Dishwasher What level of Clean ?

I'll give you the velcro mitts...........................

 

Wow! We sure have come a long ways!

 

No time for you to become "sheepish" over it now...............................

 

Chazsbetterhalf does the dishes, I do the cooking. We/I installed one per her request.

It does OK, we generally rinse off our plates after eating, so there's not much dried on food anyway.

Not sure if it's the best money ever spent, but she's happier.

 

I rinse them off before putting them in the sink, then put them in the dishwasher. I can’t stand nasty dishes sitting in the sink.

When I redid the kitchen we got a GE Profile dishwasher, and it does a pretty good job unless you feed it something like a crock pot that has caked on residue on the sides.

The dishwasher that was in our old house when I bought it was an early 80s vintage Kitchen Aid. The one just moved chit from one dish to another. It was less labor intensive to wash them by hand.

 

Ours works great but I’m not getting off the recliner to see what brand it is, it’s that kinda day!

 

Get to thinking about it...one thing that we (I) do that may skew my results to the positive, is that dishes usually go into the sink right after dinner and just the process of washing hands, rinsing out a dishrag to wipe the table, countertop, stove, etc, runs enough water (usually warm) onto the dishes that after "soaking" like that for an hour or two, things generally are pretty much liquefied and the dishwasher has a pretty easy job to do...

 

Just holler for the wife to go check...

 

She says it’s a Bosch, it does a great job and it’s quiet!

 

Wow...you actually got away with it, huh?

 

She knows we are discussing it here, she’s a good sport! She has to be!

 

Coldwater wasn't very good at his job. Cricket doesn't leave a plate alone until only the finish surface is left.

 

I'm certain that nobody on FHC needs to be told to make sure things are not stacked in too tight...to the point where water spray can't hit the dishes/etc...if water spray can't hit it, probably not gonna be clean...

 

You have to use good detergent. In addition, use a cup of vinegar in the top tray. Simply take a bowl, ramekin, etc and put a cup in it right before starting the washer. The vinegar is a great trick that my wife found years ago. It makes a huge difference if you want clean dishes.

 

Our Washer is a 2014 ish Kitchenaid That does a fair job if you pre clean which I do all the time. We have a wand with a soap reservoir and a scrubber pad on it that I use. Unfortunately my Wif just rinses and racks. The load may stay a long time before it gets big enough to wash as there are only two of us. This allows time for a rinsed only dish that my have something sticking on it to dry. Those dishes need extra attention after the dry cycle. Speaking of dry cycle, I agree that stupid energy saving dry cycle is the dumbest thing ever! Those older washers blasted water like a fire hose inside and completed a cycle in about an hour. Dishes were hot to the touch on completion. Bad news for a plastic dish close to the bottom heat element but good otherwise in most respects.

 

Another problem with dishwashers is they tend to become a storage unit if you don't quickly move the dishes to the cabinets. I have told the Wif that, next time we remodel the kitchen, I am going to leave the pantry for food but rip out all the cabinets and just leave the sink and two dishwashers. One for the clean and one for the dirty!

 

This could get long. We installed a new DW when we remodeled. The first load was almost as dirty as when we put them in. Manual says maybe less soap. That didn't work. Finally called the co and repair guy came out. Nothing wrong. After the 3 rd call we exercised our right to a new machine. Got it no better. The 4th and different repairman looked at it a said you have hard water and it will never get your dishes clean. Put a water softener in an the dishes are sparkling clean. That one finally died and we got a new kitchenaide. Mrs. FS likes the 1 hour wash to save water and doesn't like the results. I just got a compliment the other day on how clean the dishes were. Yes dear,hi temp scrub,sanitize rinse and dry. Takes a while but I like a clean plate although cold water (Callie) does a pretty good job.

 

At least we got that from a credible source....................................