Last Word In Automatic Dishwashing (1950)

[@117aparkey]

It basically works like commercial dishwashers in restaurants work. Super hot water, high pressure, and high flow. The water gets the dishes so hot it evaporates on its own.

[@jimm6386]

GE used to make portable dishwashers similar to this one - it loaded from the top. When the lid was opened the top rack would split into two sections and raise with the top itself exposing the larger area below for dishes. The one I had was copper colored with a redwood butcher block top - and it had a well all around the lid for collection of carved meat juices. GE also made some portable round looking dishwashers in the late 1940's - sort of looked like a round wringer washer tub with a lid that just lifted off . The top rack (all stainless steel) could be lifted out completely from the inside, exposing the area below for larger dishes and pots and pans. The top rack was for glasses and cups. Detergent was dumped in like you would a washer, the lid was placed back on and you'd hook up the hot water to a hose fitting that was like those rinse hoses you'd find for bathtubs years ago. And the drain was like any other washer drain hose, just hung over the sink. It was either on or off. Took 15 minutes.

[@JRR0013]

I would love to have my dishwasher waist high so I don't have to keep stooping over. I'd love this thing! Old appliances are soooo cool.

[@leslielewis7286]

We had one of these when I was a kid! It didn't hold a lot. You had to bend over to get the plates down in the bottom part-I remember it was tricky. Then the hose had to be hooked up to the sink faucet. What a disaster if it wasn't connected all the way and the water sprayed all over the kitchen! We still washed all the pots and pans by hand (actually, I STILL wash the pots and pans by hand!), but at least we didn't have to do the plates and glasses and silverware. It was a modern marvel for us. Someone moved and gave it to us in about '65, so by the time we got this 50's model it was old, but better than nothin'!

[@leslielewis7286]

Ours was on wheels and had to be hooked to the sink.

[@soap1919jt]

This just proves that there is nothing new under the sun. Many dishwashers on today's market have many of the same features that this model had. Much of today's dishwasher technology has long existed. At 185 degrees, anything would come clean, and fast. Very few modern dishwashers run at this temp. Even with temp boost, most only average 140 to 155 degrees. Love this! What a fantastic video. Very interesting!

[@lightblueseaglass]

These older dishwashers worked much better. They did use more water, but the spray was stronger, and they ran hotter. Unless you had hard water, water spots weren’t very common.

[@berenicemarchese1593]

That dishwasher looks so nice. Wish it was still on the market.

[@ClareAngel78]

It is so much faster and cleans so much better than dishwashers you can buy now and this was in 1950. They should bring this back and start selling it again all over the world.x

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

Clare Doherty (no if thay do thay wold cheapin the fuck out of it un till it was as slow and terable as the ones today..thay wold also try to make it 'smart' an that wold faill as well...when will ppl lern that some times sempel is beater then complex.......

[@ClareAngel78]

Probably true they don't make things to last these days they make them to break down after a year or two not like they did back then when things were made to last a lifetime

[@Ori-lp2fm]

Much less room in those lol… my bush dish washer does a fantastic job. Always go with a brand name. Always put cleaner and that acid in the right side. Don’t forget to put the dishwasher salt too… and use the machine cleaning mode once few months

[@chocoboasylum]

They sure knew how to design things. That thing looks great.

[@jgg204]

wow this looks like it would clean A LOT better than the garbage today

[@rahilraza1344]

Lol

[@lynnlRDR-RDR2]

Appliances back then were beautiful just in there looks

[@moboutmen]

I'm jumping into this film......and staying there.

[@naturalNstylish]

Amazing! We need that dishwasher now!!

[@Bebe7077]

Love, love, love, love, love all your '50s videos. Give us more, please.

[@ClareAngel78]

I really really really want one of these

[@theseriousaccount]

damn, i wish my modern dishwasher was this fast...

