Do you use a dishwasher?

[PHiuR]

If so, do you clean/rinse the dishes before you put it into the dishwasher?


Any other things you do?

 

[Newbian]

Depends on how dirty they are.

 

[imported_Imp]

Nope, when we redid our kitchen 2 years back, we found that we couldn't find enough floorspace to install one. Our kitchen doubles as a dining room.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Yes, I rinse them off before I put them in but any real cleaning is done by the washer.

 

[Turin39789]

I can never steal a thread

 

[TallBill]

Yes, but mine sucks.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Yes. But when I announce that I'm going to load the dishwasher, I really mean that I'm headed to the fridge for a large beer that I will consume while manually scrubbing cutlery and flatware.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
I can never steal a thread

And I am not even trying anymore.

Really a pain in some threads like this one:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2290716&enterthread=y

 

[racolvin]

Yes, definitely use the dishwasher. I load it, the wife unloads it when everything is clean

 

[Baked]

No, I'm not a cripple, I wash dishes by hand w/ a sponge and dish detergent.

 

[OCGuy]

Yes, we've been together 3 years.

 

[lxskllr]

Absolutely not. Dishwasher are wasteful, and do a crappy job of washing dishes. If you're gonna take the trouble of rinsing them off first, you might as well go the rest of the way and wash them properly.

 

[Ronstang]

I use one but it is not a dishwasher it is a dish sanitizer.....you wash the dishes before so you don't get nice little dried food particles stuck all over your dishes requiring you to start the whole process over again. I wonder why I cannot convince any of the women in my life this little tidbit.

 

[Excelsior]

Yes. I do get any of the significant particles off first, but I let the dishwasher handle the full clean.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Yes I don't rinse or anything and the dishwasher always does a good job washing the dishes.

I HATE washing dishes and the dishwasher saves me from this horrible task.

 

[sswingle]

I just put stuff in as-is, and I RARELY encounter something stuck on post-cleaning.

 

[MotF Bane]

Scrape anything loose into the trash, rinse it briefly, and then into the dishwasher.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I wish I had a dishwasher

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Yes, we've been together 3 years.

Well played ...

 

[natto fire]

No. I don't even have hot water in my place. Even if I did (and yes I know dishwashers have heating elements) I don't think my gray water catchment system would like the non-biodegradable soaps for auto dishwashers. Currently using Dr. Bronners but I sometimes switch to seventh generation soap.

 

[Skeeedunt]

I never pre-rinse/wash, but I do try to wipe most of the stuff off a plate/pan/whatever shortly after it's used (before everything gets dried on). After that, into the dishwasher, which rules, because washing dishes sucks.

 

[Queasy]

Yes, my 6 year old son.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
If so, do you clean/rinse the dishes before you put it into the dishwasher?


Any other things you do?

Yes. I want the dishwasher to sterilize the dishes / pots I'm putting in there. Not very effective if dried food is laminated on the surface.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Nope. I pretty much hand wash dishes as I use them these days.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i wash all the visible food off of plates, then send them thru the dishwasher once. dishwasher uses water much hotter than i can in the sink.

pots and pans are done by hand, only run the dishwasher when it is full.