For years I always put my glasses face down on the top rack. Thought it was the right way to keep them from getting water spots. Last month I noticed the glass on my reading glasses started looking cloudy and scratched up. It took me about three weeks of squinting through smudges before I figured out what was happening. The bottom of the glasses were rubbing against the plastic tines and wearing down the surface. I switched to facing them up at an angle last week and now they come out clear every time. Has anyone else had this same problem with their expensive glasses?
I always put forks facing up because it feels cleaner to grab, but my roommate swears they get cleaner facing down. After a month of silent resentment, I caught him rearranging the basket at 11pm and now we have a designated fork row.
She stood there silently, then rotated every plate 45 degrees and flipped all the forks upside down while saying 'you're going to melt the handles' so now I have to ask, has anyone else had a guest just completely redo your loading pattern without asking?
At my sister's place near Columbus last Thanksgiving, her husband insisted that all forks must face down for safety. I've always been a forks-up person because I think they clean better that way. We got into it pretty good, and eventually we ran a test load with some extra dirty forks from the turkey. Half of his forks still had baked-on stuff near the tines while mine came out clean, but he still won't admit I was right. Anyone else deal with a stubborn family member who refuses to change their loading method?
Last Sunday at 8pm after dinner I loaded the dishwasher and had to decide - forks pointing up so they come out cleaner, or down so nobody stabs themselves. I went with up. My wife reached in 10 minutes later and caught a fork tine right under her fingernail. Now we have a whole new rule system posted on the fridge. Anyone else deal with this kind of fallout from a simple choice?
My roommate just told me bowls trap water on the bottom rack and cause rust, but I've been stacking them there for years with no issues... has anyone else had problems with bowls on the bottom or is that just a myth?
I run a decent load, nothing crazy, and every time the glasses come out looking like someone breathed on em. Dried water spots everywhere. I tried rinse aid, changed the soap, even cleaned the filter. Then my neighbor Dave comes over and says my top rack is angled wrong. I had the glasses tilted too far forward so water pooled in the bottom. Fixed the angle and now they're clear. Has anyone else had a stupid simple fix like that take forever to find?
Spent 80 bucks on a fancy new basket with all these dividers and slots. Supposed to keep forks from nesting. Total waste. Water pools in the compartments and nothing dries right. Going back to just tossing them in the top rack loose like I used to. Anyone else ditch their basket?
I always put bowls on the top rack because that's how my dad did it growing up in Detroit. But my sister Lisa visited last week and pointed out that bowls trap water on the top rack and never dry right. She showed me her bottom rack load with bowls all tilted to one side and they came out bone dry. Has anyone else had a family member flip your loading habits like this?
I was making a big batch of cookie dough last Sunday and had this giant Pyrex mixing bowl that wouldn't fit anywhere. I pulled out half the top rack, moved all the plates to weird angles, and even tried stacking it sideways next to the silverware basket. After messing with it for almost an hour, I just hand washed the stupid bowl and threw it in the drying rack. Has anyone else given up mid-load and just done a dish by hand instead of fighting the layout?
My roommate walked in while I was loading the dishwasher last night and burst out laughing. She pointed out that I had all the bowls facing outward, handles and all, instead of angled toward the center spray arm. I argued with her for a solid 5 minutes until she pulled one out and showed me the puddle of water sitting inside. Tbh I thought that's what the top rack was for - soaking up leftover sauce. Has anyone else had a loading habit they just never questioned?
I was at my in laws place in Columbus last Saturday and spent 20 minutes carefully loading the dishwasher... bowls angled down, forks up, nothing touching. She walked over and pulled everything out before I could hit start, saying I was doing it wrong. She then stacked everything flat and crowded so tight the water couldn't even hit the plates. The cycle ran and half the dishes came out still greasy... I just stood there biting my tongue. Has anyone else had a family member override your loading system like that?
I loaded a batch of knives with some spoons last Tuesday and pulled everything out looking like a crime scene. The blades had those orange rust spots right where they touched the spoons. Turns out if you let stainless steel silverware nest together in the basket, the moisture gets trapped and causes a reaction. I had to scrub each knife with Bar Keepers Friend for like 20 minutes to fix it. Has anyone else had this happen with their good kitchen knives?
