[kwhitefoot]

I worked in a hotel kitchen as a teenager in the early 70s. I don't think we used any chemicals at all in the dishwasher. But we did rinse the dishes first. They were so hot when they came out of the washer that they dried instantly and were too hot to handle with bare hands.

[maccard]

> . They were so hot when they came out of the washer that they dried instantly and were too hot to handle with bare hands.

This is not far off how your dishwasher at home works either - open it when it switches to "dry" mode and you'll notice that everything is hot as hell. The "dry" time is relaly "cooling down" time.