Not one of my last five dishwashers (Bosch / Samsung) have had any problem with drying dishes. I have had three in my current house (two kitchens) and they work just fine. One will even auto-open the door to dry faster.

Is this really a problem of energy star?

My dishwasher (an 11 year old Bosch, which was Energy Star rated) is by far the best dishwasher I've owned at cleaning items and dries them perfectly well also on its default settings.

It won't dry a bowl or ladle that's been turned to fill up with water, but anything that's oriented to shed water comes out bone dry.

I have a brand new dishwasher from last year. It dries just fine.

I've never used heated dry in any dishwasher in my entire life. It's a massive waste of power for no gain, and will destroy things like plastic food containers and utensils.

Your dishes dry just fine through normal air. The dirt cheap dishwasher my family had in the 90s even had a little flap to let out the steam and let in cool air after the cycle was done.

I can't understand how people are so insistent this is even a mild annoyance, let alone something worth destroying our government over.

I think some of you guys are buying "high end" appliances on this mistaken belief of "it's so much more expensive, surely something about it is better right?" and just get taken for a ride. Nothing in those super "smart" dishwashers has any value.