If you own a dishwasher do you use it?

We must have a good brand also cause ours works well. We do a load of dishes everyday.
Something we do often is rinse the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. We find that dirty dishes are easy to rinse when done before food gets dried out. If we don’t rinse them first, the dishwasher has a hard time keeping them clean. The food stuff used to dry out on the dishes and was then hard to clean.
 
Our dishwasher made a loud humming noise, so Hon suggested we stop using it for now.

I don't mind doing the dishes by hand. Your brain goes on auto pilot while you are washing...like mowing the lawn or driving in the car down the highway. I find it thoughtfully relaxing.
 
When the kids were growing up I ran the DW at least daily, oftener on weekends. Now I only bother with it if one of us is sick (sanitize cycle), or if more than just the two of us are eating. Otherwise it's not worth the aggravation. Rarely put in pots or pans.

Wouldn't dream of putting painted serving pieces, fine crystal or silver in it. Inexpensive wine glasses and everyday flatware? Sure. But the good stuff? Nope.
 
Where I used to live my dishwasher was pathetic so I'd wash everything by hand and then run the dishes in the dishwasher so they'd be nice and sanitized.

The condo I live in now has a very effective dishwasher, and I'm really glad to not need to wash dishes by hand now. I run the DW every other day, because even though the bottom shelf still has some space, the top shelf is full (I use a lot more small dishes than I do plates and bigger bowls).
 

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