To pre-rinse dishes or not to pre-rinse...

[gelaundry4ever]

strictly prohibited

Pre-rinsing dishes before they go into the dishwasher at my apartment is strictly prohibited. This is what I tell friends and they get the message. Maybe I should post it on my fridge. I've never had ruined racks as a result of not pre-rinsing, as others have seen. I leave dishes quite dirty all the while with the dishes scraped. It is a Bosch under the name Kenmore. It has given me immaculate dishes every time whether I use Cascade or Finish products. And if the dishwasher smells, that is what the detergent smell is for. It not only cleans your dishes, but freshens your dishwasher while doing so. That is what I experienced.

 

[wayupnorth]

Pre-rinsing is mandatory in my house as it will usually sit for a week. It is only run when packed full and only on Light Wash and all the dishes are clean after a week of sitting in there and almost 30 years later my racks are still fine.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Divided issue alright, and just when I wanted to see if Boshe is right or full of cr-p... (the video is gone)

Just did a load, I didn't use my Sani-Rinse, which if my dishwasher has, then if the wet dishes aren't gonna sit around another day soaked why not?, and in the morning I'll see how they turn out--my Kroger Brand equivalent to the latest Finish/Cascade surely blasts away the stinky scum and makes everything, well, CLEAN ENOUGH TO EAT OFF OF...!

-- Dave

 

[panasonicvac]

The last apartment I've lived at, the Crossly dishwasher got clogged two or three times I believe as my roommates didn't pre-rinse out the dishes other than scrapping them in the trash. My aunt bought an LG a couple years ago for her new house, it doesn't do a very job like the Maytag from her old house. I recall that our KitchenAid missed some spots a few times when the dishes didn't get pre-rinsed or just barely rinsed out by hand. Anyways the point though is that I think some dishwashers you can get away without having to pre-rinse them out but not all of them. I'll wash and scrub some dishes out by hand if they can't go into the dishwasher but only rinse out if they can go into the dishwasher. I agree with Tim as the dishes in my sink can smell if they're not pre-rinsed out after sitting for a while, I'd rather not have that stink in the dishwasher either. Not to mention I don't like the idea of having to reach down and pull out the filter trap on some models to clean out.

 

[beehiveboy]

Everyone should do what suits them best, after all, it’s not harming anyone else is it! But my experience of being in sole charge of the dishwasher for about 35 years, and being a light scraper, never a rinser, is about 13 775 clean loads, no clogged machine and a filter that gets a cursory rinse every quarter.