[@kerryincolumbus]

Modern dishwashers are made to work slower because they use less water (thanks to all the liberal tree huggers) and therefore aren't as powerful as the older models. This particular dishwasher used a LOT of water but it got the job done faster and because the water is super-charged to almost boiling hot, it gets them cleaner than today's pieces-of-junk dishwasher never could!

[@rahilraza1344]

Older dish washers and same goes with washing machines were quick but they also use alot of water too so they both have there pros and cons pretty much i had a bosch i believe 1994 dishwasher and it did the main wash in 10 minutes total but it did used more water a total of 8-10 gallons per cycle . Overall it was good we used it every 3-4 days or so and it lasted good we got rid of it at 2023 when we remodeled the kitchen and got a midea brand new one

[@vdc4431]

Seriously, why aren't modern dishwashers made like this? It would be so easy on the back. And, my dog wouldn't try to lick the inside.

[@kerryincolumbus]

Modern dishwashers are made to work slower because they use less water (thanks to all the liberal tree huggers) and therefore aren't as powerful as the older models. This particular dishwasher used a LOT of water but it got the job done faster, and because the water is super-charged to almost boiling hot, it gets them cleaner than today's pieces-of-junk dishwasher never could!

[@meg-k-waldren]

Top load dishwasher. Love it.

[@MTLeopold]

Wow. I'm sold. Mine takes 2 to 4 hours ("smart" sensor) and doesn't do anything. We just wash them by hand and use it as a drying rack. Just a thought for all the people like my wife the complain about "wasting water", it RECYCLES the water! Just like a clothes washer fills then uses that same water until the next cycle. Dish washers cycle the same water through the jets over and over until the cycle is done. Don't listen to the jets, listen for the drain pump and the sound of the water in the sink drain. And as far as that goes, pretty sure one 9 minute cycle uses less water then hours of smart cycle "sensing".

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

Mike Loepold (wow mine only takes 45mins +10 for drying and mine is older an falling apart xp the newer washers are geting super slowe and shity,.in boath quality and functionality xp

[@frothe42]

I have a portable dishwasher, just like my parents had over 50 years ago. Everything I put in, from dirty plates to coffee cups, all sitting for several days. I use Seventh Generation dishwasher detergent, natural rinse agent. Never rinsed. Most come out crystal clear clean. It takes longer now, but I don't mind, everything is clean if and when I need it.

[@tracegates8841]

So the lesson here is that it takes one housewife or three men to load a dishwasher.

[@latui7350]

+Trace Gates You made me lol out loud at work with this comment x3

[@nerdybookluv1312]

lol

[@robertknight4672]

I wish my modern dishwasher could hold small cups like that, small cups love to turn upside-down on me.

[@fatimahhussain8735]

Robert Knight you are supposed to do that in the dishwasher. Personally I don't mind washing dishes by hand because I don't like the rings and spots on my dishes.

[@ranns2805]

I have a new dishwasher, 3 levels I always scrape my dishes before putting in DW. My dishwasher takes 45 min to was, then rinse and dry. Total about 1 hr. Love it!

[@thistlemoon1]

I love this! My kitchen is small and there’s no room to have a dishwasher door open even just long enough to load or unload dishes.

[@auaiao9]

Poor mom, she's exhausted. Someone help her, please.

[@alterman156channel]

Though the machine might have worked O.K. , the capacity was limited. True it might have done a load of dishes quickly. The front loading dishwashers that were around then were much better. One example at the time was the KitchenAid KD-10 series dishwashers by Hobart. They could hold a service of 8. The machine was loaded from the front. Not only did it wash the dishes, it dried them too. The machine used 9 1/3 gallons of water (good for the time) and got the job done in 43 minutes. That design was used right up to the KD-12 series dishwashers that were manufactured until 1960. The same washing mechanics were used in the KD-14 (there was no KD-13 series dishwashers) series dishwashers, but they started to have multiple cycles which eliminated the simple design of the earlier machines. The KitchenAid KD-15 series dishwashers went to a new design for the wash arm and the latch was changed to the design where it pulled up to open the door of the machine. This design was used for many years. At the time the Mullins machine was manufactured, appliance manufacturers were trying many designs. Some worked. Some failed. In 1950, the automatic dishwasher was evolving since it was new. Within a few years or so, the designs that did not work were discontinued by the manufacturers. Even if the machine did a good job in washing the dishes, it might have failed because it was inconvenient to use. Also other designs proved to be better so it was decided not to continue the production of that particular design. Later, Youngstown Kitchens went to a conventional front loading dishwasher which used the jet tower design except that the "tower" was horizontal instead of vertical. Whether it worked well is a matter of conjecture. However, it had greater capacity than the earlier top loading design and it probably was a better dishwasher overall. The top loading machines were limited to the portable models perhaps starting by the mid-1950s and in time, front loading portable models became the rule.

