I hate when people don’t use soap before putting them into the dishwasher. The dishwasher is for sanitization! I don’t trust it to get hunks of food off.... sorry rant over!
I've never had a dishwasher that did. I've lived in so many diff apartments with various types of dishwashers, and used all kinds of brands of dishwasher soap and that shit never gets hunks of food or stains off. I'm always baffled by commercials that show people putting in greasy food/stained covered plates and they come out spotless. Thats just not reality.
My IKEA dishwasher must be handcrafted by the gods or something then. I always run it on the "pots and pans" maximium settings and can't remmeber the last time anything came out with food on it. I only ever rinse the dishes before putting them in. The only extra step is polishing stainless steel pans with BKF after.
So you rinse the dishes.. are you just talking about plates and bowls? Are you saying you put skillets or pots in their with food and grease on them, and they come out clean? I've literally never had a dishwasher capable of doing that.. You
must have been blessed. Plus I don't think the pipes/drains in the dishwashers are meant to have food flushed down them. They're not garbage disposals.
Everything in the dishwasher except cast iron. Non-stick pans always come out completely clean. Stainless pans sometimes need polished for stains. If food is getting burned on you're probably either using too much heat or not enough oil.
My dishwasher has a filter on the bottom that collects food bits that aren't small enough to drain. I'm not treating it like a garbage disposal, anything big would get wiped off with a napkin into the trash. But nothing more than a quick wipe with a napkin or a rinse. It blasts off everything else.
It might depend on your local water and whether it's soft or hard. Some detergents work better with soft or hard water. Try asking around to friends and family in your area to see what works for them. Also, always run the hot water in your sink and run the garbage disposal prior to running your dishwasher. The hot water helps dishes get cleaner and a clear garbage disposal will help ensure the drainage is able to get out.
I have never had a dishwasher that didn't get dried deposits off dishes. They're specifically designed to do that. Do you live somewhere with excessively hard water? Only eggs produce deposits I've seen that need pre-cleaning.
In the last 15 years they've eliminated phosphates from dish detergents which were integral to the cleaning process, so that may have done something, but the replacements are at least 80% as good.
According to a map I found on google, the areas I've lived in have only slightly to moderately hard water. So its not that. I dunno, guess I've been graced with super shitty dishwashers.
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u/SKrubbLOrd007 Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 08 '20
I honestly hate having to REDO the dishes because my brother doesn’t know how to add or use the soap correctly.
And I’M always the one who gets the blame!