I wish I had a Roomba like device that would water our house plants. Anyone here can help?
I feel that you need a hydroponics setup instead
A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
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Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#82Does anyone have experience with big industrial dishwashers? We had one at a school I visited, based in an old military barracks. It was about the size of a large fridge, extremely loud (used high pressure) and cleaned dishes spotless in about 15 seconds. I've wanted one of those ever since, along with one of those giant laundromat washing machines with shock absorbers that run a spin cycle in complete silence.
> Does anyone have experience with big industrial dishwashers?
Yes, they're a mainstay for high traffic kitchens. And while the allure of having your dishes pressure washed in 1-3 min cycles sounds cool its actually a much bigger PITA than you can imagine as the maintenance costs on those things is pretty high. In my experience most kitchens don't actually own them, they rent them with a maintenance and supply cost attached to them, which get very costly.
We had to double the capacity of ours in my last kitchen, the problems was that this double sized machine had lots of downtime as the sensors were not reading the cycles correctly, it would randomly shutdown or just freeze, which would create pauses in the middle of service, and this was an old part of town (150 years old?) with tons of other restaurants so the plumbing was less than ideal which created an issue with backups and sudden floods of waste water coming from the machine into the kitchen.
So unless you're regularly hosting banquets in your home and have issues with limited pans, cutlery and flatware I can't see this making any sense and is incredible overkill. The company might love you for the low costs they'll incur, though.
I will say this: after having spent time working in kitchens I really hate doing dishes at home now by hand. But that could be easily solved with just having a domestic sized dishwasher machine and increase my flatware and utensils. Even a high pressure sprayer attachment to a deep sink would make a much bigger improvement and likely save on water as You could just compartmentalize the process.
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#83Does anyone have experience with big industrial dishwashers? We had one at a school I visited, based in an old military barracks. It was about the size of a large fridge, extremely loud (used high pressure) and cleaned dishes spotless in about 15 seconds. I've wanted one of those ever since, along with one of those giant laundromat washing machines with shock absorbers that run a spin cycle in complete silence.
When I used to take part time jobs, I've noticed that the dishwashers in the restaurants are quite different from those used domestically.
Especially for glasses, the job would be done in about 30 seconds, it will come out quite warm and will be ready for re-use as soon as you wipe them (roughly, like for a second or two) with a cloth. Spotless every time.
The plates and everything first go through a larger machine that looks like a carwash for mechanical cleaning, then go to the dishwasher. Comes out hot and ready for use just as quick as with the glasses.
I asked if they use any chemicals and the manager said yes but it was not immediately obvious where they put it and I did not notice any smell, just how water.
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#84I find that recent models of dishwashers don’t work nearly as well as older models. They don’t heat up enough to dry water off of plastic, and the enzyme based detergents don’t seem to clean as well as the old phosphate detergents. Also, the dishwasher in our current apartment (a cheap Whirlpool) often leaves a wet dog smell on the glasses, and we can’t figure out where it comes from or how to get rid of it. Apparent…
As strange as it may sound, it could be because you use a little too much detergent.
I have experienced this. Do you know why this is? It seems very counter-intuitive to me.
Does it have to do with the ratio of water to detergent or something? I have no idea how a dishwasher actually works, is water being recirculated?
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
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Most Bosch washers have adjustable racks. It's great.
How often do you clean the sump filter in your Bosch? If you don't do it often, do you get Error 24?
I've only had to do it once (3yr old machine), maybe every 2 years or so? Never seen error 24; I can just tell by ear when it's slowing because our air-gap seems to amplify the sound of draining water.
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
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Yeah, you're not supposed to put them full of food into the dishwasher. It's not like the thing runs on anti-matter – it's just hot water and soap.
You’re supposed to throw leftovers out before putting dishes in the dishwasher but rinsing before is overkill and greatly reduces both time and environmental gains of using one.
Are there any environmental gains of using a dishwasher?
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#87Does anyone have experience with big industrial dishwashers? We had one at a school I visited, based in an old military barracks. It was about the size of a large fridge, extremely loud (used high pressure) and cleaned dishes spotless in about 15 seconds. I've wanted one of those ever since, along with one of those giant laundromat washing machines with shock absorbers that run a spin cycle in complete silence.
> Does anyone have experience with big industrial dishwashers? Yes, they're a mainstay for high traffic kitchens. And while the allure of having your dishes pressure washed in 1-3 min cycles sounds cool its actually a much bigger PITA than you can imagine as the maintenance costs on those things is pretty high. In my experience most kitchens don't actually own them, they rent them with a maintenance and supply cost a…
This is completely unqualified, but on top of that I'm guessing they're very hard on most household dishes and such.
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
As strange as it may sound, it could be because you use a little too much detergent.
I have experienced this. Do you know why this is? It seems very counter-intuitive to me. Does it have to do with the ratio of water to detergent or something? I have no idea how a dishwasher actually works, is water being recirculated?
Iirc using too much soap prevents the soap from being “absorbed” into the water, causing it to be left behind, including the dirt it grabbed.
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#89I wish I had a Roomba like device that would water our house plants. Anyone here can help?
You need one for each plant, unlike a Roomba, but self-watering planters are a thing (and two dozen of them are probably cheaper than one robot)
Re: A socialite who hated washing dishes invented the automated dishwasher
#90Semi-related: anyone here, like me, not find automated dishwashers very useful? To me it seems to take nearly the same amount of soap exposure, and time at the sink, to wash dishes by hand. Maybe if I needed gloves, I'd get frustrated with the smell your hands take on from dishgloves, but honestly washing dishes (particularly dishes that aren't precious) is pretty easy.
Same. I live alone. I have a spot for a dishwasher under my counter, and I could afford one, but I've chosen not to own one. The problem is that there are many things you can't wash in the dishwasher, and it often does a poor job, you have to pre-rinse some things. At the end of the day, it's like, whatever, I can spend 5 minutes a day washing dishes. But I agree with others, it might make more sense when you have a…
Even with a family it's not that bad. The worst items are pots and pans but dishwashers don't do a great job on them anyway.