Some brands of dishwasher specifically recommend not pre rinsing the dishes. The detergent actually works better if you just scrape them prior to loading. We have a Bosch dishwasher and this is in the instructions.
We have a Bosch too, and I find it really difficult to load after years of a Kichenaid. It doesn’t seem to hold as many dishes, and bowls are SO hard to fit in 😢
@@dianeragland3031 European brands of dishwashers are slightly smaller than US brands. I watched a RU-vid video on how to load their dishwashers put out by Bosch and it really helped.
@@dianeragland3031Huh, that's interesting that you feel that way. We just got a Bosch and we find it really easy to load and it holds almost a week of dishes. Granted, it's just the two of us.
Excellent. I do all the things🙌 except one thing- I’m a housekeeper for a home that holds large parties so if I need to Tetris the dishwasher, I rinse them first. That way they’re still getting sanitized but I can fit way more in there without worrying about food particles.
@Clean That Up here's a tip to share with everyone. Run hot water in the sink that feeds the dishwasher prior to starting the cleaning cycle. It cuts down on the cycle time and should ultimately prolong the life of the heating element by not working as hard to bring the water up to temperature.
Some dishwashers, such as Bosch, do not have exposed heating elements. I can put plastics anywhere in my Bosch which makes it really easy for larger plastic items.
It really depends on your dishwasher. I feel like people assume everyone has the same dishwasher. If I don't rinse my dishes they come out dirty. You can tell me not to all you want. But it's just not true for my dishwasher. I've tried
I would watch Technology Connection's newest video about dishwashers. It has a lot of tips about why your dishwasher might not be working well. One of the most important reasons is to make sure that you run your sink until the water is hot before starting the dishwasher
2 of my kids have really cheap dishwashers and have the same problem. one of them is about a year old. they didn't have the same problems when using nicer ones
than yours may be broken or youre using it wrong... For example it may help to run the water till it gets hot, because youre heating element is not sufficient enough to reach the right temperature on its own. Or youre using the wrong detergent, in the wrong spot, too much, too little, and so on.
Then there's something wrong with your dishwasher, or maybe your detergent? Models and brands vary but they all do the same job. Your machine isn't performing and instead of fixing the problem you're like "it's just different"
I think i tried to look this up too but i hold it at least 2 days to have a full load and whatever thats on the plates or in the bowls dried up, so they'd get stuck, even though some sources say modern day dishwashing can get those dried sauces off, my dishwasher justz couldn't. Also depending on the food you have, lke egg yoke or sticky food like rice?
That pod with the dissolvable membrane is the number one reason dishwashers break. The gunk accumulates at the drain and it eventually clogs. Always use dry/solid detergent.
Thank you very much for that very interesting and helpful tutorial. Several things you mentioned I had no idea about, especially the filter and the flatware separators! Wow, learn something new every day. All very logical, useful info. Much appreciated
Consumer Reports says to never place your sponges in the dishwasher. They say small food particles can get imbedded into the sponge and not get rinsed out thoroughly, leaving your sponge more vulnerable to germs than before.
The best way to learn how best to use your dishwasher is to read the manual. You can look up everything on the internet! This is how I learned that my dishwasher has a unique “turbo zone” that I can use to super scrub large items like cutting boards and pans and in order to use the turbo zone I have to make it face the back wall where there are jets. I’d never heard of such a thing before and still have yet to see a washer like it. I also learned how to maintain it, how much soap to use, best loading practices and all kinds of settings. Now I need to find my refrigerator manual…
Agreed. The way I load my dishwasher at my current apartment is slightly different than how I did it at my old house. I don't bother washing my bowls in the dishwasher here because they're too big. Like this dishwasher is really meant for basic traditional dishes like the pictures show. I can't really wash pots and pans in it either. Lol.
@@pri_shay_diorOh, so much this! I hate the new Bosch dishwasher _so much_ because it can't take the Corningware we use on a daily basis without a ridiculous waste of space. It doesn't seem to handle anything but plates and shallow bowls, and the space for the glasses is so narrow that I have to put most of the mugs across the tines because otherwise they can't fit at all; even the narrow mugs can't lean to drain properly if I don't do that!
I have been led to believe by top chefs NEVER put knives on the dishwasher. They are blunted easily, and there’s the obvious danger. Anyone else know about this?
Thanks for this one. It's good to know that I passed the being dishwasher savvy lessons with flying colours. I always do all the things you mentioned. This must be a first for me. haha
Great advice. But I have to admit - dishwasher tetris is my specialty and it helps to liven up my dishwashing chores. 😂 So far I've had no problems but if I do I'll keep this in mind.