Started a debate at my brother's house in Chicago last Thanksgiving when I loaded all the forks and spoons handle-up. His wife said it's unsanitary because the handles touch the dirty rack. I told her I've been doing it that way for 5 years and never once cut my hand grabbing a fork from the basket. She showed me a study online about bacteria on handles but my counterpoint is simple. I'd rather rinse a fork handle than get stabbed in the palm reaching in for a clean load. We actually timed each other loading a full basket. I finished 45 seconds faster because I can grab a handful of forks by the tines and drop them in. She had to place each one carefully to keep the points down. She still won't switch but I think the speed speaks for itself. Anyone else try both ways and pick one based on something real like safety or time?
Last night I unloaded the dishwasher and decided to actually count how many bowls I crammed in there. 47 bowls, all nested together like a ceramic Russian nesting doll situation. Half of them came out with food bits still stuck because water couldn't reach the insides. I thought I was being efficient but really I was just making more work for myself. Has anyone else had a stupid high bowl count moment or am I the only one who overstuffs?
Back in 2018, my wife's dad saw me loading the dishwasher with forks pointing down and said I was doing it wrong. I brushed him off because the guy still uses a flip phone. Fast forward to last month when I pulled out a bowl with dried cheese stuck to a fork handle that had been sitting in the prong basket. Three years of crusty handles and I finally tried his way. Forks up, everything comes out clean now. Anyone else have an old timer give you advice that took years to admit was better?
Saw the difference over about 3 weeks. Dishes kept coming out with food stuck on them. Thought the machine was dying. Almost called a repair guy. Then I caught her loading forks tines-up. Changed them to tines-down like a normal person. Now they actually come out clean every single load. Anyone else have a partner who sabotages the dishwasher?
I always loaded my dishwasher the way my grandma taught me - bowls on the bottom rack facing every which way - until I tried her method with a new set of deep cereal bowls last night. The bowls blocked the spray arm from spinning and one of them actually cracked from the heat because it was wedged too tight against the heating element. Anyone else had an old family method totally backfire with modern dishware?
My roommate rearranged the entire dishwasher this morning before I got up. She put all the forks pointing up and I swear I almost lost it. Ive been a forks down person for 5 years now because that's how my mom did it and it just feels safer. But she said she cleaned crust off the handles one too many times and switched sides. Now I gotta redo the whole load before I run it or just deal with her way. Has anyone else had to cave on a core loading rule just to keep the peace?
Walked into the kitchen last night and saw my roommate stacking all the spoons with handles pointing up. I've always done handles down so they get clean. He said handles up is better for germs. We argued for 10 minutes then he showed me a study from some university about bacteria on handles. Now I don't know what to think. Anyone else switch sides on this after seeing actual proof?
Tbh I used to always put glasses right side up on the top rack, thought flipping them was silly. Then my roommate stacked 8 wine glasses upside down on the bottom rack last week and they came out spotless with zero water spots. Now I see the logic but I feel like you lose so much room for plates. Has anyone else tried this and stuck with it or switched back?
I tried putting my cereal bowls at a 45 degree angle between the tines instead of flat on the bottom rack. It actually worked on the third load at my sister's house in Denver. Now they come out dry and clean every time. Has anyone else found a weird angle that fixes a loading problem?
My wife sorts all the forks together, all the spoons together, knives in their own slot. Takes her like 5 extra minutes. I just grab a handful and drop them in whatever hole is open. She says mine stack and don't get clean. I say they all end up in the same drawer anyway. Ran a test last weekend with some greasy spaghetti forks. Both sides came out the same. Now she's mad I proved her wrong. Who here actually sorts and who just tosses?
I spent the last 3 weeks running my dishwasher with forks pointed up one week and down the next. I loaded them in the same basket spots each time to keep it fair. Forks down left gunk trapped in the tines way more often, like 7 out of 10 loads had leftover bits. Forks up, I only saw residue on 2 loads, and those were when I rinsed poorly. Has anyone else actually tested this or are we all just going off what our parents said?