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Dishwashers, Ina and Me!

Sooner — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:11:21 GMT

I saw something on the Internet today about Ina Garten's dishwasher--pictures of it garnered comments about her putting good knives and wooden handled spatulas in, and running it half full.

My kind of girl! I put all sorts of things in mine (no knives because most are too big to go in there). I also run it every day and if it isn't crammed full always put the sink racks in.

She also said she's been known to run a very small load, then later put in some more dishes and run it again! LOL!!

That's me. I run it every day because I don't want nasty stuff sitting there. It may be a quick wash, but it runs--and yes, I've been known to start loading it the next morning without unloading! Now I will say that did happen more when I worked.

How about you? Do you follow "the rules" of dishwashing? Or are you a rebel?

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MG Chris — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:19:45 GMT

I run my dishwasher an average of twice a day with at least four days a week of running it three times. Everything goes in mine. I have All-Clad pans, Wustoff knives, and wooden utensils. I bought my All-Clad before I was married 22 years ago and it has survived just fine.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:23:49 GMT

I put everything in the dishwasher. Big knives go on top rack laying down as do all spatulas and cooking utensils. Pots and pans also.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:34:25 GMT

I hate unloading the dishwasher so much that I never use it. It's just me and little cooking so I just wash things by hand.

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KatieB — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:38:37 GMT

I don't use my dishwasher. There's no need - I only have dirty dishes for 1-2 people. I'd rather wash them by hand in the sink. It would be a waste to use the dishwasher (electricity and water).

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happycat — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:10:42 GMT

I have put wooden spoons in mine before, but not my good knives. Guess I pretty much follow the rules, I don't run half loads. Usually I run mine every other day.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:27:21 GMT

Rebel I guess. It's just me (human) so I run the DW every Wednesday & Sunday w/o fail. I don't care if I have only a fork in there, I run the DW.

I throw my dish rag, nylon squishy thingie & sponge in the DW on Sundays.

I throw the vacuum, auto litterbox & french fry filters in my DW when needed.

The above on "air" dry only

Tall utensils go in the top rack or inbetween the slats on the bottom.

Pots & pans go in top & bottom (air dry only).

Needs washing....in the DW it goes!!!!

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Sooner — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:29:47 GMT

Even with two people if you are at home like us you use a lot of glasses, cups, plates, spoons, forks, a pan or two, etc.

If you have several people you run it every day, why not if you are one or two?

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drizzellla — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:49:25 GMT

I used to put everything in the dishwasher. Until I ruined a beautiful Japanese wooden cutting board. The dishwasher messed up the finish of the wood. I also messed up my carbon steel knives too.

But I like everything, except pots and pans, to go in the dishwasher. I like the Sani Cycle. No bacteria or virus can survive all that steam.

My cousin had an additional dishwasher added to her remodeled kitchen. So there would always be a dishwasher with clean dishes. It was her husband's idea. Since the unloading of the dishwasher somehow became his job.

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mspatmac — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 02:49:46 GMT

@Sooner Guess you can call me a rebel. It's just me but I don't like paper plates/bowels so I'm always reaching for a dish of some kind. I run it three or four times a week and everything goes in. I do follow the experts new "rule" of not rinsing, only scrape because 1) it wastes water and 2) small particles cause some friction which helps detergent work better. (please google if this doesn't make sense before disagreeing ) I didn't realize how much water we actually save using a dishwasher.

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skatting44 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:05:39 GMT

By the way any suggestions on a dishwasher brand that is reliable in cleaning dishes ? I hand rinse all my dishes and utensils before putting them in the dishwasher ,

I need to buy a new dishwasher , however am not sure of a good brand. So any suggestions ?

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dimin — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:31:39 GMT

No dishwasher recommendations but I like Cascade Complete detergent.

Bosch!

Sooner — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:06:49 GMT

@skatting44 wrote:
By the way any suggestions on a dishwasher brand that is reliable in cleaning dishes ? I hand rinse all my dishes and utensils before putting them in the dishwasher ,
I need to buy a new dishwasher , however am not sure of a good brand. So any suggestions ?

@skatting44 One word! Ours has the crystal dry feature and really does dry the dishes! But maybe they offer more features now.

Re: Bosch!

suzyQ3 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 20:47:55 GMT

We run ours once a day. I don't like having dishes sitting in there, even though we rinse them well. But we would not normally run it more than that.

My husband is into high-quality knives, so no, they get washed by hand. And I would never put any wooden item in the dishwasher. Almost everything else that will fit goes in.

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CamilleP — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 18:40:59 GMT

@skatting44 We recently had to buy a new dishwasher as the almost 20 year old version we had started to have electrical failures, and that was a seriously fire-dangerous situation! We looked at many brands, read reviews, and went to our locally owned independent appliance store to purchase. My DH was in love with a Bosch model that has an in-machine water softener in it, because we have super-hard water, so although it does not have the individual water spigots I wanted for washing tall items, I agreed to it.

My "review" is that the water softener is a pain to fill, but I no longer have any water spotting on my dishes, they are squeaky-clean and shiny. The motor is VERY strong, I usually run the "delicate" cycle so that my plastic storage containers don't get thrown around and left right side up to collect dirty water for the rest of the cycle! Even on the "delicate" setting the dishes get perfectly clean. Oh, and the machine is too smart for it's own good, it is always monitoring itself and telling me to "add salt" (water softener) or "add rinse aide", which I fill with de-mineralized water because I hate having a chemical residue on my dishes, I want them clean, sanitized and soap-free, not coated with something slimy. The water softener keeps the spots away by itself, it doesn't need a rinse aide. Another benefit is that it really is a very quiet dishwasher, which is nice in an "open concept/great room" floor plan. I still miss those dedicated water spigots, but otherwise the Bosch is a heckuva good dishwasher.

If you have stoneware dishes and don't wash much plastic ware, you'd be fine with the regular cleansing cycle, I suspect you could put in dishes that food had dried on or coated with egg yolk and they'd still get clean! This machine's motor and pump are almost industrial-strength.

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jannabelle1 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:59:46 GMT

So sorry to all....I replied to this post and also shared an article about the amount of water used with a dishwasher (4 gallons or less). I didn't pay attention that the article included a link, so it was all deleted. Oh well....I'm sorry if anyone was ofended.

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rockygems123 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:04:13 GMT

@skatting44 I LOVE my Bosch! It is whisper quiet, in fact it has a tiny red light at the bottom corner to reflect on the floor to let you know it is running as you can't hear it. The racks are designed really well, makes it very easy to load. Now I know why many of my friends throughout the years have loved theirs. One note, at least as of 2 years ago when we purchased ours, Bosch doesn't offer a drying element, the items air dry within the unit. Using Cascade everything comes out spotless and dry except for some plastic pieces like Locknlock. I either hand wash or take those out after running the dishwaser and dry on a mat. We live in very dry Colorado, anything here takes about a minute to dry lol.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:07:36 GMT

I pretty much wash my dishes before I put them in the dishwasher.

There's a reason why. Because I don't make very many dirty dishes. I don't like the thought of them sitting in the dishwasher with food on them.

The smell is gross when I open it. I usually only have to wash the dishes once every 5 or 6 days.

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depglass — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:34:31 GMT

I have put Chicago Cutlery wooden handle knives into dishwasher for 40 years. They are just fine. My old dishwasher had a quick rinse cycle, my new one doesn't. So I wait until its full to run. I lay the big bread knives and chef's knives flat on the top shelf. I see them immediately and don't get cut this way.