Dishwasher stops at wash cycle/overheats

My Kenmore Quietguard is less than two years old. It now stops in the wash cycle but continues to heat. The dishes were sitting hot (and dirty) for hours before I noticed that it was not running. There are no blinking lights as indicated by other postings. Where do I start?

Your unit is actually a Frigidaire.

I could not find info specific to your unit but the following should be close or at least give you some info on how Frigidaire does things.
http://frigidaireservicetips.com/pdfs/462_8.pdf

I am assuming everything runs OK up until the unit hangs and that it ends up sitting there with water in the unit but will not advance.

I would remove power from the unit and check the heater and hi-limit thermostat for continuity.
If OK I would then check the thermistor.