Survey of Dishwasher Habits.

[toggleswitch2]

No, no, no not about pre-rinsing or not. That is a whole other story!

OK so one of the diswasher's racks is full and the other has space. What do you do?

A- Reomve bulk items such as large bowns and pots and pans for a hand-washing to keep filling the machine until both racks are full.

B- Run it anyway.

C- Fill the remaining rack and wash by hand that which does not fit. ("overflow").

D- Do a Bob-load even if you have to grease the sides and overlap to get it it.

E- All of the above

F- None of the above; "OTHER"

 

[toggleswitch2]

I thought I smelled fish.

How about:

Add or not include:

1- Pet bowls (that have been on the floor)
2- Ash trays
3- Washing machine/dryer parts
4- Stove/cooker parts.
5- Baseball caps, etc.
6- Cooking salmon, etc.
7- Garbage/refuse/waste cans.
6- Air or lint filters.

Anyone have a dedicated DW just for these things?

HINT: BE NICE if someone else does what you consider to be unappetizing!

 

[jmm63]

This is why God made dishwashers!!!!

In my LG in my old house, if one rack was full, I used the "top rack only" feature. Boy I sure do miss that one.

Then in the old Maytag Jet Clean in the rental house, it was "just run it anyway" since the thing didn't hold much.

And now in my new-ish Maytag Jetclean portable in this house, its "fill it with whatever you can put in it"

I guess that makes me versatile!

 

[retro-man]

If there is available room there is always something to be washed. Both coffee maker parts, drip tray from refregirator dispenser. Then we move onto the stove. Drip trays and rings. That usually fills it up. Plus going thru left overs in the fridge. That will usually feed the garbage disposal and a few containers for the dishwasher.
Jon
Happy March 1st everybody. 19 days till spring. Yeah!!!!
We have a snowstorm coming tonight and tomorrow. About 12+ inches. Guess I am not leaving for Florida till Tuesday. Damn.

 

[logixx]

Either "B" or "D".

If "B", I'll select the 1/2 Load option that reduces water, power and running time, yet washes both racks (Bosch dishwasher).

Pet bowls - Why not? Sure!
Ash trays - DW manual says not to.
Washing machine/dryer parts - Never tried.
Stove/cooker parts. - Yes, although oven cleaner works better.
Baseball caps, etc. - No.
Cooking salmon, etc. - Um, like, no!
Kitchen garbage can. - Separately on Quick Wash - works great!
Air or lint filters. - Yes; range hood filter.

Alex

 

[nmaineman36]

I would pick F-other. What I do is that I will load the dishwasher with the dishes as they accumulate during the day to keep my sink clear. Then after dinner when we are done eating I will unload the dishwasher and place everything back in the sink. I like to start with a "clean slate" so to speak. This drives my other half nuts since he says if you load it right the first time then you dont have to unload it and the reload it. i tell him its not like he is doing it and then sends him off to the den grumbling...anyways. As I unload I group everything that belongs together...glasses with glasses and plates with same size plates...makes it easier to load. I always start with the upper rack and load the glasses first...so that way I dont break any. As the top rack fills I usually figure out what else can go up there. Then I work on the lower rack...plates pots pans cutting boards bowls and if I have a alot of plates and bowls then the pots and pans get washed in the next load. The last thing I load is the silverware tray. Spatulas and large utensil spoons get washed in the upper rack. In the sink I group my silverware...spoons large and small and forks large and small butter knives then steak knives. My chefs knife gets put into the middle of the tray and I load large spoons then small then Large forks then small...it makes it easier this way when it comes to unloading. The time I spend grouping pays off when they are clean and ready to put away in the silverware drawer.
One rule of thumb that i stick by is that if I have to special wash something then it doesnt come in the house. I wont buy it. Plus the cycles on my Miele have what they call vario pressure. The most intense cycles are Pots and Pans and Heavy or Intensive then its Normal that i use the most. I have been using the Sensor Cycle lately and I have to say I am impressed with the results. I can put my oven racks in this machine and select the Tall items Solied cycle. The wash arm at the base and top arms only run and they are at Max pressure. I also put the grates for my stovetop in the dishwasher as well. Even the grill grates get washed on Pots and Pans with amazing results.
Do I love my dishwasher..you betcha I do and it has to be the best dishwasher I have ever used. Even though the price made me choke at first..but having it and seeing how well its made and how quiet it is and the capacity I have at my disposal it was worth every penny. Thats why when people ask what kind of dishwasher they should get i always tell them..Buy a Miele and you wont be sorry.