[@moonyewtree8890]

Well that's progress for you. My 2019 dishwasher takes four hours and doesn't get dishes clean unless they are totally rinsed.

[@monamiroy3856]

I also feel like today's dishwashers are not as convenient as this one -- except that there is some clean up afterwards. I wish we had a top loading one as well

[@leslielewis7286]

We had one of these when I was a kid. The kitchen was small and it took up a lot of room, but my mom was just happy to not have to wash dishes for a family of 5, three times a day, every day. (We rarely went out to eat.)

[@susiethomas6909]

I want one of these dishwashers!

[@CreatingwithWinglessAngel]

We didn't have a dishwasher until 1978 but it was a top loading type.

[@TheIndustrialphreak]

We need to re-evaluate our past and figure out what we need to do to re-apply these principles in our modern world. #1. Efficiency. #2. Practicality. #3. Durability. The fact is a good deal of these older machiens probably still work to this day. and if there not it will probably be rather easy to get them to work again.

[@mastersnet18]

So it's not just my imagination that dishwashers are much worse now than they used to be?

[@EricaYE6]

My thoughts exactly.

[@lovebirds420]

Am very interest to see this kind of video's am so glad

[@818Dimples]

I had a Maytag dishwasher that lasted over 20 years +.

[@roberts459]

Sybil-Roxanne Clemons my current dishwasher is a tappen it's over 40 years old and still works.

[@simonsteam]

9 minutes? Christ we are going backwards mine takes an hour!

[@WilliamDeanPlumbing]

Dear Santa.....

[@nerdybookluv1312]

I love the description it's the honest truth.

[@UpDownMichelle]

9 and 3/4 minutes??? My dishwasher runs on a NINETY minute cycle!

[@gladitsnotme]

I want one of these! Seems like a better design than today's leaky crap that doesn't even get stuff clean, and you have to break your neck and back to load.

[@leslielewis7286]

No! If the hose wasn't connected right it would blast off and the whole kitchen would get sprayed. It took up half the kitchen. You had to bend over to get the plates in the bottom and it didn't hold a lot. We had one, back in the day! It was helpful psychologically. In reality, we had to rinse the dishes super clean before we put them in and we still washed all the pans by hand. In the end the dishes had to be put away, which was always my least favorite part of doing dishes (still is.)

[@soap1919jt]

The detergent and the 185 degree temperature would break down the grease, and wash it away.

[@Eszra]

I don't even use my dishwasher. It was a waste of time. I do everything by hand and it's no problem at all. A dishwasher is good to have for parties and sanitizing, pretty much that's it.

[@Eszra]

***** I do, and I really wish I didn't have so much.

[@CMCNestT]

That is all a crappy dishwasher is for. That is what they sell mostly at Sears, Home Depot and Lowes. A good dishwasher with good detergent actually washes soiled dishes.

[@epiphany55]

We don't even have a food waste disposer in 2015!

[@AsloAso]

Yes we do, idiot. Google: Waste King, Franke waste disposal and insinkerator

[@epiphany55]

Aslo Aso I meant my family. "Idiot".

[@AsloAso]

epiphany55. You sound rather stupid as of now for calling me the idiot, when you can't own up for leaving out the word "family" in your original sentence.. People these days. Face-palm.

