Hello dear forum members,
Please excuse the somewhat anecdotal style at the beginning of this post. The underlying question is genuinely serious.
My partner and I recently visited a kitchen specialist retailer. Apart from the fact that all the warnings regarding the budget proved true (15,000 EUR instead of 10,000 EUR), it was a pleasant experience.
During the initial discussion, the topic eventually turned to dishwashers and how ours is almost always full, either with dirty or clean dishes. The kitchen fitter joked that we might need two. We laughed and continued planning as usual, of course with just one.
A few days later, I’m still thinking about it. There might actually be something to it.
You load the dishwasher until it’s full, and when it finally finishes after about 2 hours, you unload everything only to put dishes back in 15 minutes later, which then get used again and put back in another 15 minutes later.
In our case, it often happens that we take half of the dishes directly from the dishwasher for immediate use. When the dishwasher really needs to be emptied, it’s usually because there’s new used crockery, and by then, there isn’t much left inside.
Could it actually make sense to have two dishwashers from this perspective? You save one unloading process into cabinets that, it feels, only store half of the dishes they’re meant to hold anyway. A dishwasher with two pull-out racks and a cutlery tray already offers quite a bit of capacity. Two wouldn’t take up that much more space or be that much more expensive...
This mainly applies to regularly used dishes, cutlery, and “normal” pans and pots.
Specialty cookware like the asparagus pot and crepe pan would still have to be put away normally.
Aside from the fact that it goes against all traditional habits...
Is this a crazy idea or a concept worth considering?
Good luck
Tolentino
Please excuse the somewhat anecdotal style at the beginning of this post. The underlying question is genuinely serious.
My partner and I recently visited a kitchen specialist retailer. Apart from the fact that all the warnings regarding the budget proved true (15,000 EUR instead of 10,000 EUR), it was a pleasant experience.
During the initial discussion, the topic eventually turned to dishwashers and how ours is almost always full, either with dirty or clean dishes. The kitchen fitter joked that we might need two. We laughed and continued planning as usual, of course with just one.
A few days later, I’m still thinking about it. There might actually be something to it.
You load the dishwasher until it’s full, and when it finally finishes after about 2 hours, you unload everything only to put dishes back in 15 minutes later, which then get used again and put back in another 15 minutes later.
In our case, it often happens that we take half of the dishes directly from the dishwasher for immediate use. When the dishwasher really needs to be emptied, it’s usually because there’s new used crockery, and by then, there isn’t much left inside.
Could it actually make sense to have two dishwashers from this perspective? You save one unloading process into cabinets that, it feels, only store half of the dishes they’re meant to hold anyway. A dishwasher with two pull-out racks and a cutlery tray already offers quite a bit of capacity. Two wouldn’t take up that much more space or be that much more expensive...
This mainly applies to regularly used dishes, cutlery, and “normal” pans and pots.
Specialty cookware like the asparagus pot and crepe pan would still have to be put away normally.
Aside from the fact that it goes against all traditional habits...
Is this a crazy idea or a concept worth considering?
Good luck
Tolentino
I would find it a shame to sacrifice cupboard storage for that. I think you can fit a lot more in a 60cm (24 inch) cupboard than in a 60cm (24 inch) dishwasher. If I remember correctly, your kitchen isn’t very large either. It’s better to invest a bit more money in a good dishwasher. For example, Miele offers Quick Power Wash cycles, so the dishwasher finishes quite quickly (for instance, during lunch).
Everyone uses it differently. In our case, no one has ever unloaded the dishwasher halfway. When the cycle is finished (it takes 1 hour for us), it is unloaded after cooling down, which is quite quick. If there were two dishwashers, no one would know which one contains the dirty dishes and which one is half full of clean dishes. You would constantly open both dishwashers, easily mix things up, and get the dishes confused.
Best regards
Sabine
Best regards
Sabine
Curly schrieb:
Then no one knows which dishwasher has the dirty dishes and which one is half full of clean dishes. This leads to people opening two dishwashers constantly, mixing things up, and confusing the dishes.That is a valid point!
However, one could agree that the dishwasher with the light on means it’s finished (clean), and the one without the light means it needs to be loaded...
But yes, I believe there is the logistical problem that the fill level and availability of the dirty and clean dishwashers won’t work just in time...
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