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It’s made even worse when you don’t have a dishwasher.
Dude, for real. Folks: do not take your dishwasher for granted!
One of the best improvements in my life. If I can muster the will to put things in and out.
I never used a dishwasher regularly until I was like 26. They are soooo goooood.
He might just quit!
I just got one for the first time in my life last week. I was suspicious, but it's...... splendid.
This so much. Don't have a dishwasher currently and I spend upwards of 20 minutes a day in front of the sink. Makes my shoulders hurt hunching over like that all the time
Only 20 minutes?!?! I do have a dishwasher, and I still spend well over 20 minutes hunched in front of the sink cleaning dishes that can't go in the dishwasher every day.
I let my dishwasher decide which dishes can be washed in there. They either survive or they end up in the trash.
No one in hell would I pay premium prices for something that is going to waste my time by requiring pampering.
Same with clothes.
It's all just stuff and I refuse to allow it to control me.
This is a pretty silly mindset. I cook every day. I like to use high quality tools for my cooking. That includes high quality kitchen knives. Those shouldn't be dishwashered. It ruins the handles and dulls the blade.
Same with my nice cast iron pans. And wooden cutting boards.
I also have several very large pots/bowls/etc that are just too large to fit in the dishwasher.
The dishwasher is an extremely useful tool, but it's pretty ridiculous to limit what kitchen tools you're willing to use simply because they aren't compatible with another kitchen tool.
Actually badass though, force yourself to spend hours over a period to find indestructible stuff, then enjoy freedom from hours of stupidlabor weekly forever
Almost everyone I know who spends real time in the kitchen would agree with you though 🙂
Claiming my choices are silly is silly.
I have that too and sometimes it helps to spread your legs wide and keep your upper body upright instead of hunching over. You can also swap between the two positions since eachbis hard to do for a long time.
Fill a pot, put it over the countertop and use it as a sink.
I can't wash dishes even if wanted to, too tall so the sink is way too low down. Instant back pain.
Buuuut I'd rather not renovate the kitchen just for that. Dishwasher crutch! Haha.
I'm taal too. I got a maid. Game changer.
Hunching over? How tall are you?
I'm only 5'10" not exactly a giant. We just have a deepish sink and maybe lower than average countertops
Not OP, but I'm 6'6" (200 cm). I'm ALWAYS hunching over in the kitchen.
Some are cursed with blessings
When you start to level up in life, invest in a mid-tier or above dishwasher. Man that thing has changed my life. We had a dishwasher but it started leaking and caused water damage on the floor. That was a whole headache. Went to buy a new one once the floor was fixed, turns out I had a very basic, entry level dishwasher. It wasn't terrible (until it leaked) but upgrading to a better one, oooh baby, this thing cleans and dries like a dream! Ah such a midlife thrill acquiring an effective dishwasher.
Our struggle is lack of space for a full-size one. We might eventually get an 18” one, but we don’t have a lot of options for where to put it. What was the upgraded model you went with? Those crappy basic “contractor’s special” white ones can be more trouble than they’re worth.
Just swapped mine for a Kitchenaid model that is a massive improvement over my bargain bin. I imagine most of the >700 ones are good as long as you avoid Samsung and anyone else advertising gimmicks like wifi instead of good washing and drying.
Note that you can't always compare them across retailers since they'll sell slightly tweaked models to each, but usually they have a common numbering system. I think both Bosch and Kitchenaid essentially tier theirs by 100. My Kitchenaid is a 604 and I could've gone down to a 500-series but liked that this one is where it included a larger external vent and fan to push air.
We went Bosch, I think some 800 series or something. It's nice, it's got that hidden top rack for the weird shaped utensils and whatnot. Also nerded out and watched instructional videos and they were saying it's best to just scrape food off and load. Don't pre-rinse, you're basically doing the job twice if you pre-wash. We had a Whirlpool before which the appliance sales guy said any Whirlpool is like entry-level. Once you go up a level they brand them as KitchenAid cause I guess those two companies merged.
All of our other appliances are Bosch so that bodes well. We have issues with the oven, but I think it’s mostly our wonky kitchen electrical in one wall. The fridge is amazing.
I got a countertop dishwasher last year, best 300 ive ever spent. looking forward to having a real dishwasher when I eventually move!
I want to look into these. I’d have to check if our kitchen has the space though (our cabinets sit kinda low). Great idea!
Getting a dishwasher was one of the things that has improved my quality of life the most. Even a crappy, cheapo dishwasher like mine will make a big difference.
We have a crappy half size dishwasher. We moved here seven years ago and this is the first time in my adult life I've had a dishwasher. It's amazing.
Yeah, in my student single flat, I didn't had a dishwasher for quite some time.
Couldn't keep up in any way, although this shit kitchen wasn't even up to really cook something big, but hand washing every little thing, really put me off cooking for quite some time.
I think, I re-used the same set of plate and knife for years, just because I didn't want to use up more dishes, that I need to wash...
I have had a dishwasher for basically all my life ( Over 50. Get off my lawn), an I recently moved to a small apartment that has no "magic cabinet", (the one where you put dirty dishes and when you take one out it's clean), after my kids moved out. At first the dishes piled up, but now I use what is in tbe drying rack. Gamechanger.
There are small dishwashers that you can place anywhere, bought one for my small kitchen. Lifesaver.
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