And me too. LOL! I have a +-30 year old AEG with an exposed heating element and it washes (and dries) like a dream. An absolute marvel to have and a real pleasure to use aswell.
Thank you for the informative video, I am learning about dishwashers and ready to get a new one! We have had our dishwasher for 24 years and finally, it broke! My husband likes to fix everything. When he told me he might fix it, I almost had a heart attack:) We always rinse dishes before putting them in our old dishwasher, I hope I don't need to do with our new one. We are considering getting Bosch 500 or 800.
I have used apartment sized dishwashers and older dishwashers. I rinse because both these types need all the help they can get (and somethings just get hand washed because they are an “easy clean” and it just prolongs the life of the tool). Sometimes water heat in an apartment complex can be variable and we don’t know when the older dishwasher (age unknown-came with house) is going to “pop its cogs”. Additionally, since it is just my husband and I, we often do not run the dishwasher every night since it is no where near full and would be a waste of water, energy and wear and tear on the older dishwasher. Pots and pans get washed up by hand as do other items that would not fair well in the dishwasher to prolong their life and avoid cuts and abrasions from known suspects (paring knives). Now…about the upper rack… I load the back first moving toward the front so that I can get taller objects in without performing contortions to do so. Additionally, the heavier glass and china go at the back and plastics at the front…this is due to something the apartment dishwasher rack did…the non-adjustable attachments at the front side of rack “sliders” fell apart on one side and if I had not caught the rack, there would have been broken shards all over the ceramic tile floor (That floor was unforgiving and did not care what it broke.) and I was barefoot. I learned that it is not a good idea to put stress on the upper rack when it is in a fully extended position. Yes…there was a quick unload of that rack to any surface nearby, I observed/fixed and a house rule was made about what is placed in the upper rack and how/where it is placed. I did not want to encounter that stressful moment ever again. Frequent discussions are usually held between the husband and myself regarding where the eating utensils go. He sticks them in randomly and when the area gets full, you can’t find a free slot. I like to put them in from front to back, far to near side (slots are set at angle) in order to fit things in, filling all slots in sequence, then there is always room. Paring knives go in their own area. Chef’s knives get hand washed to help maintain the blade and protect the handle (some are wood). And cheese…oh god! (I use hot water to soak that as it loosens grease and then I allow it to cool completely and the “cheese goo” will rub right off. I know that cold water is recommended for soaking dairy but I find that the “goo” will be clinging to the dishes for dear life requiring more effort if you don’t do hot water first and then let it cool.) About burnt on stuff…you have to soak and scrub with the appropriate tool…dishwasher was not invented for those cooking mishaps. You mess up in the kitchen, you clean that up…and it will remind you not to turn your back on that recipe again.
It's best to use powder and not the pods so that some soap is available in pre-rinse. The pods also usually have too much soap for a given load. See technology connections for his series on dishwashers
Make sure the plastic is BPA free, and dishwasher safe. I'm an environmental scientist, from lectures we learned that plastic can leech micro plastics under heat. Chipped ceramics are also not dishwasher safe.
I believe you about not needing to rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. The problem is that I LITERALLY cannot put dishes in the dishwasher with food on them LOL.
I think a bowl of warm soapy water and over the day I put the items like plates in there and cuttlery too. I rinse my cups and put them beside the bowl, before I go to bed I load up the dishwasher. My top shelf has a cuttlery tray for items like bread knifes and an adjustable area for plastic containers. My middle shelf I use to put my cups and bowls. The bottom section I use the cuttlery basket and segregate the respective cuttlery by type, soup spoons go separate from dessert spoons and tea spoons go separate. Knives are easy enough and the forks fit in where there’s space available. I must point out that using sufficient salt and rinse additives do make a difference. It’s worth taking time to ensure you get it right. I have my dishwasher set to a delay timer and use the energy saving cycle,that way it comes on while I’m sleeping and does the dishes and in the they are ready to put away. I try to remove food scraps and use my food disposal unit for that. I would recommend that if you have a container that’s had macaroni cheese or a pasta bake in it that you soak it in warm water, it will help to remove the dirt. I have a plastic scraper that I use occasionally and that can go in the dishwasher as required. I would recommend rinsing out a sponge before putting it in the dishwasher as you don’t want the soap to get into the dishwasher and cause problems with the wash cycle. It’s a good idea to use all the different programs on the dishwasher as it will ensure it works properly. I would recommend reading the manual as some features might not necessarily be obvious to some of us. Check the water for hardness and have the appropriate detergent for that level. Some manufacturers will recommend a specific brand and that’s where going to Costco will save you money, buy it in bulk and don’t worry it’s not going to go out of date. Buy the best dishwasher you can afford and look after it, they are a great thing to have.
