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> You have to handwash the dish, then put it through the dishwasher, then handwash it when it comes out.

What?

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I think a lot of dishwasher opinions are based on how your mom told you to wash the dishes 35 years ago.

To be fair some people rent places with really old dishwashers.

I think older dishwashers are more likely to have built in garbage disposals which is actually a huge win. On newer dishwashers one of the biggest problems is that people don't clean the filter regularly

That's my case. My old place had a brand new one and it did everything perfectly. My new place has one that's pretty old and not only does it need a pre-rinse, it doesn't even dry things (and unlike my old one, it needs a rinse aid)! And if it breaks, I'm sure the landlord will replace it with an empty area under the counter.

If you stuff something covered in egg yolk in there it's coming out with egg yolk on it. If you don't scrape whole chunks of potato off the plate, you're rolling the dice with whether you pull it out of a filter or out of the thin hose between the dishwasher and the drain. The dishwasher's not magic - if it takes a scrub to get it off, you need to scrub it.

I don't know about handwashing after it comes out though, that's crazy.

Egg yolk is no problem whatsoever for a modern dishwasher and detergent. And obviously you don't put whole potato chunks in the machine. Don't be stupid.

GE machines come with a garbage disposal built-in. Be as stupid as you want, things are still coming out clean.

https://www.geappliances.com/appliances/dishwashers-with-pir...

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