@awk about the same here, except no crocs and all pots and pans and only sharp knives stay out. Also, I pre-rinse everything, so the dishwasher is mostly just degreasing and sanitizing.
My dishwasher is so crappy I have to pre-wash to the point the dishes are nearly clean anyway. So a bit of soap & the same amount of effort and I just use the dishwasher as a drying rack.
Uncle who teaches chemical engineering scared me out of washing plastic in there unless it's on "rinse only" mode. Thanks to him, I also can't chew gum or use sweet-n-low.
@Zypher Burning is a set of chemical reactions that produce a large range of chemicals. Most of the resulting chemicals weren't in the source material. Any time you burn an organic chemical, you will produce some carbon monoxide, usually there will be other significantly nastier compounds.
I just unclogged the dishwasher's recirculation inlet again.
Never let anyone put something with a label (including pricetags) into the dishwasher. The label fragments just gum up the works and turns the dishwasher into a drying rack.
There were also some mysterious fibers. Do not attempt to wash clothes in the dishwasher, not even socks.
Doesn't matter how careful you are...inevitably something falls off the top shelf and fills your home with the smell of burning plastic. Yay carcinogens!
There was a time I had to be very careful . . . then I got a vasectomy.
Husband and I are in a standoff over who will break and do the dishes. We're down to eating from cookie sheets with the toddler's utensils.
@MsELizardBeth I have scars from battles such as that from over the years. No one wins. Do them together.
@MsELizardBeth The easy solution in my house was to tell him he can choose between the dishes or the litter box. He chose dishes.
@MsELizardBeth Poor toddler.
I draw the line at cats, but pretty much everything else goes in.
@ChunkyBitz Except for Mr. Mephistopheles. That jerk goes in and gets high heat drying.
Knives and non-stick pans stay out, but everything else goes in, including my Crocs.
@awk about the same here, except no crocs and all pots and pans and only sharp knives stay out. Also, I pre-rinse everything, so the dishwasher is mostly just degreasing and sanitizing.
My dishwasher is so crappy I have to pre-wash to the point the dishes are nearly clean anyway. So a bit of soap & the same amount of effort and I just use the dishwasher as a drying rack.
@ruouttaurmind think of the dishwasher as a sterilizing device
@ruouttaurmind It isn't hard to repair most dishwasher issues if you have some tools and aren't afraid of the icky goo that gets trapped in drains.
@thismyusername I want affordable dishwasher sized autoclave
Uncle who teaches chemical engineering scared me out of washing plastic in there unless it's on "rinse only" mode. Thanks to him, I also can't chew gum or use sweet-n-low.
@saodell re the chewing gum, ask him if he eats tomatoes or citrus fruit, cause your body does the exact same thing to them as the gum juice ;)
@saodell even when it's BPA free?
@Zypher Burning is a set of chemical reactions that produce a large range of chemicals. Most of the resulting chemicals weren't in the source material. Any time you burn an organic chemical, you will produce some carbon monoxide, usually there will be other significantly nastier compounds.
Chuck it all in, I don't own anything nice enough to care about.
I just unclogged the dishwasher's recirculation inlet again.
Never let anyone put something with a label (including pricetags) into the dishwasher. The label fragments just gum up the works and turns the dishwasher into a drying rack.
There were also some mysterious fibers. Do not attempt to wash clothes in the dishwasher, not even socks.
I'm VERY Careful...
Not to do this...
I feed him twice daily, have plenty of snacks on hand, try to get veggies into him, and don't let him eat after midnight.
Doesn't matter how careful you are...inevitably something falls off the top shelf and fills your home with the smell of burning plastic. Yay carcinogens!
Fuck yeah, vote number 1k right here.
I AM the dishwasher.
Everything goes in except for Grandma's iron skillet.
The only NEVER is cast iron. My knives seem to do ok.