Hit 100 loads this month and my silverware is finally clean

I have been keeping a tally on my phone of every dishwasher load since the start of the year. This month I hit 100 loads and noticed something weird. My silverware has never been cleaner and I think it is because I stopped mixing spoons with forks in the same basket. I used to just toss everything in together but now I put all forks pointing down and all spoons pointing up in separate sections. The difference is huge. I am wondering if anyone else tracks their loads like this or if I am just being too extra. What number of loads did it take for you to figure out your perfect stacking method?

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anthonymurray20d ago

Wait you might be onto something with the fork and spoon separation thing? I never thought about that but I started doing it a few months back after my forks kept coming out with gunk stuck in the tines and now everything is spotless too.

victor_adams20d ago

Had a buddy who swore by loading everything together and kept complaining his dishwasher was broken. He showed me his forks and they were legit disgusting, like dried egg and cheese crusted in there. I told him to try separating them just as a test, you know? Next time I saw him he was like "dude I owe you one, my forks actually look clean now". lmao it was a total lightbulb moment for him. He even texts me random pics of his silverware drawer to show me he's still doing it.

black.pat19d ago

Oh man, I totally get that feeling!