[badc0ffee]

The default program on my Miele pops the door open like 2 minutes into the cycle. Maybe the slower ones don't?

[ryukoposting]

My GE seems to skip the prewash cycle on the default setting for whatever reason. It does use a prewash on its "heavy duty" cycle though. Incidentally "heavy duty" also works infinitely better, with no more damage done to my dishes. YMMV of course.

[rb666]

That sounds like the behavior of the Eco program, which is often the default.