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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wait. Do you people just throw dishes in the wash without rinsing them first?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The washing machine does it for you.

It would be like vacuuming your house by yourself before your Roomba turns on.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Unethical product idea:

A “dishwasher” that’s really cheap. Why, you ask? Well, because you need to rinse your dishes thoroughly before using the dishwasher.

In reality it’s just a box with a speaker so that it sounds like a dishwasher. If any customer complains, just tell them that they need to pre wash their dishes better.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all trust your Roombas?

I got another Roomba just to keep the other one honest (and rescue missions).

#OPSEC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Watching a friend's house and literally just had to rescue a Roomba that somehow jammed itself under a cabinet, and it was in there good.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Modern dishwashers don't need you to rinse first

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My dishwasher is pretty new and if I don’t rinse things off relatively thoroughly beforehand I’m guaranteed to have stuck on food bits after the dry cycle.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should watch this lovely video from TechnologyConnections: https://youtu.be/_rBO8neWw04

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Big fan of his channel. Just watched him talk about a retro-aesthetic fridge for an hour a couple days ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

He's awesome. I hope his dishwasher videos can help you out!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm still trying to find the time to commit to what is most likely the most enjoyable hour long video about a refrigerator I will ever see. Looking forward to it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Put soap in to be used on the pre wash cycle too. I use powder and put some in the dispenser and some on the door right before I close it.

I very rarely have any problems with stuck on food bits save for some really difficult stuff like herbs that were in oil that sat out for a day or two and dried. But then leaving it in for another cycle always finishes the job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mine doesn't, although if I do I can run the quick cycle for less than half the energy of the full cycle and still have perfectly clean dishware at the end

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The entire point of a dishwasher is that it sacrifices a little bit of electricity to save A LOT of water.

Pre-rinsing is antithetical.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah. That's what you're supposed to do with modern dishwashers. Scrape off any leftovers, but rinsing is unnecessary and just wastes water.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I’m with you, my dishwasher is more of a sanitation device than a washer.