Do You Wash and Scrub Dishes Before entering Dishwasher?

[Echo Park]

My roommate got angry at me because I put the plates and stuff in the dishwasher without washing it down. Dishwashers are suppose to wash dishes! Why the hell do some people wash the dishes prior. They come out spotless either way.

[didwhat77times]

None of the above. I have a dishwasher but don't use it, I prefer to wash dishes by hand.

[E. Clectic]

None of the above. I have a dishwasher but don't use it, I prefer to wash dishes by hand.

Ditto.
It's faster to just clean them by hand right after you use them.

[jwicklun]

my dishwasher sucks, plus it was a habit brought down from my family.

[A7XXX]

I don't even use a dishwasher. Doing things manually for the win

[AussieBoy]

i just lick the plate till its clean before throwin it in the dishwasher. or get the dog to lick it, cause she's gonna lick it before it goes in the dishy, shes gonna sticks her head in there and has a crack at the scraps anyway

[kdefrisc]

You can't put it in the dishwasher when it still has a bunch of food on it. Even if its a stellar dishwasher, the idea of all that food mixing with the water and getting on all the other dishes is really gross to me

[BozzBlonde]

Yeah, pretty much only when that stuff is stuck to the dish.

[Deadbolt23]

Depends what I've eaten.

[recall reality]

I still wash dishes by hand.

[chrislauren]

i wash them by hand.

[Echo Park]

man now i feel bad. As long as a half eaten steak is not stuck to the plate i throw the dirty dish in the dishwasher. I hate washing dishes by hand unless the sponge is brand new.

[etheritcher]

Our dishwasher, though rather new, is a piece of crap. I normally at least rinse all the dishes before putting them in the washer. We used to have to wash and dry by hand in Home Ec. That just doesn't seem sanitary...

[SuNDaYSTaR]

I rinse them before putting them in the dishwasher.

[a nice person]

just lick the plate till its clean to enter dishwasher, or get the dog to lick it cause she's gonna lick it before the dishy, cause shes gonna syick her head in there and have a crack anyway

haha what??? i thought they spoke english down under.

[AussieBoy]

haha what??? i thought they spoke english down under.
english for a what i speak is debatable, ill just call it australian, you should hear how the ppl west of sydney talk out at Penrith aka. Penriff ak The Riff! their language is called BOGAN

[tonyC4L]

You can't put it in the dishwasher when it still has a bunch of food on it. Even if its a stellar dishwasher, the idea of all that food mixing with the water and getting on all the other dishes is really gross to me
exactly!

[kdefrisc]

exactly!

lol I'm sayin'!

p.s. made sure to check when I was there, erica & ross DO have a dishwasher woooooooot

[HometownHero]

No matter what it goes into the dishwasher

[tonyC4L]

lol I'm sayin'!

p.s. made sure to check when I was there, erica & ross DO have a dishwasher woooooooot

yessssss i want to live with them so bad lol

[Jonnyborg]

well... I mean, yeah, i remove large pieces of food. but literally washing them before putting them in? that's silly

[cristinaa]

I just wash my dishes by hand. If I do use a dishwasher then I rinse them, just so there's no food stuck to them

[Scrawns]

i dont wash dishes cause thats a womans job.

im just fuckin, we use a dishwasher but give em a quick spray to get the loose stuff off of them.

[SeanEBoy2686]

yes, not because my mom did, but because i think it's gross not to... it's not a complete wash and scrub, but i get the food off

[drawndead]

you gotta rinse all the shit off the plate before or else it'll get on other shit or not come off

[Alex DiVincenzo]

I give them a quick rinse because that's how I was raised.

[muttley]

I rinse. Depending on what's on it, I may even let it soak for a little bit.

The question is, do you load a bunch of shit at the bottom of the washer so nothing on the top rack gets clean?

[kbi the crowing]

I rinse them before putting them in the dishwasher.

this
you don't want nasty ass food while in the same water cleaning your dishes

[cuzimlefthanded]

None of the above. I have a dishwasher but don't use it, I prefer to wash dishes by hand.

This. we basically just use our dishwasher as another storage unit for dishes and utensils.

[A7XXX]

yeah, i always wash my dishes before i enter the dishwasher

.. does no-one else think the thread title is worded really strangely?
Yes! Exactly. The way that it's phrased it sound like you are going into the dishwasher not the dishes themselves. Haha

[MyNameIsRoss]

still dont do dishes

[TheProsAndCons]

this
you don't want nasty ass food while in the same water cleaning your dishes

How dare that nasty food you just ate get near anything other than the plate you used.....ewwww

[kbi the crowing]

How dare that nasty food you just ate get near anything other than the plate you used.....ewwww

Well depending on how often you was dishes, food could be sitting in the dishwasher for a while, which can cause it to go bad. & it's still there when the whole thing fills with water, so you may have spoiled food sloshing around all over your plates and such. The hot water would most likely kill the bacteria or whatever but it's still a gross thought for me.

[zachff]

There was actually a study done that showed that washing plates before you put them in the dishwasher is bad for dishes. The point of dishwasher soap is to attack the food/crap left on the plate, but when the plate is already clean the soap starts to break down the dishes instead.

[TangledUp]

I wish I HAD a dishwasher. But when I did have one, I did rinse my dishes off before I put them in the dishwasher most of the time.

[inthemidst]

I've made it a habit to rinse my dishes before putting it in the dishwasher.

[-whisp-]

My housemates never wash the crap off their plates before putting it in the dishwasher, it's unbelievable how much is left in the dishwasher after the plates etc have been cleaned. Pretty bad. Sometimes there is still food left on the dishes.

[ole4b]

well some washers suck at their only job, so i do prewash.

i have read that doing this fucks up the dishes though because without food particles for the detergent to work on they just eat away at the dishes. i feel like i read that on this site actually.

(just noticed this has been said, disregard)