Grandma's loading method finally failed me after 20 years

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?

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clark.robin23d ago

Is a cracked bowl really worth a whole dramatic post though?

mark_thomas23d ago

Honestly, that cracked bowl is just a sign grandma's method wasn't built for modern ceramics. Ngl, most old-school loading tricks assume dishware is way more durable than it actually is now.