Model
Thorkitchen HDW2401SS
Rank #379 means 378 of the 709 dishwasher models we track cost less to run each year; the 7th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 7% of those models.
What does the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS cost to run per year?
The Thorkitchen HDW2401SS costs about $45 a year to run, a middle-of-the-pack figure at rank #379 of 709. It uses 21.8% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $57/yr to run, a saving of roughly $12 a year. Its 7th size-adjusted efficiency percentile is well below the class median, worth weighing against the raw cost figure above. At 8 place settings, it is a small dishwasher for the class, which runs 2 to 18 place settings; size and efficiency are the two levers behind the figure above, and this dataset does not carry a separate efficiency-factor column for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Thorkitchen ADW24PF at $45/yr runs a little cheaper and the Unique UGP-24CR DW B at $45/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dishwasher typically stays in service for somewhere around 9 years; over that span, the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS's $45/yr adds up to roughly $405 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Black+Decker BPD8B.
By the numbers
The Thorkitchen HDW2401SS normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $45/yr, here is what the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS costs about $450. That is roughly $120 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $570 over the same ten years.
How the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS compares
The dishwasher class we track runs from $15 to $45 a year. At $45/yr, it runs about $1 a year above the class median of $44, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest dishwasher to run at $15. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $57/yr, the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS uses 21.8% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 8 place settings, the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS is a small dishwasher for its class, which spans 2 to 18 place settings with a median of 14 place settings, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture.
- Place-setting capacity. A larger dishwasher heats more water per cycle, so bigger capacity generally means a higher annual energy figure, independent of how efficient the unit is.
- Water heating. The booster heater that brings water up to sanitizing temperature is usually the single largest electrical load in a dishwasher's cycle.
- Cycle length and drying method. Cycle selection, eco versus heavy, air-dry versus heated-dry, moves real running cost more than most owners realize for a given capacity.
Common questions
Is the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS cheap to run?
It is about average. At $45 a year it ranks #379 of 709 dishwasher models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS cost per month?
Roughly $3.71/mo, spreading the $45/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 240 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $45 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Thorkitchen HDW2401SS for its size?
7th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1140355_HDW2401SS_051620230824597_1156682View certified dishwasher listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Thorkitchen and HDW2401SS are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.