How to prepare dishes for the dishwasher..

[chachp]

 

<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">Last night I was cooking some frozen taquitos in the air fryer.  I use these precut parchment paper sheets I got on Amazon in the air fryer because they make clean up easier and I don’t have stuff sticking to the basket.  I hate when you rip a chicken wing because half of it is stuck to the basket.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">Anyway, I got off topic which I tend to do.  After we ate, I was trying to pick off the pieces of chicken and cheese which were rock hard at this point.  In the picture it looks like you could just fling them off, but I couldn’t.  I was trying to push them off from behind with a fork and I was having a really hard time and was afraid I was going to bend the basket.  I decided to stick it in the dishwasher the way it was to see how much would come off.  At the very least I hoped they would soften up and I could more easily get them off.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">I was shocked.  It’s all gone.  All of it.  There wasn’t a piece left not even in the bottom of the dishwasher.  Sorry the pics are out of sequence.  Pic #5 is obviously how it was before it went in.  I guess this is a real tribute to not having to rinse or otherwise clean our dishes before we put them in.  A quick scrape is all I do most of the time. </span>

 

[ryner1988]

I usually do a light rinse before putting dishes in the dishwasher but this is because I only run it every three days or so. We have a small dishwasher that came with the apartment and it doesn't fit large pans and such very easily, so I only use it for plates, bowls, glasses, cutlery, maybe a baking dish or two that can fit along the sides. It takes a few days to accumulate that when there are only two of us. Don't really want completely food-encrusted dishes sitting in there for a number of days which is why I lightly pre-rinse.

 

[DADoES]

 
Dishwashers can do a much better job than people sometimes expect.

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

So far, I haven't had any issues. I just scrap the heavy stuff off before they go in the dishwasher. The only issue is sometimes, if I don't use Cascade with phosphates, grease removal isn't great.

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[maytaga806]

If that happens I use a knife to get them off I don’t prefer my dishwasher eating large hard chunks of anything. I don’t rinse unless there’s a lot of solid bigger chunks of debris, so everything gets scraped and loaded. I seriously don’t get why there’s people in this world who think washing the dishes first before loading them into the dishwasher makes any sense? That’s no different than taking a clean car and putting it thru the car wash, or a clean load of laundry and running them thru the washer dryer again. It’s the same principle. Dishwashers pre rinse for us on most cycles, you just don’t want big hunks of crap getting into them as that’s what causes clogs or reduced wash performance.

As an FYI recently Cascade launched a brand new scent called the Mountain scent only available in the Platinum Plus variety, it’s such a heavenly earthy mountain scent but the scent is not left behind like the lemon cascade pacs. They are perfect for extreme hard water conditions because they are at least twice as concentrated VS original platinum pacs. Figured I’d mention it since a lot of us use Cascade it’s a wonderful new product for those who are having residue issues even with rinse aid, I used to have residue and spotting from even original cascade all the way thru to the platinum variety and this stuff will not leave a single spec behind it’s impeccable.

 

[combo52]

Yes, dishwashers do a lot better than most people think

Post number four, I have never in my 50 years of working on dishwasher seen a dishwasher clogged with any type of food soil.

You don’t have to worry about chunks of food clogging a dishwasher, you may find chunks laying in the bottom if you get too carried away, but if you can get into the system, it will be gone dishwashers vary so it helps to know your machine.

John

 

[ryner1988]

Do you guys run your dishwashers every day? If not, how do you deal with not pre-rinsing and leaving the dishes in there for several days? I'd be interested, actually, to know that I don't have anything to worry about and that pre-rinsing is still unnecessary, but I always thought it made a difference how frequently you run the machine.

 

[DADoES]

 
A full load accumulation typically takes 2 to 4 days unless I'm cooking or baking a lot.  I scrape the chunks, no tap-rinsing, no Rinse/Hold cycle.  There is no odor and everything comes clean, including breakfast oatmeal bowls waiting for the duration.  I found years ago with the mid-1970s KitchenAid that running Rinse/Hold causes odors instead of reducing them, due to the residual dirty water left in the machine's sump.

 

[qsd-dan]

Rinse/Hold causes odors instead of reducing them

The good 'ol rinse and mold cycle....never did use that, on any dishwasher.

 

[awooff]

Rinse n hold/grease

#3 also having grease issues and just kind of been ignoring it. -The top most part of plates is where im feeling a bit of greasiness. Had been chaulking it up to maybe the old powerclean needing a new fill valve as have been down that road before...

#5 the report of no food clogs seen in 50 years is one of the best statements read on dw usage! ha.

#6 other then avocado and cooked on egg - every other soil imaginable including burned and baked on, could be left dried on for weeks and i dont think any of my dishwashers would have an issue. (But id favor using a powerclean p n p cycle).

Rinse n hold is useful for half filled loads of HEAVY soil but i tend to load tetris style.

 

[luxflairguy]

I live with a 20" Frigidaire dishwasher! Stainless interior with the hot water tank in direct line with machine. I put everything and I mean everything in without scrapping or rinsing! All comes out clean and hot! I do use the high heat setting with air dry. The little beast washes 3-4 times a week with great results! No pre-rinsing or anything! Detergent is Cascade total clean pods. Not real happy with amount of foam in bottom of machine at end, but ... it works! Greg

detergentis Cascade

 

[qsd-dan]

Not real happy with amount of foam in bottom of machine at end

 

Pods are notorious for that, especially in soft water. May be ingesting a hint of detergent under those circumstances. Have you experimented with gel or powder detergents?

 

[logixx]

I tried Rinse & Hold once and never again after that. I much prefer a few dry dirty items in the dishwasher over everything being wet and dirty for days.

My 18" Siemens holds large items just fine and you can of course put smaller stuff like plates and glasses underneath pots and pans.

 

[foraloysius]

Great for scraping are silicone spatulas like these from Ikea.

I leave the door ajar until I do a full load. It takes about three days before my dishwasher is full. I never have a problem with humidity or mould issues.

It's odd that we adjust the amount of detergent in a washer but never in a dishwasher. When a load is really dirty, I add a bit of powder to the tablet I'm using. Everything comes out spotless all the time.

And now I learned from someone here to shake the racks after a load is done, I have no drying issues anymore either. Clean and dry dishes, what more do you want?

 

[donprohel]

Clean and dry dishes, what more do you want?

I would not be unhappy if the dishwasher unloaded itself...

 

[logixx]

Unloading dishwasher

Fell out of fashion, I fear.

 

[appnut]

Ahh yes one of the Flintstones automatic dishwasher versions.

 

[combo52]

Preparing dish’s for automatic dishwashing

Hi Ryne have you tried putting really dirty dishes in and then running the machine I don’t think you’ll see any difference you should be able to easily leave dishes a week or more in a dishwasher and have them get justice clean. Food soil is that dry on or not hard to remove generally.

Reply number 10, hi Greg that’s a problem with the smaller dishwashers the 18 inch dishwashers only hold half as many dishes as a full-size machine so often the detergent pod is too much for them.

Definitely skip using rinse agent in the dispenser if you’re using pods in the compact dishwashers. And probably all dishwashers, unless you have really hard water.

John.

 

[luxflairguy]

Not wanting to hijack this thread, but two posters have suggested that I change from detergent pods to liquid or powder to use in my Frigidaire 18 incher! Any suggestions? Looking at Cascade liquid with Oxi. Thanks! Greg