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Load up this KitchenAid dishwasher with your after-party plates and pots for efficient, thorough cleaning. Dynamic Wash Arms ensure every surface is covered, while the Clean Water Wash system continuously removes food particles and dirt for a clean rinse. Featuring a pro-style design, this KitchenAid dishwasher boasts a third rack for handling hard-to-place utensils and tools.
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It’s quiet and gets the dishes clean.
It’s also fussy to load and use, makes poor use of lower rack space, and uses more energy than the 25 year old KitchenAid that it replaced. I don’t recommend it.
I deliberately left food residue on dishes and silverware and let it sit for days. Everything was cleaned spotlessly using the recommended PowerWash cycle, and almost totally dried on the heat plus fan cycle except for the bottoms of some cups.
The silverware basket’s slotted cover is fussy to load and unload, with our utensils only fitting in about half of the various-sized slots. We’ve removed the cover. The basket only fits on the side, so the door has to be opened fully to put silverware in most sections of the basket. I wish I could move it to the front and put two rows of plates all the way across behind it.
The recommended three rows of plates illustrated in the manual only works if the plates are less than 7” across. 12 place settings - my foot.
The touch buttons on top of the door are another fussy irritant. It’s hard to close the door without touching one or more of them. Our unit is mounted under a counter with a couple of inches overhang, enough to block the time display when the door is closed.
Our old dishwasher used 0.58 kWh per load, with air dry. Although this one is rated EnergyStar, it uses 0.69 kWh just for the wash cycle. The recommended heat dry puts it up to about 1 kWh.
A big drawback is the lack of a fan-only dry, which would be more efficient than the power-hungry heat dry. If neither of the heat dry options is selected, it leaves the dishes to try to dry inside the sealed cabinet. That said, they got fairly dry once the cabinet was opened, except for the bottoms of cups and mugs which hold some water.
Another irritant: According to the instructions, we’re expected to run the water until hot before starting a cycle on this supposedly “automatic” dishwasher. I wonder if this is to save it from being dinged on EnergyStar’s rating for wasting water or heating power. KitchenAid says it will heat the water somewhat, but my watt meter showed no difference in early cycle heating between a hot and a cold water supply. So you’ve got to either go through a manual step and waste water, or start the wash with cold water. Again, it doesn’t seem to hurt the cleaning power, so my recommendation is to forget this instruction.
My Best Buy number: 3758030220
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Samsung Side-by-Side Refrigerator:It has a metal cooling system with stainless steel paneling to maintain a consistent temperature. The Food ShowCase feature gives you easier access to your food with a two-door system.
Height of refrigerator
Can someone verify that the height is actually 68.66 inches. Some refrigerators have additional mechanisms on top that actually increase the height requirement. I have a fridge cabinet that is 69" off the floor and need to know if that is enough clearance to slide this unit in.
No. The top of the unit is 69 3/4" off the floor on the high side; the other side is about 1/16" less. There are leveling feet we haven't used yet that would make it higher. The front 5" of the unit is about 5/16" higher due to the door hinges. Our cabinet clearance is 70" and it fits comfortably.
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