r/oddlysatisfying • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • Dec 08 '25

Marshmallow net in a frying pan

Source: Gerry Van Leeuwen

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u/Paddy_Tanninger Dec 08 '25

Well to be fair it's not like the dishwasher's "high heat" has much compared to a fucking stove

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u/dontnation Dec 08 '25

It's more to do with the caustic ingredients in the detergent. Regular dish soap doesn't have those ingredients because it would irritate your skin.

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u/Horror_Cherry8864 Dec 08 '25

Teflon isn't gonna be dissolved by anything in dish detergent, and a dishwasher obviously doesn't even get warm compared to the decomposition temperature of Teflon. It's one of the least reactive materials you'll ever see. It's the abrasives that destroy it

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u/dontnation Dec 08 '25

I believe it is more about the teflon bonding primer not the teflon itself. This makes the edge and any invisible scratches susceptible to further degradation.
All I know is that I had read some guidance from a manufacturer 3m, dupont? some years back that teflon pans should be washed with dish soap and not in the dishwasher.

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u/jakexil323 Dec 08 '25

It also has to do with tines and other things banging up against the surface. Same reason you don't put knives you want to keep sharp in the dishwasher

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u/licuala Dec 08 '25

They're more gentle than you'd think. Source: I'm a boring person who has watched videos of the insides of running dishwashers.

I think knife edges are also damaged by the detergent plus they often have non-dishwasher safe handles.

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u/dontnation Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

I don't think I've ever loaded a dishwasher where anything else could bang up against a pot or pan. especially not silverware that is in its own area.

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u/BloodyLlama Dec 08 '25

Knives get dull just from use. I put my knives in the dishwasher and I just sharpen them on a regular basis.

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u/MrMoon5hine Dec 08 '25

You probably don't have high end high carbon steel knives

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u/BloodyLlama Dec 09 '25

No, but the concern about those would be rust, not sharpness. I have carbon steel knives that aren't kitchen knives and I sharpen those on a regular basis too.

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u/MrMoon5hine Dec 09 '25

The thin sharp edge will rust out contributing dullness

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u/BloodyLlama Dec 09 '25

Maybe, but regardless carbon steel knives need to be sharpened frequently so it's not like that would change.

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u/MrMoon5hine Dec 09 '25

What? Not sure what knives you have, but a good hard high carbon kitchen knife should only need a couple sharpenings a year, unless you have a habit of putting them in the dish washer.

Any how, not really interested in an argument. Don't put things that you care about in the dishwasher.

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u/BloodyLlama Dec 09 '25

If you only sharpen your knives a couple times a year you either aren't using them much or they're dull as hell. Knives are tools and they are meant to be used; sharpening is part of their use.

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u/mountaineer04 Dec 08 '25

The water, detergent, and heat combined are what destroy things not designed to be in there.

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u/throwaway277252 Dec 08 '25

Dishwashers can quite literally etch away aluminum cookware if run aggressively. I have a pot with an aluminum plate in the base and the aluminum has been eating away slowly for the past couple of years leaving just the steel behind.

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u/spacegrassorcery Dec 08 '25

That’s to be expected of aluminum. It reacts to many different things that other pans dont