How long does your dishwasher cycle take?

[sharona]

I run my dw at night at some point between dinner and bedtime and I've never really paid attention to how long the cycle takes. It's typically the last thing I do after cleaning up from dinner and I'm not in the kitchen while it's running so I have no idea when it stops. The other day I started a cycle after lunch and it seemed to take forever but I thought that was just my losing track of time. However, today I started the "normal" wash / air dry cycle at 7:15am. It's still running (it's 8:50am here now).

 

[smiths02]

Mine doesn't take that long unless I am doing heated dry (which I usually do). I'm pretty sure even with heated dry it wouldn't take that long. I'll have to time it one day now.

My washing machine on the other hand, take a few hours. I'll often start it after dinner because I want clean clothes in the morning, then I'll find myself up until midnight to make sure the clothes get in the dryer! ugh

 

[LBIJim]

The "normal wash" button takes close to two hours. Supposedly it uses much less water than our old dishwasher which took about 45 minutes.

 

[havaneselover]

I have a Bosch. I haven't timed it, but I think it takes almost two hours.

 

[Happy Snowman]

I was going to say an hour but now I'm not sure. I've never really paid attention. It's a newer dishwasher, 2 years old.

 

[Lilliputian]

The new ones take about 3.5 hours. That's with the heated dry, but drying is only around half an hour, I think. I don't really pay attention to mine because it's incredibly quiet. I do have to plan around how long it's going to take and make sure I start it early enough if I'm going to need the dishes. As a mom of 5, we frequently run 2 cycles/day, so only one of them can be overnight.

 

[sharona]

I guess ours is pretty normal then. It's about 5 years old and I can't believe that it's always taken this long but, as I said before I've never really paid attention to it before. I guess I was expecting it to be less than an hour like the one I grew up with.

 

[minnie56]

Varies..I also have a Bosch and the length depends on the weight of the load which I assume determines how many and how dirty 'it' thinks the dishes are! Typically 118-126 minutes.

 

[akhenaten]

Just got a new DW and was shocked at how long it took.... I thought it wasn't working right at first....lol

 

[Miskey]

96 minutes on the normal cycle

 

[morgan98]

I just moved into a brand new house and for a normal heat dry wash it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes.

I only know this because that is exactly what it says on the control panel when I press start. Luckily there are only two of us, so I run it after dinner/before bed, but you really do need to think about it if you need to run it between meals, say in the afternoon.

 

[EMAW_KSU]

Varies..I also have a Bosch and the length depends on the weight of the load which I assume determines how many and how dirty 'it' thinks the dishes are! Typically 118-126 minutes.

That is about what mine says also.

 

[mrsv98]

I have a Bosch also and run it on automatic and sanitize so it takes about 2:20. I generally set it to run delayed so it turns on around midnight and is done in the morning. It is a nice quiet machine and provides good background white noise for the puppy who sleeps in her crate right next to it!

 

[PollyannaMom]

I usually run mine at bedtime, but I always thought it took about an hour.

 

[Meriweather]

depending on the settings.....but typically 116 to 135 minutes

 

[scrapquitler]

The dishwasher at my house is probably 20 years old or more (we've been here 17 years and it was already here) and it takes about an hour for a normal cycle without heated dry.

The one at our cabin is probably even older than the one at home, it's a Magic Chef brand, and it has only two choices: normal wash or light wash. Normal wash takes 35 minutes without the heated dry, light wash takes 25 minutes. I LOVE that dishwasher and hope it never dies.

The dishwasher we have at work in the group home is less than 2 years old and it takes FOREVER. If you pick the 'quick' cycle it takes about 1 hour 15 minutes. The regular cycle without the drying takes almost 2 hours. I think it's ridiculous that it takes so long.

 

[sharona]

Since I started looking into this today, I've read a few things that say that today's dishwashers take 2-3X longer but use half as much water and energy than the older ones...

 

[indygirl99]

My dishwasher takes about 10 minutes to complete the days dishes but then again it is human powered.

 

[sharona]

My dishwasher takes about 10 minutes to complete the days dishes but then again it is human powered.

LOL

 

[APiratesLifeForMe2]

I don't have a dishwasher but I housesit frequently and the house with a Bosch takes 2 hours and the house with a GE takes around 1.5 hours. Both houses have these pre-set so I just press start but they are normal cycles with dry time.