[jyl]

Hobart Canada will not ship to the US, not even to a US Hobart service center. The best they can do is ship to somewhere in Canada and I've have to go get it or have it privately mailed to me.

So, the options currently look like:

1. Give up and get a regular dishwasher . . . No, I can never go back.
2. MacGyver the old Hobart. . . I've tested the concept with an electric pump, it will keep the old Hobart functional until the next thing fails on this 1996 dishwasher with parts increasingly NLA.
3. Get a high end dishwasher that has a super fast cycle . . . No, investigation reveals the Miele won't replace the Hobart at all. And, $6,700 plus not in stock anywhere here.
4. Get a new Hobart . . . No, I just don't want to spend $10K..
5. Get a refurbished Hobart . . . Nothing has come up
6. Get a used Hobart pulled from a failed cafe . . . This is what I did.

Ran across a liquidator with four Hobart LXeR machines pulled from closing coffee shops, picked the newest one (2022), paid $3,200 with 2 days to return if DOA, hooked it up and it works flawlessly. The 2022 Hobart is quieter, more energy efficient, releases almost no steam, has many parameters and options, automatic deliming and chemical level monitoring, pot and pan cycle, etc. I love it.

Yes, I am the sad little man in love with my dishwasher.

The plan is to run this in my house for a few months, if it proves reliable then move it to the cafe and buy another late-model used LXeR for the house and as a spare. Cafe machine fails, I just haul the house one over and swap, machines on casters, back in business.

What to do with the old Hobart? It has been a trusty servant. I'm trying to think of a use for it. If I can't then may be time to donate it to the Hobart service center to be cannibalized, or scrap it.