They're good in that you don't have to load a whole dishwasher, but read some reviews before you purchase. We've had 2 different ones, after moving house, and they both washed well, but the last one left water in the machine after running. It was a known problem. As we live in a hot climate, if we didn't remove all the racks and dry it out once a week we would get pink slime in the bottom of our machine. Not nice.
Yes to rinsing the dishes before loading. Just look at the filter for proof. Mine stays clean and I never have gunk in there because I take a few seconds to rinse off the food.
Food particles,sauses on the dishes become dry untill i wait for more dishes to fullu load the dishwasher and dishwashers never able to clean the dried and sticked food thats why i rinse my dishes before loading
I clean my dw on the first of every month (tomorrow, actually), especially the filter. This keeps it running more smoothly. Like no water pooling in the filter to cause the dreaded Error 22, Watertrap full. Scrap off food particles, but don’t rinse. The detergent has to have something to “eat”, or it will eat (scratch) your dishes. Put your detergent in the dispenser because the machine wets the dishes first, like wetting your hair before using shampoo.
I tried the 'just throw it in there' method for a week and had to re-wash so many dishes that I decided it wasn't worth the wasted time/energy of re-doing it. If I wash my dishes before loading the dishwasher at least then I know they're 100% clean when I unload it, instead of having to check every single item for leftover stuck on food. I've deep cleaned it, always start with hot water, tried multiple detergents, you name it. Once that food has dried on there (like cheese) it's going to take some elbow grease to get it off. Forks and spoons are the worst and it doesn't take long to take a brush to them before loading. Ideally you can throw all your dirty dishes into some soapy water so knocking off the food takes only a couple seconds. Getting other family members to do that, well, that's half of the problem. Really if you take 10 seconds to just hot water wash off the food when it's fresh on the dishes you'll get 90% of the job done before it ever sets up hard.
It just dawned on me recently that I don't need to overfill the dishwasher! I can do a 2/3 load and they get clean, haha. My mother used to stuff the washing machine and dishwasher over full and nothing got clean. I figured out the washing machine years ago but never the dishwasher.
Yes! And if I have dishes that don’t fit, they can wait! 😂 I spent too many years hand washing all my dishes to not savor the freedom I have now with a dishwasher!
Learn how to stuff it as full as possible for your machine (i REALLY can stuff mine full - an Asko model). Why? Because it is a waste of water, energy and money to do the machine when it is not full.
Yep, I put ours on twice a day. Partly to make sure everything is properly cleaned, partly that we always have clean dishes available and lastly to help the machine stay clean, because that’s the biggest factor in how long it lasts. Ours is now 20 years old and still going strong. I just had to replace a door hinge spring
@@farab4391 Twice per day?! What? How many people are you? You fill it full (i mean Full), then you run it. Running it more often is a waste of energy and money and water.
@@Xanthopteryxdepends on the cycle, I’ve got a Neff with a 20min quick cycle. Works perfectly for us when used twice a day. Also, do you know what the environmental impact is of replacing a dishwasher!!! Using it a bit more often with less grub in, definitely makes it last longer. Ours has done 20 years and still going strong 👍
my mil is the worst for overloading the dishwasher and then complaining that nothing is clean - like of course it isnt you have like four layers of stuff on the top rack and your bottom rack is stuffed to the gills, of course it doesnt work right???
Never mentioned pre-wash rinse with soap in the dishwasher. There is a small well on top of detergent cover to put some pre-wash rinsing with liquid soap.
I always run the hot water a few minutes so it has hot water immediately at the beginning cycle - also use the 'high temperature' setting to keep the water hot during all the cycles
Heating element, visible?! That was like decades ago since i say one with that. Living in Sweden and our machines are like top notch. Rinsing: Of course you do not rinse. You have a machine that is designed to do just that. So stop wasting water and energy by pre rinsing. And that example of "Overload" at 3:52 was really not an overload. I would fill even more, and yes, everything will be clean if you do it properly. You fill it as full as you can and depending on the machine you will soon find out what will work and not. Easy.
Exposed heating elements are still common among American designs. Drying performance is very good, has the risk of melting plastics and uses more energy then other drying methods.