 

[dogboy44]

it's only fair that a pop quiz on a Sunday have no wrong

Alex, I concur with a couple variations:

1- Pet bowls - yes, everyday

2- Ash trays – yes

3- Washing machine/dryer parts – unlikely

4- Stove/cooker parts. - Range grates all the time

5- Baseball caps, etc. - I put clothes in the dishwasher one time. LOL – they make a special machine for clothes, you should try it.

6- Cooking salmon, etc. - I tried this years ago, and well the bags came open and the fish fell down on the drying coil and then the dry cycle came on. We were in the other room WITH COMPANY, and we started to smell fish cooking, it wasn't that kind of company where we could laugh and order a pizza, I had to try and make a dinner out of it, one of the bags still had a fillet or two in tact, it was fish and RICE. Lots of rice. It was kind of a Lucy episode. People always say don't try things out with guests, this always crosses my mind.

7- Garbage/refuse/waste cans. - No, outside with the hose

6- Air or lint filters. - yes

 

[sudsmaster]

I routinely run less than full, lightly soiled loads in the Bosch dw on the "quick" cycle. Takes about 35 minutes and uses about 1/2 the water of the full cycle. Things aren't as dry as with the full cycle but that's ok. It's quite handy for cleaning the Grind 'n Brew coffee maker parts each evening, or in the morning if I didn't get around to it the night before.

As for non-cookware non-dishware items... I generally clean the cat food dishes manually, in the sink, so the dried food doesn't get into the dishwasher. However, the full cycle on the Bosch "sanitizes" at something like 160F so it's not a big worry, other than the yuck factor. Stuff like hood filters etc, I'd run those by themselves, but I'm not worried about "contaminating" the dishwasher permanently that way. I'd certainly not dedicated a machine to that (and I have three operational dishwashers - the built-in Bosch and two KA portables).

 

[toggleswitch2]

~This drives my other half nuts since he says if you load it right the first time then you dont have to unload it and the reload it.

GadgetBoy reloads his KitchenAid after I do, so I dump my dirties in the sink and expect to be picked-up after, at this point!

An ex made the mistake of complaining about HOW I ironed one of his shirts. I said, "You know when I ball it up and use my foot to shove it so far up your @$$ you'll think it's a fur-ball in your throat like a cat, you won't be so inconsiderate, so F U princess". The I took his hands turned them palm-up and said . "Hmm, looks like you have hands to me and that they work just fine". Never ironed another shirt of his again.

Got his mother {He is an only child and they are still "too-close" for comfort. Cut the apron strings already!} a new iron for Christmas, They both failed to see the point I was trying to make. Isn't married life GRAND? *LOL*

Anyhoo, back to the subject at hand:

Being the Virgo that I am, I tend to organize the dirties (coming off the table) in the sink-- dishes with dishes by size, bowls with bowls, tableware to the side of the sink, etc. Makes visualizing how to load easier for me. (Ya gotta know what you have to know what you are going to do with it, Ne'est-ce pas?). This also makes loading those Whirlpools with the tableware basket on the door a snap (sine the lower rack can't be pulled out to load the solverware basket.) Just do it all at once before or after loading the lower rack.

 

[andrewinorlando]

If it gets washed, it goes in the dishwasher...pots, pans, the dog's dishes, microwave turntable, bowls, platters...whatever. And no rinsing! All the dried stuff in the dog's dishes that's hard to get off cleans just fine in the LG!! It also keeps corning ware bright white.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~If it gets washed, it goes in the dishwasher.

I like that!

However had a hard time convininvg a fried that knoive only go in the silverware basket or they need to get washed by hand, IMHO. Those gashes they make in the upper rack end up rusitng what is beow the vinyl/nylon coating.

 

[pulsator]

Ummmm.... D!!!!

My grandpa taught how to pack the sh*t out of a dishwasher! If it's a dishwasher worth having, then everything will come out sparkling, if things come out with dried on food, it's time for a new (or different) dishwasher!! lol

My mom sees doing dishes differently, when she does the dishes, everything is pre-WASHED and pre-rinsed. She believes dishwashers are only for sanitizing, but she can't explain why they called it a dishwasher instead of a dishsanitizer!