[@epiphany55]

Aslo Aso I'm so, so sorry.

[@opencurtin]

And it left far more time for bed room activities .

[@nerdybookluv1312]

😉

[@abigailstars2013]

Mortimer 😂😂😂

[@nickblackburn1903]

That is genius, incorporating it into the sink unit, modern appliances are just so soulless and "off the shelf"

[@mohammedal-suraihi6733]

Man.. I'm so surprised, this was in the 50's it seems more efficient that today's dishwashers. am I right ?

[@Thedonsmoney25823]

9:36 disposer

[@compactc9]

Ultimately, the dishwashers we have today use this sort of design, each rack on a modern dishwasher has a thing like this.

[@Mominator]

Very interesting! I like the stove too.

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

i really really really wish i had a time capsule home

[@soap1919jt]

The 185 degree temperature would help to dry the dishes. Also, leaving the door ajar after the cycle would have also helped. Even with modern dishwashers most people use the air dry option. Of course, rinse aids most likely did not exist back then, hence the wetter dishes. Rinse aid enhance drying, even with air dry option.

[@benni1023fm]

I've owned 3 dishwashers in my life. All three were supposed to be "the greatest". I always clean off the food and rinse the dishes thoroughly right away (or within 30 minutes of using them) - and not a single dishwasher has gotten all the residue off; nor could they tackle pots, pans and forget about baking dishes! I only use mine to rinse dishes when I clean out my cupboards, wash knickknacks or to wash/sterilize ball jars for canning.

[@ducklandwikeno]

why dont they still make a dishwasher like this now days . You dont have to bend over to load the dishies .

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

ducklandwikeno be cose a washer like this latest a vary long time and thats what thay dont want..you see thay want you to bye and fix your dish washer evrey 3 to 5 years...its consumerism its how thay ripe ppl of

[@MisterRiffley]

what won't they think of next?

[@jimmytyree]

I have one of the toy ones also with the toy dishes and pans .

[@ElectricityTaster]

I'd take a modern dishwasher over this any day. Easier to load, can load much more by floorspace taken up, it's quieter, uses less water and energy and actually dries the dishes.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

LOL! Check out that refrigerator. That is UGLY. It's amazing how much things change in 50 years

[@soap1919jt]

However, the trade-off is the short cycle, so not that much water would be required.

[@sameerqureshi398]

I don't know why I am watching this

[@Schelle7000]

That sink is so low that if you are over 4 feet tall, one would have constant back pain trying to slave over it doing dishes. I actually felt sorry for the actress who had to do it. Just awful.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

This is nothing but an antiquated design of a large in-sink dishwasher. I'm guessing this company was probably bought by someone else like Frigidaire, Whirlpool, KitchenAid. I always wondered why the side-load design became the design that was more favored by consumers

[@Critique808]

Mine takes two hours.

[@lulueclipsyy_]

where can i buy this here in cebu??

[@squirrel6158]

SWEET

[@mindsaglowin]

Anyone else notice that the wife doesn't even rinse the dishes?

[@AsloAso]

Err the soaps they used back than weren't as strong or toxic compare to modern dish washing soaps.

[@CMCNestT]

No, they were more toxic than today. Back then they used bleaches and phosphates while today's uses enzymes and biodegradable surfactants. Dishwasher detergent adds citric acid.

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

mindsaglowin yes i did...with the new one you have to washe the dishes befor puting them in the dam cheap new crappy washer...thay dont bild things like thay once did

[@AsloAso]

***** Gather you don't read the back of the bottle of modern day dishwasher soaps. It may differ in other countries back in the god ol'day, because the soaps used in Australia was mostly bicarbonate cleanning agents

[@sharid76]

