How to prepare dishes for the dishwasher..

[gelaundry4ever]

cascade platinum+

I just picked up some cascade platinum+ in the mountain scent and I love it. I wish they came in the citrus breeze scent as well as it is my favorite.

 

[kb0nes]

I prepare my dishes for the dishwasher by using them and getting them dirty...

They go into the machine with no rinsing. Being single I typically run my DW only once a week. I rarely ever see anything not come completely clean even after sitting like that.

I want to see my 20+ year old machine continue to haul the mail for many years to come, so I make sure to load it with lots of food soil and grease so the detergents don't destroy it.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

prerinsing

I'm not prerinsing my dishes. I want them to go in dirty and crusty to give the cascade platinum+ a workout.

 

[wayupnorth]

When I worked in a restaurant as a teenager, I was told to spray the stuff into the garbage disposer and always load facing the middle where the action was. I have always done that and still get perfectly clean dishes every time.

 

[pinkpower4]

Ultramatic (Reply 3) Cascade with Phosphates

I used to buy the Cascade boil out with phosphates from Amazon in the six pack for under $70. Now one box is $30, so I've been using Finish tabs. Is there a place I can still buy the Cascade with phosphates?

I have an old Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher and just scrape the dishes. It seems to work pretty good with the Finish, but I prefer the Cascade with phosphates if I can still buy it for a reasonable price.

I also use Finish rinse aid.

 

[awooff]

Prerinsing

#33. A residental dishwasher and a commercial dishwasher cycle are two different beasts all together. A 2 minute commercial dishwasher cycle and a 2 hour cycle on a residential dishwasher are 2 different balls of wax.

One thing we can all agree on is a dishwasher is best at rinsing above all else - if you can rinse it off, the dishwasher will have no trouble.

 

[henene4]

The biggest thing that makes DWs so absurdly efficient is that they can prerinse ALL items in a load no matter the size with like 3/4 of a gallon.

Even with low flow kitchen faucets, imagine rinsing the ENTIRETY of a full DW load in 30sec or less.

The one thing where one has to know ones DW or alternatively pre-rinse is highly pigmented foods.
Tomatoes, currys, certain greens etc.

If your DW does run a COLD prerinse for sure, those aren't an issue usually.
If it runs off of hot water, it heats the prerinse or maybe is known to likely skip the prerinse for sensor reasons, that can easily stain plastics.

I personally don't care much about that to be honest.
But others might be bothered.

But beyond that... I run my DW once a week since I live alone, and don't prerinse anything.

Only thing I do since recently is that I soak the glasses I use for my fibre supplement by just leaving them filled with water in the sink overnight.
If that fibre supplement isn't fully hydrated before being left for days, it can stick so much that even a 90min main wash dosen't completely remove it.

 

[askolover]

DH tends to rinse more than I'd like. I usually just throw them in the DW and let it do its job. I know which things it needs help with....dishes i've used to cook rice, potatoes, grits, or some beans need a scrub with the brush before they go in because that glue won't come out. I always rinse egg off because it stinks. I have used the rinse hold feature, which is the same as a pre rinse.