 

[bajaespuma]

D; definitely, D

In 1969, or so, I went looking in the family equipment files and found the manuals to both our GE dishwashers, which nobody had ever even looked at, and saw diagrams for what we call "Bob loads" where dishes were dovetailed and cups and glasses were suspended on the rack tines. Having been a potter in a previous life, loading a kiln is a lot like loading a dishwasher only trickier and you always want to put as much as you can in every load. If I ever find those manuals I'll post the pictures. Those GE pull-outs had exceptionally large capacities if you knew how to load them properly.

 

[toggleswitch2]

All kidding aside women, IMHO, for some odd reason, LOVE to play with water. Men either abhor it, or are culturally taught ot abhor it! *LOL*

 

[MrX]

In a rental place at the moment and have a new high end Hotpoint-Ariston dishwasher. It's not a bad machine, I've been impressed. It has a huge number of options, a concealed element, cycle times are very reasonable, it's pretty quiet and it produces excellent results. So over all no complaints at all!

Cycles:

1) Auto-Super Wash takes 2:15
2) Auto - Normal - 1:45
3) Auto Daily - 60 mins
4) Eco (50C) takes 2:35
5) Speed 25 - Takes 25 mins
6) Crystals - (delicate glass) takes 1:30
7) Baby Cycle - 1:20, upper rack only - for heat sterilisation of baby bottles etc.
8) Auto-Duo-Wash - 1:43 - Gentle on top, power wash on bottom rack.
9) Ultra Intensive - 2:07 - Hotter water, very powerful wash for burnt / baked on stains.
10) Special Guest - 32mins - 'freshens up' dishes and leaves them warm.
11) Self care : 40 mins, cleans out the machine (can be used with dishwasher cleaner)

Additional options:
1) Delayed start (up to 24 hours)
2) Half load (choose a rack!)
3) Tabs (multi-function tablet optimised)
4) Extra Dry
5) Short Time (reduces wash time, without reducing performance [or so it claims])
6) Good Night (makes the machine run quieter, but lengthens the washes. It's to make it possible to run it at night without ANY noise)

As for loading the machine: If I run out of space on one rack, I would tend to just load the other rack. E.g. I have no problems putting cups, glasses on the bottom rack, provided they're not too delicate or a very harsh wash isn't selected.

I think in machines with a concealed element, it's pretty much possible to put anything anywhere.

I tend to use my tetris playing skills to load the machine. There's always some way of stacking stuff just right so they fit and wash

If worst comes to worst, I'll just leave dishes in the sink until the next wash

Pic of the machine below:

 

[MrX]

Dishwashing habits:

Alex, I concur with a couple variations:

1- Pet bowls - no, prefer to wash those by hand in the utility room sink!

2- Ash trays – don't smoke.

3- Washing machine/dryer parts – no.

4- Stove/cooker parts. - Regularly

5- Baseball caps, etc. - Why?!

6- Cooking salmon, etc. - Wouldn't it get flavoured with rinse aid?!

7- Garbage/refuse/waste cans. - Absolutely not!

6- Air or lint filters. - That's what showers are for!

 

[toploader55]

Bob Load or Just Run it

For the most part I cook just for myself everynight. If I decide I'm going to "Prep" as well like make a soup to put some in the freezer for a later date,Everything goes in. And if I truly run out of room, I just wheel in another machine from the "Showroom", and start filling that one and that machine will be run the following day, if not later after the first machine is done.If I have "Scrap Night"(Leftovers) and the machine is not full, I'll maybe wait 'till the following night.
Baseball Caps... Negative !!!

 

[aquarius1984]

1. yes, whole lot gets washed and sterilized so why not

2. dont smoke

3. occasionally if it can take oxygen bleach without fading

4. all the time.

5. dont be so silly

6. thats what my fish kettle is for. wash that in the machine too.

7. yes, remove the top rack and you have plenty of space to get it clean, quick wash 1hr 25, spotless and sanitary!

6. dont have one, I use decent vacuum cleaners which means the air quality is second to none.

R

 

[qsd-dan]

1- Pet bowls - Yes

2- Ash trays - The occasional cigar or pipe smoke is done outside.

3- Washing machine/dryer parts - Yep, lint filter for the washer. I was amazed how well that worked after the first try.

4- Stove/cooker parts - Yes

5- Baseball caps, etc. - Never have worn them. I guess that worked out since there's a link to baldness and hats.

6- Cooking salmon, etc. - Never have cared for any kind of fish. Not a good sign for a straight man.....

7- Garbage/refuse/waste cans. - WTF?! My dishwasher isn't the size of a Yugo!

6- Air or lint filters - I wish I could put my Ionic Breeze filter in there but it would take forever to evaporate every trace of water before reinstalling.