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[PamelaSue72]

I despise washing dishes by hand. Dishwasher all the way or I will not cook. We do a load every day, sometimes two loads, depending on how much cooking I might do. If I cook or bake for the freezer, there will be two loads of dishes.

We also have six cats (used to have eight), and they can their main meals twice a day, plus their snacks and such. We go through a lot of small cat plates, too. I'd have to wash them and I'm simply not going there.

I am not a dishwashing woman. No way.

[ive been framed]

On 2/11/2014 serenity4ever said:

On 2/11/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:

On 2/10/2014 Pook said:

I just don't get the claim that a dishwasher sanitizes your dishes. What does anyone do with their dishes that they need sanitized? I rinse mine thoroughly then hand wash in hot water. My dishes come in contact with nothing that would make them need sanitizing.

I don't get that they need to be sanitized either. In a restaurant full of strangers I could understand it.

From Real Simple......(magazine)

To kill most of the bacteria on a dirty dish, water must reach a scalding 140 degrees Fahrenheit, says Kelly Reynolds, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. That temperature is easily reached in a dishwasher, but in a sink, it’s nearly impossible. Hot-water heaters are typically set at 120 degrees to prevent burns, and most people can’t stand to keep their hands in a stream of water that hot for more than a few minutes. So when it comes to washing dishes, high-tech beats low.

Then everyone in my family should have been ill many times for years. I think it's over kill, so to speak, to go to such lengths to wash dishes. I can certainly understand using scalding water at restaurants, hospitals, etc. I still say if the dish water is hot as can be to soak awhile, then washed well by hand there is no problem. I would worry more about cleaning or disinfecting surfaces like countertops, and places people touch constantly- the phone, doorknobs...when it comes to bacteria and other ugly bugs.

[serenity4ever]

On 2/14/2014 ive been framed said:

On 2/11/2014 serenity4ever said:

On 2/11/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:

On 2/10/2014 Pook said:

I just don't get the claim that a dishwasher sanitizes your dishes. What does anyone do with their dishes that they need sanitized? I rinse mine thoroughly then hand wash in hot water. My dishes come in contact with nothing that would make them need sanitizing.

I don't get that they need to be sanitized either. In a restaurant full of strangers I could understand it.

From Real Simple......(magazine)

To kill most of the bacteria on a dirty dish, water must reach a scalding 140 degrees Fahrenheit, says Kelly Reynolds, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona, in Tucson. That temperature is easily reached in a dishwasher, but in a sink, it’s nearly impossible. Hot-water heaters are typically set at 120 degrees to prevent burns, and most people can’t stand to keep their hands in a stream of water that hot for more than a few minutes. So when it comes to washing dishes, high-tech beats low.

Then everyone in my family should have been ill many times for years. I think it's over kill, so to speak, to go to such lengths to wash dishes. I can certainly understand using scalding water at restaurants, hospitals, etc. I still say if the dish water is hot as can be to soak awhile, then washed well by hand there is no problem. I would worry more about cleaning or disinfecting surfaces like countertops, and places people touch constantly- the phone, doorknobs...when it comes to bacteria and other ugly bugs.

I think it is a good idea when a family has a member that has a compromised immune system. As far as overkill, it is pretty easy to load and unload a dishwasher.

[sidsmom]

A dishwasher can heat up high enough to sterilize...it's hard for me to get that temp via hand washing.

[depglass]

There's just two of us, also. Sometimes only me when he works out of town. I have no problem filling that machine up almost every day. I wouldn't be without it.

[Irshgrl31201]

I use the dishwasher for somethings like silverware, regular dishes and regular glasses. I wash by hand my crystal, All Clad pots and pans, Teflon pots and pans, fine Irish China and acrylic summer glasses because when you put them in the dishwasher they get a milky color.