If you have an apartment dishwasher like I do, you need to rinse if you're not running it all right away, otherwise the food dries on and it won't come off with a crappy dishwasher. Then you're stuck scrubbing them after they have been ran!!!😅
The one thing I noticed was that when loading the cups you put the handles between tines. As dishes routinely go through the dishwasher and the heat, they become brittle. I have opened my machine to find more than one broken cup loading them this way. I have loaded cups over tines with the handles in the free space of the rack, tho. The water on top never bothers me. 😊
all these things really depend on the age of your dishwasher and plumbing. We have to have our dishes mostly clean or they don't get clean--they just get dirtier. And nothing taller than a coffee cup fits in the top shelf. Our top shelf spinny thing is on top and just hits everything. The bottom spinny thing comes up the center from under the shelf.
Check your filter if you haven't. Make sure it's not dirty or clogged. That can worsen your dw efficiency and cause it to just throw food particles around instead of truly washing.
I've never used the silverware baskets in my Bosch. Has a bunch of slots and I group silverware and place them ever other slot (unless we've had a gathering). Can hold more than 12 5 pc place settings. Can also put cup lids, tiny bowls or measuring cups, sink stopper, scissors up there, whatever fits
We usually accumulate enough dishes in the dishwasher before starting the machine. For this reason, I rinse the dishes before placing them into dishwasher so the food won't get dried and sticked to the dishes. Should I not rinse the dish? Will the dishwasher clean the dish with food dried and sticked on it? Thanks for the good information
I frequently run the dishwasher with items that have dried food bits stuck on and it successfully cleans it off 99% of the time. No need to rinse, just scrape off as much of the food as possible.
Hi! Can you provide a link for the soap caddy that holds your hand soap and dish soap with the brush. I couldn’t find it on your Amazon storefront. Thank you!
Forks are pointy too, so those should go tines down, *_always._* Intersperse the tines-down forks with the bowl-up spoons to make the most effective use of the space. I cannot sufficiently express how much I _hated_ my MiL's old dishwasher baskets that forced the forks to go in tines-up; I got a lot of uncomfortable jabs loading and unloading that thing over the years.
Not scrubbing your dishes especially forks before putting them in your dishwasher does not completely remove caked in food and even leave food stuff in between your forks.plus scrubbing them before loading minimizes clogging the filter.
I have a proper dishwasher, from Asko, and it will clean off like all shit. No need for rinsing or scrubbing because... that is why i have a dish washer.
A waste disposal unit fitted to the kitchen sink makes using the dishwasher so much easier. All waste from plates and pans rinsed off immediately with ease. Nothing ever ends up in the dishwasher filter.
If I rinse, I end up with hand-washed dishes and that's not what I bought a dishwasher for. So, I just wipe a plate with a paper towel if needed. I have my washer for 9 months now, and I рave only one issue: sometimes plates and cups have streaks like they were not rinsed well after washing cycle. The dishwasher itself is clean and its filter is like almost new. The load is as instructed by the manual, and it is rarely full and never overloaded. So, I don't know what's the problem.
My problem is not as much on the stains coz i learned to work with my dishwasher and our lifestyle (having a full load each time and make sure no food/sauces are caked on). My problem is that my samsung diahwasher (bought for 7 years), while still operating, has a seal that is literally falling apart. I started using it in my Asian family home when covid came and couldn't go back, but the rubber seal's start to fail after 4 years is a bummer,..
My dishwasher doesn't have a basket for forks, knives and spoons. It has it's own drawer over the drawer that's for cups and glasses. And on that top drawer there are spots to lay them onto. That way they don't get too closed to each other.
If youre using 348 in 1 detergent, it really doenst matter where to put it, because this "block" can not be timed seperately. If youre using powder or gel, you put somehting in the pre rinse and the main spot, THEN it has to be released at the right time!
I agree except I put forks tines up & steak knives, sharp end up. Reason being: otherwise they can poke thru the bottom of the utensil basket & be a problem for the lowest spray arm. Also, I have not run into any problems whatsoever putting wooden utensils in the dishwasher. They still last for years, look just fine..
No matter what brand of dishwasher one uses, it is important to load properly, to not overload, and to use water at least 120 degrees from the hot water tank. Lower than 120 degrees and the detergent does not dissolve like it should so it does not do its job properly.
I find my dishwasher clean utensils better when i have my spoons facing down. I leave the separator open completely and just throw spoons in facing down.
I remove the biggest bits (around a bean size will go through the system so not so fuzzy) and the rest goes. Comes out sparkling clean every time. No rinsing before. Machine is Asko (living in Sweden and this was before a joint between a Swedish (Cylinda) and Finnish (Asko) company but then they split up again).
I always do utensils down because when unloading the dishwasher, I don’t want hands grabbing the parts I’m going to be putting in my mouth. Even if my hands are clean, someone else might not have clean hands when unloading.
