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Maybe it’s your dishwasher or you are not putting powder in the pre-rinse compartment in addition to the action pack or powder in the main compartment. It doesn

Maybe it’s your dishwasher or you are not putting powder in the pre-rinse compartment in addition to the action pack or powder in the main compartment. It doesn’t matter how old or baked-on the food residue is, and it can be baked-on cheese, egg, meat, burned gravy, whatever and it’ll reliably come off in the (European) dishwasher each time, every time. Even when I was in a rental with a crappy American unit from the 80s, it would still get everything though I often had to use the extended “pots and pans” cycles for that to happen. But yes, utensils can and do corrode in the dishwasher over time if you have different metals thrown together in the high-temp, high-conductivity alkaline bath.

ggm 3y ago
"if you use a 2hr + programme then nothing survives the caustic soda" Sure. The point is, normalising "you have to wash dishes for 2 hours" and saying "shifts stubborn stains" is really overdoing it. If you can get some of these foods off the plates before they dry, and can do a shorter wash, its win--win
- jackvalentine 3y ago
  Is it though? It’s not like you have to sit there watching the dishwasher for 2 hours.
- ComputerGuru 3y ago
  By letting the food “sit,” I save water two different ways: no need to rinse off proteins or sauces, and no need to run the dishwasher with a less-than-full-load (which wastes both water and electricity). To be honest, since having kids and their being at a certain age, we now run the dishwasher filled to the brim every other day at most, so it’s a moot point. But in all cases, it runs while we’re sleeping and it makes no difference to me if it takes an hour or six. The only time I’ve ever wished it finished faster is on the occasion of hosting guests and having more than the regular expected daily churn in dining ware. And that doesn’t happen enough to matter.

ggm 3y ago

"if you use a 2hr + programme then nothing survives the caustic soda" Sure. The point is, normalising "you have to wash dishes for 2 hours" and saying "shifts stubborn stains" is really overdoing it. If you can get some of these foods off the plates before they dry, and can do a shorter wash, its win--win

jackvalentine 3y ago
Is it though? It’s not like you have to sit there watching the dishwasher for 2 hours.
ComputerGuru 3y ago
By letting the food “sit,” I save water two different ways: no need to rinse off proteins or sauces, and no need to run the dishwasher with a less-than-full-load (which wastes both water and electricity). To be honest, since having kids and their being at a certain age, we now run the dishwasher filled to the brim every other day at most, so it’s a moot point. But in all cases, it runs while we’re sleeping and it makes no difference to me if it takes an hour or six. The only time I’ve ever wished it finished faster is on the occasion of hosting guests and having more than the regular expected daily churn in dining ware. And that doesn’t happen enough to matter.