Patent ID: 8043437

Claim:
A method of operating a dishwasher having multiple treating chambers, comprising: a) determining which of the multiple treating chambers has a lightest soil load to define a treating chamber with the lightest soil load; b) implementing a wash cycle selected for the treating chamber with the lightest soil load by supplying a charge of treating liquid to the treating chamber with the lightest soil load; c) supplying the treating liquid from the treating chamber with the lightest soil load to another one of the multiple treating chambers; and d) implementing another wash cycle selected for the another one of the treating chambers using the treating liquid from the treating chamber with the lightest soil load; further comprising, confirming that a soil load of the treating liquid is less than a predetermined soil load threshold before at least one of c) and d); wherein, the confirming the soil load of the treating liquid comprises determining the turbidity of the treating liquid.