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heidismiles t1_jdx2fhq wrote

Reply to comment by SkadiusGrim in LPT: put dishwasher detergent in your dishwasher as soon as you empty the clean dishes and you’ll never have to guess whether not the dishes are clean. If the detergent tray is empty, they’re clean; if it’s full, they’re dirty. by vendetta2115

Some people pre-wash before putting things in the dishwasher.

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Aeneis t1_jdx9pny wrote

Yeah. I usually wash off anything I can see before putting dishes in the dishwasher. The dishwasher is for getting rid of any germs, etc. that I can't see. There's some old-school Foul Bachelor Frog stuff going on in the comments here, lol. I think maybe dish detergent commercials have convinced an entire generation to put food-caked dishes in the washer.

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RegalBeagleKegels t1_jdxbwm1 wrote

The dishwasher has a pre-wash cycle exactly for that purpose. The water is hotter, the pressure is higher, and the process more energy efficient than doing it with the sink.

Also, people are clowning on this post because it makes no sense. Remove clean dishes -> ??? -> somehow unsure whether dishes in dishwasher are clean

I'd assume the ??? would be "insert dirty dishes" but then where does the uncertainty come from? If there's dishes in the dishwasher, they're dirty. The only reason there would ever be clean ones is that you just ran it and it's time to empty it. I'm so confused

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