Just had the repairpeople from the local electronics store over to look at my broken washing machine, and it's such a breath of fresh air to deal with *competent* repairpeople...
I can see why this is one of the few electronics stores in the country that's doing well financially
And this is not an exception, this time I paid them out of pocket to fix a machine I bought elsewhere, but previously I've called up their repairfolks for a warranty call on something purchased there, and it was just as good.
Show up, look at machine, test a few things, establish problem without even opening up the machine based on a deep knowledge of how it works internally, fix it and provide recommendations on how to reduce the chance of failure in the future. Done.
(The problem in that case was that modern dishwashers apparently tend to have optical sensors that get confused by swollen bits of rice getting stuck in front of the sensor, and so rice is the one thing you really need to make sure you remove from plates before putting them in)
@joepie91 It might also apply to other high-starch food particles. Especially grains, but possibly also some types of pasta.
@riley So apparently the reason it's a problem specifically with rice, is that there's a protective thing around the sensor to prevent stuff sticking to it, an indent - but rice grains are small enough that they can still get in there (and other food particles are not, or dissolve much more easily)
@joepie91 If that's the case, other types of grain can probably do it. The critical parts would be having the starchy body, having a hard shell, and having the right size. Pasta pieces don't have the shell, but non-rice grains, if they happen to be the right size, would have both the shell and the starchy body.