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Bowls or plates on the bottom row - is there actually a right answer?
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?
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paul2517d ago
Your roommate's claim about bowls trapping water on the bottom rack is a bit extreme. I've stacked bowls on the bottom for years too, and my dishwasher is fine. But I gotta ask - what kind of bowls are you using? Are they deep mixing bowls or just shallow cereal bowls? Because deep bowls definitely hold more water and if they're not tilted right, that water sits there through the whole dry cycle. I've seen rust spots on the bottom rack of an old dishwasher from standing water, but only when we left plastic containers face up. So maybe the real issue is if your bowls are face down or not, not just having them down there.
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patricia3176d ago
No kidding, @paul251, but I had a roommate in college who used those giant plastic mixing bowls on the bottom rack all the time. They were like those big Tupperware ones, maybe 2 quarts each, and she'd stack them face up because she thought it saved space. The water would pool in there so bad that one time I opened the dishwasher mid-cycle and there was a whole puddle on the door from where it sloshed out. We actually had to replace the bottom rack after a year because the coating started peeling where the water kept sitting. She never believed it was the bowls though, she blamed the dishwasher. So yeah, ceramic cereal bowls might be fine, but those deep plastic ones are a whole different story.
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