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I wish they invented the dual side-by-side dishwasher. I want separate dirty and clean units.

I’m tired of using the sink or shelves as a buffer.

Just pull from the clean unit and push into the dirty unit and rotate which is which.

Voilà, dramatically less handling.

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Have you looked at a double drawer dishwasher: https://www.fisherpaykel.com/us/dishwashing/all-dishwashers/...

I have one of these in my apartment. I'm never going back to a traditional dishwasher — they are fantastic.

Used to have a top of the line unit. These look very pretty, but they do a really shit job washing the dishes. Replaced with a Miele unit, was a bit harder to integrate nicely but now the dishes come out clean without having to handwash them first.

> I wish they invented the dual side-by-side dishwasher.

Have you considered buying two dish washers? I don't think this needs an invention.

> I don't think this needs an invention

Cabinets with integrated dishwashers would be something... Look like cabinets from outside, but with racks inside and once filled with dirty dishes, seal and wash everything. Not a bad idea.

That already exists. Cabinets are just doors and finishes; the cabinet maker can add them to your dishwasher.

Grabbing things out of a cabinet is easier than grabbing things out of a dishwasher. And I think other things would need to change to make it work above ground level, e.g. sealing with side swinging doors. But there is certainly a market for something like this, albeit in the $100,000 range.

A side swinging dishwasher door sounds pretty disgusting

All the stuff the drips and drops harmlessly onto the door dripping onto the floor instead.

Drawer dishwashers are already plenty convenient for access, without the drawbacks

In some parts of the world, you can even buy houses which already have dual kitchen appliances (along with sinks convenient to every room).

Those would need to be two identical dishwashers, with easily removable racks, so that you could just swap the whole racks. Otherwise, it isn't buying all that much.

why do you need to be able to swap dishwasher racks?

I've actually wondered why this isn't more common for people with big kitchens who do a lot of entertaining. While there's always some hand washing in any case, when I have people over, there is invariably a need to do a lot of it because I can only fit so much in the dishwasher.

Commercial units have racks that are separate, you stack the racks when done and they can dry and be stored.

What you're looking for is called a "kosher kitchen"

Though, of course, if you want to both do this _and_ use it as a kosher kitchen, you'll want _four_ dishwashers :)

Buy two slimline units. An ex colleague of mine did that years ago.

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