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Also, dishwashers don't really work. You have to wash the dishes before they go in - best it can do is a glorified rinse and then a dry.
That isn't true for modern dishwashers. You shouldn't even rinse your plates before putting them in, as the detergent needs stuff to grab on.
Everytime I leave food/sauce particles on utensils and dishes, the dishwasher doesn't get it all off because it hardens after a day or two while it sits in there waiting for the next run. So I rinse everything off by hand and then use the dishwater to get every last molecule of food and idk, kill germs I guess. Plus it then drys everything for me.
Whenever I try this, it does not work at all. Granted, I don't have a super new model or anything, but still. The food will harden and sometimes get permanently get stuck to the dishes as a sort of white soap-crust looking entity.
Maybe I should add that I'm vegetarian. Perhaps animal fat and proteins are harder to clean in a dishwasher.
Pro tip: Peanut butter and egg yolks become immune to water when they dry. They don't go in the dishwasher.
Have you ever... tried this?
Yep, I have kids though, so the dishwasher runs every day or 2. I sometimes "rinse" the dishes just to get them a little wetter before I put them in.
That's not true at all.
It is in my experience. If I just throw shit in unrinsed, the food particles harden and then don’t all come off in the wash. Nasty.
Are you using detergent for both the two cycles the machine runs? Are you softening your water using salt (if applicable to your machine)? Is your machine decently clean?
All of the above will contribute to cleaner dishes, in approximate order of importance.
Happened a couple of times with my dishes, but to be fair it was a couple of times out of a few years of usage, so your mileage may vary
It’s possible some people just have better dishwashers, and that because the one that came with my apartment is not high end it can’t do what other washers can.