Dishwashers

[bainbrig]

Sister wants a dishwasher 'to save all that pan scrubbing'.

Told her it doesn't in fact save all that scrubbing, and that you have to do all that scrubbing before putting pots and pans into it, or at least WE do that.

Are we wrong? Do modern dishwashers cope with bits of burnt-on food on saucepans, or hard bits on plates?

What do other users do?

BB

[ummmm]

Mine mostly copes with plates. I rarely put pans in as they take up too much space. If you have decent pans its a limited amount of scrubbing anyway.

[woofgang]

Mine copes with all my washing up.....amd what in heaven's name do you burn on so hard onto your saucepans that it takes scrubbing to get it off? The most I might ever need to do is to leave a roasting tin full of soapy water overnight to soak before putting it in the dishwasher the next day....and what hard bits on plates?

[Rosie29]

I agree with Woof - I'm a great soaker !

[Zacs-Master]

Never scrubbed a pan before putting it in a dishwasher. Never had a problem.

[Prudie]

I soak plates and pans for a while and then put in the dishwasher, rarely ever have to scrub anything.
I used to think a dishwasher was a lazy non-essential until I got one - now I couldn't live without.

[bainbrig]

Well, some of our pans - stainless-steel roasting pans, for example - always need a soak and then a scrub /scour before going in the dishwasher. No, mugs and plates just need a rinse... but I hear tales of people just bunging in all their utensils straight off the stove/table.

All I can think is that their filters must be regularly bunged-up with detritus, and Mrs B says on the very few occasions when we've forgotten to clean properly first, we end up with grease on the dishwasher walls, too.

BB

[Zacs-Master]

Nope. Non of that. Clean out filter before every wash.

[MargoTester]

Scrape residue off plates before putting in dishwasher. Soak anything that really needs otherwise everything goes in. We clean the filter regularly and use a dishwasher cleaner when needed.

[teacake44]

A very expensive and prolonged way to wash up, either way. after faffing with this and that, you can have it done in 10mins via the sink.

[Zacs-Master]

So lets say that's 5 mins a day wasted. Say you start washing up at 16, by the time you're 66 (assuming your washing up on 300 days a year which seems fair) over 50 years that's 1250 hours or 52 days! Your choice.

[Tilly2]

Dishwashers are far more hygenic that washing in a bowl of water and drying with a teatowel.
I always rinse anything that goes in the dishwasher.
If something needs soaking, it gets soaked overnight and put in the dishwasher the next day.

[teacake44]

Now add up all the time one spends loading, unloading, placing everything in position to make sure the spray its home, cleaning, putting in this and that, cost of repairs, running cost. No thanks

[hereIam]

lol agree with teacake !

[teacake44]

Tilly 2. Have to disagree with you, they are dirty, smelly bug traps. Clean tea towels no problem

[bainbrig]

My question was whether or not pans etc need pre-washing before dishwashering (hmm), and apart from Zacs it seems most people DO the pre-wash bit.

No-one’s addressed the greasy dishwasher walls question (if you don’t pre wash).

Anyway, shall we buy her a dishwasher (heart’s desire) or not?

BB

[Zacs-Master]

Never had greasy dishwasher walls.

[bainbrig]

Zacs has spoken. So, Jane seems destined to get her life’s desire (a Bosch seems best).

[calmck]

Buy it and put a nice plant inside to make it a less mundane present. Or some bath and hand smelliest!!

[douglas9401]

"So lets say that's 5 mins a day wasted. Say you start washing up at 16, by the time you're 66 (assuming your washing up on 300 days a year which seems fair) over 50 years that's 1250 hours or 52 days! Your choice"

I spy a 'so'. Anyway, how long does it take to load the damned thing then dab the bottoms of mugs and such to get rid of the unevaporated water, then you have to put all the stuff away as usual.

No labour saving, just a different argument/discussion about who's doing the dishes in the end.

[ummmm]

I have a Belfast sink and no draining board (I have a removal one) so I just fill it worth water and bung everything in while we eat. I also have a rinse tap. Simple.