Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Commercial dishwasher

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Apr 21, 2021, at 2:50 PM, Katie Henry <katie-henry [at] att.net> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone recommend (or advise against) their commercial dishwasher? I 
> checked the archives but the posts all seem to be 10 or 15 years old. This is 
> for a community of 36 homes.

As Joanie says, the discussion is old, but long and nothing has changed. 
Sanitizers are big, loud, and not easy for everyone to use. And service also 
has to be done a commercial service so you are competing with every restaurant 
in the area. I seem to remember that they charged $300 just to come out.

We replaced our Hobart with two highend Kitchenaids and have never looked back. 
Everyone knows how to use a dishwasher. Any of hundreds of service people can 
install and fix them if ever required. They are all but silent. And we never 
have dishes sitting around waiting for someone to fire up the sanitizer. 
(Heating the water takes an hour.)

We also switched from Fiestaware to Corell because it fit better. Maybe a few 
times we had dishes left for anther run after the two were loaded but only 
because they were super large celebration dinners. 43 households, and about 30 
people at a meal?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines, Washington DC
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