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• Dishwasher of the Future: If you could redesign your dishwasher...
It would definitely not have a cat sitting on it.
Cats should definitely stay away from the insides of dishwashers.
I'd purchase a dishwasher designed by engineers who understand how households cook - that we don't simply produce eight place settings of dirty dishes but use all sorts of cooking equipment as well. We use utensils that quickly overwhelm the limited utensil holder. We recently purchase a Bosch dishwasher and adore it - save for the fact that it simply will not easily hold the number of pieces of flatware that we use in the course of a day - and it's just the two of us.
If I had my way, my dishwasher would be more flexible with more open space for large items rather than those unending rows of spikes. Also, the silverware holders would be individual little containers that would hold maybe five or six pieces each. Then you could move them around independently to fill those weird little wasted spaces or remove them all together sometimes. As it is now, the silverware basket is big square thing in the front center of the bottom rack. This makes the spaces to the left and right of it awkwardly small.
~Monica
I love my Bosch. Not only are the two utensil holders relocatable to anywhere in the DW, but they can be clipped together as well. Also the spikes on the upper & lower rack fold down for non-plate objects, and the upper rack has two heights, so if we have tall items up top, we lower it, and if we have tall items below, we raise it. We can also wash using the top rack only, for small loads, and yes, the utensil holders fit up there as well - but not large plates.
I really can't think of anything else I'd want it to do. Sorry if this sounds like a commercial.