Patent ID: 8671587

Claim:
A method for carrying out a drying step in a dishwasher, the dishwasher including a housing, a washing tub, a door with a hinged tower region operable to close the washing tub, an opening device for automatically opening the door to an ajar position and a condensation drying system including a cooling air fan, the method comprising: guiding, with the door in a dosed position, a portion of a cooling-air flow of the cooling air fan along a portion of an underside of a countertop covering a top of the dishwasher housing so as to pre-warm the portion of the underside of the countertop covering for preventing condensation thereon; automatically opening the door to an ajar position using the opening device; and guiding a portion of the cooling-air flow of the cooling air fan along the portion of the underside of the countertop alter the door is opened so as to divert steam emerging from the washing tub away from the countertop.