A lot of that 2:45 time is the drying cycle, which uses the latent heat in the dishes to (hopefully) evaporate water off the dishes and condense on the cooler i

A lot of that 2:45 time is the drying cycle, which uses the latent heat in the dishes to (hopefully) evaporate water off the dishes and condense on the cooler inside of the tub. I'm a bit more interested in the newer Bosch models that are using a zeolite bed to dry the dishes. The catalyst generates heat and absorbs moisture at the same time, then is renegerated during the wash.