirty dishes into the other.

When the dirty is full and the clean is empty you run the dirty one and
it becomes the clean. Of course this is a trend from the land(s) where
people take kitchen cabinets with them when they move and where the
"Euro" frameless cabinet design originated (they're cheaper and flimsier
than face frame cabinets).

Pete C.

This would be perfect for my sister and her family. ;-)
They constantly fight over who "washes" the dishes, (puts away and loads
the dishwashers). This way, neither one of them would ever have to do it
and they would not constantly have a sink full of dishes!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Pete C. said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

So'n'so said:

Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able
to
split loads?

I have a double dishwasher...
It's two stainless steel sinks and a pair of hands. ;-)

I wash dishes twice per day and each time it only takes 5 minutes,
including putting away the clean dry ones.

IMHO dishwashers are a waste of space, water and electricity,
especially since there are only two of us.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

Dishwashers do a better job of washing dishes than hand washing and
generally use less water doing it.

Disagree. Not when there are only TWO of us! Might be different with a
family of teenagers.

Quoted message said:

They clean at a higher temperature
than you could by hand, unless you like third degree burns and by the
time you've filled a sink basin with soapy water and one with rinse
water, you've used as much as the dishwasher does if not more. If you
run the water for the rinse you will use more water than the dishwasher.

I use a wash basin that holds about 1 gallon.
You do NOT need high temps to kill germs.
That's what dish soap is for.

Quoted message said:

Pete C.

--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Disagree. Not when there are only TWO of us! Might be different with a
family of teenagers.

Oh each to his/her own Om! We are just two but I love my dishwasher🙂

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Pete C. said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"So'n'so" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Anybody have any experience thoughts on theses? Is it worth being able
> to
> split loads?
>
>

I have a double dishwasher...
It's two stainless steel sinks and a pair of hands. ;-)

I wash dishes twice per day and each time it only takes 5 minutes,
including putting away the clean dry ones.

IMHO dishwashers are a waste of space, water and electricity,
especially since there are only two of us.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

Dishwashers do a better job of washing dishes than hand washing and
generally use less water doing it.

Disagree. Not when there are only TWO of us! Might be different with a
family of teenagers.

Quoted message said:

They clean at a higher temperature
than you could by hand, unless you like third degree burns and by the
time you've filled a sink basin with soapy water and one with rinse
water, you've used as much as the dishwasher does if not more. If you
run the water for the rinse you will use more water than the dishwasher.

I use a wash basin that holds about 1 gallon.

Check the water consumption ratings on current dishwashers, it's less
than you think.

Quoted message said:

You do NOT need high temps to kill germs.
That's what dish soap is for.

Soap doesn't kill germs. Some detergents have additives that do. The hot
water does a better job of removing cooked on / baked on food remnants.

Pete C.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Pete C.

--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

I saw a show on HGTV several years ago hosted by Joan Cohn (I believe
that was her last name, not sure about the spelling). She was in
Chicago and was touring a woman's spectacular kosher kitchen in a
highrise ($$$$) apartment. The lady was Orthodox Jew and this kitchen
was enormous!! She had two dishwashers and one was for dairy products
only and the other was for meats. Two separate refrigerators for the
same reason plus dairy and non-dairy dishware. Needless to say she had
upper and lower cabinet space galore. For some reason I've always
remembered that episode.

On Mon 05 Dec 2005 11:10:26a, itsjoannotjoann wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

I saw a show on HGTV several years ago hosted by Joan Cohn (I believe
that was her last name, not sure about the spelling). She was in
Chicago and was touring a woman's spectacular kosher kitchen in a
highrise ($$$$) apartment. The lady was Orthodox Jew and this kitchen
was enormous!! She had two dishwashers and one was for dairy products
only and the other was for meats. Two separate refrigerators for the
same reason plus dairy and non-dairy dishware. Needless to say she had
upper and lower cabinet space galore. For some reason I've always
remembered that episode.

I remember that episode. IIRC, she basically had back-to-back mirror image
kitchens.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:22:09 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, kalanamak
<[email hidden]> chugged a warm can of Schlitz and belched forth
mightily:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you're referring to having two conventional dishwashers, then I'm all for
it. I absolutely refuse to wash anything by hand that could be washed in the
dishwasher. Most nights I could easily fill or nearly fill two dishwashers.
As it is, some things simply remain in the sink until the first load is done.
Then I reload and wash again. That's a PITA, but less of one than washing by
hand, IMHO.

I have days when the dishwasher goes all day long....I'd love to have
one to fill with stuff that doesn't need the bejesus scrubbed out of it,
and one for the pots and pans, etc.

Ever heard of a sink or tub of hot soapy water, some rubber gloves, a
Brillo pad and some elbow grease? Lazy [censored].
--
we're all stars now, in the dope show...

projectile vomit chick said:

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:22:09 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, kalanamak
<[email hidden]> chugged a warm can of Schlitz and belched forth
mightily:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

If you're referring to having two conventional dishwashers, then I'm all for
it. I absolutely refuse to wash anything by hand that could be washed in the
dishwasher. Most nights I could easily fill or nearly fill two dishwashers.
As it is, some things simply remain in the sink until the first load is done.
Then I reload and wash again. That's a PITA, but less of one than washing by
hand, IMHO.

I have days when the dishwasher goes all day long....I'd love to have
one to fill with stuff that doesn't need the bejesus scrubbed out of it,
and one for the pots and pans, etc.

Ever heard of a sink or tub of hot soapy water, some rubber gloves, a
Brillo pad and some elbow grease? Lazy [censored].

Not only are they lazy [censored], those two have clearly demonstrated
that they possess the typical tenant mentality, neither has ever lived
in their own house., they're lifelong chronic renters.

Sheldon