niclonnic
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My take
Pre-rinsing is done 50/50 in my current household. I have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher, model # FGID2466QF4A; it came with the house and has features such as an OrbitClean spray arm and Sahara Dry. This dishwasher works well for the most part; however there are certain dishes that won't come out fully clean: bowls in the bottom rack (particularly those with chili and hard, stuck-on food), overly oily items (like pots and pans), wooden spoons with stuck-on pasta bits (in the top rack) and forks with food trapped in between the tines. Plates, pasta bowls, knives and spoons on the other hand, DO get fully clean, along with just about everything in the top rack. And yes, I do use Finish Jet-Dry as my rinse aid.
I use Finish Powerball Quantum tabs; I was previously using the more basic Powerball tabs, but then upgraded in hopes of improving performance. Despite the company's claims that pre-rinsing is not necessary, the detergent still won't fully clean the aformentioned dishes, leaving hard food spots and oily residue on them. Even when I step up to the more heavy-duty wash settings, such as setting the wash pressure from "surge" to "scour," and the temperature from "heat" to "hi-temp," the dishwasher's performance is not any better.
As a result of its inadequate wash performance, I've developed trust issues with this Frigidaire; nowadays I just want to pre-rinse EVERYTHING before running the machine. As a matter of fact, my mom does the exact same thing, as she doesn't trust the GE dishwasher at her apartment. Even prior to my parents' divorce, she pre-rinsed everything before loading it into the Kenmore (GE) dishwasher at my old house.
Pre-rinsing is done 50/50 in my current household. I have a Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher, model # FGID2466QF4A; it came with the house and has features such as an OrbitClean spray arm and Sahara Dry. This dishwasher works well for the most part; however there are certain dishes that won't come out fully clean: bowls in the bottom rack (particularly those with chili and hard, stuck-on food), overly oily items (like pots and pans), wooden spoons with stuck-on pasta bits (in the top rack) and forks with food trapped in between the tines. Plates, pasta bowls, knives and spoons on the other hand, DO get fully clean, along with just about everything in the top rack. And yes, I do use Finish Jet-Dry as my rinse aid.
I use Finish Powerball Quantum tabs; I was previously using the more basic Powerball tabs, but then upgraded in hopes of improving performance. Despite the company's claims that pre-rinsing is not necessary, the detergent still won't fully clean the aformentioned dishes, leaving hard food spots and oily residue on them. Even when I step up to the more heavy-duty wash settings, such as setting the wash pressure from "surge" to "scour," and the temperature from "heat" to "hi-temp," the dishwasher's performance is not any better.
As a result of its inadequate wash performance, I've developed trust issues with this Frigidaire; nowadays I just want to pre-rinse EVERYTHING before running the machine. As a matter of fact, my mom does the exact same thing, as she doesn't trust the GE dishwasher at her apartment. Even prior to my parents' divorce, she pre-rinsed everything before loading it into the Kenmore (GE) dishwasher at my old house.