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Post by campy on Jan 19, 2022 7:42:25 GMT -5
I was listening to a blog on the use of a dishwasher as compared to hand washing dishes and cutlery.
The claim was that the new dishwashers use less water than hand washing.
I wish I had a dishwasher in my apartment.
It seems I spend a lot of time washing dishes.
The claim also says that it is not efficient to rinse the dishes before using the dishwasher.
Just scrape and put them in. There is a food chopper in the dishwasher and a filter. It's actually better for the sink plumbing. The real hot water keeps the drains clean.
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Post by peeves on Jan 19, 2022 10:52:19 GMT -5
We only use ours when full, about once a week. We'd really miss it.
You can get a portable dishwasher. for under $500 , but why bother for one person.
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Post by islandgrl on Jan 19, 2022 12:23:51 GMT -5
I use my dishwasher about twice a week. I give the dishes a quick rinse before putting dishes in. Eliminates dried on foods. I then only need to use a regular cycle. I do not use the drying cycle but open the door a wee bit to air dry and sometimes use towel to dry excess water off the bottoms of cups/mugs first. I use liquid Cascade dishwasher detergent instead of pods which is more expensive.
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Post by windy on Jan 19, 2022 12:40:25 GMT -5
We only use ours once a week, we don't do pots or pans in the DW, and usually hand wash the cutlery and soup/cereal bowls every other day, since that's what we use the most of. Everything that does go into the DW is rinsed off before, I don't believe using the DW as a garburator is good for it, and we use detergent pods. Our DW takes about 75 minutes to complete, goes through a pre-wash cycle, than 3 wash cycles, 3 rinse cycles, then heat dry. IMO, it uses quite a bit of hot water, and electricity, so we make sure it's pretty full before it goes on.
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Post by islandgrl on Jan 20, 2022 6:58:40 GMT -5
I had a friend who didn't use her dishwasher because she thought that when on the wash cycle, the washer filled up to the top of the door. I told her it only filled on the bottom of the washer. I think that would be less than a sink full. She started using her dishwasher more often.
Campy are right about the damage that can happen when the dishwasher is used as a garbarator(??). I plunge my sinks about twice a month.
There are cycles on my dishwasher I have never used, e.g. Sani-wash. I don't use it for pots but I sometimes put the lids in.
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Post by campy on Jan 20, 2022 8:57:57 GMT -5
We only use ours when full, about once a week. We'd really miss it.
You can get a portable dishwasher. for under $500 , but why bother for one person.
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Post by windy on Jan 20, 2022 11:17:47 GMT -5
Campy are right about the damage that can happen when the dishwasher is used as a garbarator(??). I plunge my sinks about twice a month. There are cycles on my dishwasher I have never used, e.g. Sani-wash. I don't use it for pots but I sometimes put the lids in. Our dishwasher has several settings I've never used, don't even know if they work or not. I used to use the "speed wash" for my wine bottles, and then heat dry to disinfect them. The worst thing for drains is grease of any sort, so absolutely nothing goes down our kitchen sink that isn't normally liquid at room temperature. Any grease or fat in pans, we wipe out and put in the garbage, also things like bacon grease are dumped into a container and put in the garbage. Grease and disinfectants down the drain are killers and cloggers of septic systems, but it's hard not to use disinfectant on toilets and for cleaning sinks etc. |
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Post by lee on Jan 20, 2022 11:52:13 GMT -5
First thing I did when moving into the current home is to install a dishwasher. If you cook and bake daily it's a must in my books.
I find that running the faucet aerator on hot directly over the sink drain a few times a week takes care of any build up down there. Have yet to use Drano, nasty stuff.
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Post by campy on Jan 20, 2022 13:54:47 GMT -5
First thing I did when moving into the current home is to install a dishwasher. If you cook and bake daily it's a must in my books. I find that running the faucet aerator on hot directly over the sink drain a few times a week takes care of any build up down there. Have yet to use Drano, nasty stuff. You are so right. People that don't bake have no idea. Cooking isn't that bad. Where have you been Lee? |
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Post by lee on Jan 20, 2022 14:12:29 GMT -5
hi there Campy, I am still alive and kicking, just have not been active on forums lately due to a health scare. Have kept in touch with a few of the old gang, yikes! did I say old  .....let's change that to mature and Kathy invited me here and so here I am. Good to see you all  cheers |
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Post by Admin on Jan 20, 2022 14:15:04 GMT -5
I use the dishwasher about every 2 days, sometimes 3, if it's not full I use the half load.
Talking about dishwashers, I've actually had one since I was first married (1965). Hubby inherited his mother's portable dishwasher which was a pretty neat thing to have in those days, but it was a pain, you had to rinse and scrape first. We took it with us to our first house but I ended up using it just for storage and counter space as it was a pain rolling it over etc. eventually I had one installed.
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.....let's change that to mature and Kathy invited me here and so here I am.
cheers