I still don't. I don't leave big hunks of food on them, of course - that gets removed and tossed out. But they don't "get washed before they get washed" like so many people insist on doing even now. That used to be a joke about people who insist on washing everything off first, then putting it in the dishwasher to be washed. Again. My dishwasher HAS an automatic food grinder for the smaller particles of food, and it does an admirable job. Plus, I have done ample research through home testing on the dishwasher soaps available for use - powders, gels, liquids, "pods" or gel packs, and the "tablet" type with or without any extra added rinse aids and what have you. The best one that works with my dishwasher, my water, and type of dishwashing that normally gets done is the soft gel packs. One goes in the little dispenser and the door gets snapped closed. There isn't even any need for a rinse aid. I dont buy them, and they don't seem necessary. And we live in the country, and have well water! We also have an excellent water softener as well, apparently, because there's no iron stains or residue inside the dishwasher, or on the dishes. Just the one little pod thing is all it takes. Of course, I also run it on the highest level sanitizer cycle as well, because I want them all to come out well "sanitized", no matter what size the load is that gets run. There's a water temp booster inside the dishwasher workings as well, so I don't have to turn up the thermostat on my hot water heater to get it hotter in the dishwasher. And no, this is hardly the "top level" model available. Quite the contrary. We only paid for the highest level model that had the features we wanted.

[@melsvids73]

I don't like today's dishwasher design. You have bend down to load dishes. Bad for sore backs.

[@kittycat0876]

It takes almost an hour or more with modern dish washers I think we got jipped

[@BroccoliBeefed]

What? Your response made no sense

[@rahilraza1344]

It doesnt do a rinnse??????why not just make it flat 10 minutes and how much water used were talking about too plus it still has alot of space between the cups and glasses

[@waitforollie]

she knows

[@5610winston]

HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT USE?

[@juriosz]

5610winston 10 gallons

[@ukickmeikicku]

"She knoos!"

[@grismejia3147]

I never thought I would ever say this, but my husband recently installed my dishwasher. (Got it installed after 3 years that was sitting in the box). Well to my surprise I lasted longer loading the dishwasher than washing the damn dishes my self 2 times around LOL To a certain degree in my opinion its just a waste of time. But i have used the quick wash just to sanitize my dishes. Love hate relationship

[@11111Liamy]

😵😵😵 couldn't live without mine, I wouldn't. I would honestly rather give up my phone.

[@jamespolcyn8441]

I like it

[@fatimahhussain8735]

man she is slow at working my husband would micromanage the whole thing he already does I told him to stop being a micromanager I said hey I am up here on the cleaning pole and u are down here on the cleaning pole.

[@RoboVacParty]

mine 2 and 1/2

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Today's dishwashers are crap. My 1977 Maytag worked better than most of the dishwashers of today. They don't use enough water, and the hardware isn't as sturdy.

[@mickithebush]

Wonder how much that machine cost back then, as a % of Dad's yearly wage?

[@dawne5139]

Mick Brown They were about 500 dollars, which is why so few people had them. If you could afford one you could afford help.

[@Gaygarious]

Ditto!

[@windymohamed9182]

takes 3 men to load the dishwasher

[@astarisborn9820]

🤩💯🤩🤩✅

[@WDCallahan]

How does her family managed to dirty that many dishes three times a day?

[@leslielewis7286]

It really didn't hold much. We had one of these.

[@kinetsievarvenfloot1237]

She Noah's.

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

were are thees today? im shur this washer wold wash beater then aney cheap peas of shit sold today and im shur it wold last longer to

[@akuapiatas]

fark 180 degrees cook your hands

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

akuapiatas thats why you dont have your hands in the washer whil its running xp

[@dchambers986]

Completes a load of dishes in under 10 min!!! Thanks to the STUPID EPA dishwashers get worse and worse every year!

[@ceilingfansandmorecfam2342]

David Chambers thats not a lie!

[@alexjohnson1959]

Make the damn husband do some chores!

[@leslielewis7286]

Husbands worked as the bread-winners during the week, washed the car, mowed the lawns, and did any other household maintenance on Saturday. His kitchen detail was to man grill. The kitchen belonged to mom. I only found out my dad knew how to cook when my mom had to go to the hospital for a week--turns out he was amazing in the kitchen. I never told my mom that, though.