The new thing is a PowerControl spray arm that can find the dirtiest dishes wherever you put them (as long as that place is on the bottom rack):
The PowerControlâą spray arm provides a targeted intensive wash from anywhere in the bottom rack â no matter where the dishes are loaded.
Basically, you can target specific quadrants of the lower rack for extra attention. According to the manual for one of the new dishwashers, it looks like youâll need the Bosch Home Connect app to actually set those quadrants; otherwise, your options are to split more intensive cleaning between the front and back half. Thatâs all well and good, but what about when youâve left your phone in another room or the Wi-Fi is out?
In case you needed statistics to understand how intense the dish-loading discussion is, Bosch provided several from an SWNS survey of 2,000 people on behalf of Bosch. It says 54 percent of Americans argue about how to load a dishwasher, 87 percent rearrange them after someone else already loaded the dishwasher, and lastly, 35 percent have âconsideredâ giving someone they live with the silent treatment after an argument.
The new spray armâs pitch to âhelpâ is that it can get everything clean no matter where itâs loaded (again, on the bottom rack). Thatâs quite a claim, and to that, I say: good luck, you mad fools.
Because Iâve seen things you people wouldnât believe. Encrusted food-laden cast irons on the top rack. I watched metal straws get placed in the rack sideways, never touched by the dishwasherâs jets. All those dishes will be washed again, wasting water until itâs time to dry.
Many years ago, my partner and I resolved our dishes debate without buying a new app-controlled dishwasher. Having worked in several commercial kitchens and bars where I needed to optimize all of the space on the drying rack, I have strong feelings about where things go, and when we finally got a dishwasher a couple years ago, that extended to rack placement inside the infernal machine.
Similarly, she is of the belief clothes shouldnât all be washed and dried together, using the same settings for every load forever. Appreciating her feelings on the matter and she mine, we agreed an equitable split is total siloing of those duties. Of course, if youâd like to handle things without messy solutions like âhaving a conversation,â then have you heard about these new dishwashers?
The new dishwashers are becoming available this month and cost up to $1,799. The cheapest model listed on the Bosch website featuring the new PowerControl arm is the $1,299 800 series.