Does anyone have a whirlpool gas dryer? We just bought a duet, the front
loading washer and dryer and it is taking a long time to dry the clothes.
This replaced a 14 year old rca gas dryer and as old as it was it dried in
almost half the time. Has anyone else had any problems with the new dryers
or is there something wrong with this thing?

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:19:50 -0500, "Phyllis Stone" > wrote:

>Does anyone have a whirlpool gas dryer? We just bought a duet, the front
>loading washer and dryer and it is taking a long time to dry the clothes.

So glad to see I'm not the only one using my food equipment properly!

Last year, I set our water heater to 140 deg. F, and started using the washer
for sous vide cooking, with the rotating drum adding a sort of "wet convection"
mode. And a cold rinse cycle stops the cooking right on schedule. It works like
a charm!

Now the dryer, on high heat (cotton) settings, works beautifully for those long
and slow meats -- there a brisket cooking in there overnight right now, and I
expect it to be scrumptious for tomorrow's supper. Since the brisket can't take
the tumbling without the dry rub falling off, I place it on the insertable
sneaker rack, right in the center of the drum. Non-stick, and works a charm.

Maybe everyone else can chime in with their preferred adaptations.

-- Larry

Phyllis Stone > wrote:

> Does anyone have a whirlpool gas dryer? We just bought a duet, the front
> loading washer and dryer and it is taking a long time to dry the clothes.
> This replaced a 14 year old rca gas dryer and as old as it was it dried in
> almost half the time. Has anyone else had any problems with the new dryers
> or is there something wrong with this thing?

Does it pop popcorn?

-sw

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:19:50 -0500, "Phyllis Stone" >
wrote:

>Does anyone have a whirlpool gas dryer? We just bought a duet, the front
>loading washer and dryer and it is taking a long time to dry the clothes.
>This replaced a 14 year old rca gas dryer and as old as it was it dried in
>almost half the time. Has anyone else had any problems with the new dryers
>or is there something wrong with this thing?
>

You replaced your dryer, but I doubt that you replaced the vent air
tube. After 14 years, I bet the vent tube needs a good clean out!!

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:45:13 -0400, Billy <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom>
wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:19:50 -0500, "Phyllis Stone" >
>wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have a whirlpool gas dryer? We just bought a duet, the front
>>loading washer and dryer and it is taking a long time to dry the clothes.
>>This replaced a 14 year old rca gas dryer and as old as it was it dried in
>>almost half the time. Has anyone else had any problems with the new dryers
>>or is there something wrong with this thing?
>>
>
>You replaced your dryer, but I doubt that you replaced the vent air
>tube. After 14 years, I bet the vent tube needs a good clean out!!

That's exactly what I was thinking. I redid my son's dryer vent at
Thanksgiving. There was approximately 25' of flex vent from the dryer
to the outside. I replaced all but about 2' with galvanized stove pipe
(the 2' was a chunk of high quality stainles flex as opposed to the
cheap, flimsy plastic elsewhere). All that flex was troubling enough,
but checking out the inside was a revelation. I can't believe they
were getting any drying done at all, much less in three to four times
normal..

I further note that we have the Duets (electric dryer) and you should
need less drying time no matter what due to the clothes coming out of
the washer so much dryer than with a top loading agitator.

Sometimes I set my food on top when I'm transferring a load.

>
> That's exactly what I was thinking. I redid my son's dryer vent at
> Thanksgiving. There was approximately 25' of flex vent from the dryer
> to the outside. I replaced all but about 2' with galvanized stove pipe
> (the 2' was a chunk of high quality stainles flex as opposed to the
> cheap, flimsy plastic elsewhere). All that flex was troubling enough,
> but checking out the inside was a revelation. I can't believe they
> were getting any drying done at all, much less in three to four times
> normal..
>
> I further note that we have the Duets (electric dryer) and you should
> need less drying time no matter what due to the clothes coming out of
> the washer so much dryer than with a top loading agitator.
>
> Sometimes I set my food on top when I'm transferring a load.
>
>


The repair man came the next day and the installer had pushed the dryer up
against the wall and squashed the venting stuff. As soon as the repairman
readjusted everything it worked perfectly. Whirlpool has sent me 2 emails in
response to my problem. Thanks for your help, I realize I was asking a food
prep group about an appliance that normally would not prepare food but I bet
it could pop popcorn now anyway.