Just how good are dishwashers – please ?

[furkin]

Hi all,
I have never used a dishwasher.
I am disabled & like the idea of having to get to the sink & wash dishes – to help mobility / pain etc.
The problem is that I can’t get chip pans very clean !
I tend to strip them down completely to wash in bits – but this takes me 2 days. Even so called ‘Easy-clean’ models are not easy to clean.
Obviously the body, pan, larger parts do wash o.k,,, but parts around hinges / catches / baskets etc cannot be got at – no matter how much I strip them down.

My question is easy (I hope the answer is !?)
Would a Slimline dishwasher actually clean these impossible to get at places on chip pan & similar items ?

I wil only consider one at all if it does this one task successfully.
I only have room for a Slim-line model. I don’t want to spend a lot, as it will only be used occasionally – so feel free to recommend anything that you have experience of – or any ‘special-offers’ out there.

Cheers all

[kwatt]

Re: Just how good are dishwashers – please ?

Hi Furkin,

No I wouldn’t recommend one simply for that task.

I have a fryer that can be totally stripped and every part of it, bar the electrics and element, can be put in a dishwasher and even using a top flight dishwasher it won’t get it spotless. The reason is, I think, that the grease build-ups are just too heavy for the dishwasher to cope with.

Dishwashers are fantastic appliances and very definitely worth having but tasks like this can defeat them.

HTH

K.

[WhirlpoolQueen]

Re: Just how good are dishwashers – please ?

Hi There,

Just more or less to echo Kwatt’s post, I too would recomend a dishwasher. My present home is a small bungalow and in our kitchen my dishwasher is a bench top (4 place one) and works ok for us. Only snag is if I want to put the pans in, it has to been done in 2 washes, so if you have the space for an 8 place one, go for it says I. My hubby is also disabled with Congestive heart and Kidney Failure and gets very breathless and tired quickly, so for I find it very handy to be able to chuck everything in & it allows me more time with him & at the end of the night, take everything out and put it away. No more tea towels and all that jazz.

Can I suggest these http://www.astonishcleanersweb.co.uk/product/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=27 made by Astonish. They are very good at cleaning chip pans/deep fat fryers & I use them to clean our fryer out.

Good luck with whatever you decide. – WQ 😀

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