Do you have a dishwasher?

pattycake

I have had a dishwasher for 25 years. On my third one now. We refitted the kitchen two years ago.

There is only my DH and me so I find I often prefer to wash my hand. Stuff like pans are needed again before the dishwasher is full enough to run. I never run it half full.

It's brilliant when we have guests but again there is often items such as glassware which I would not entrust to the dishwasher.

My daughter had a new kitchen fitted recently and a dishwasher was top of her wish list. They have two young children and both work full time so I can see why she feels that way. But I notice they often run it with plenty of room for more dirty pots. I clearly didn't instil the money saving trait in her!

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I don't have room for one, but my mother used them at work, and she reckoned that by the time you've pre-washed the dirty stuff, and then washed off the bits that get left behind, you might just as well do the job yourself. I live alone, so there aren't really enough pots to make an economic load.

picklekin

I have a dishwasher and a cupboard full of gadgets (love my kenwood chef!) I cook from scratch often (although less often now I work full time.. *sniff*) and like others have said its so nice to pop things in as you go along, I'm a tidier cook with one!

They do a nice job cleaning too, although I hate it when certain things (mostly silicon stuff) has a taste of tablet left on it!

missbiggles1

jack_pott wrote: »

I don't have room for one, but my mother used them at work, and she reckoned that by the time you've pre-washed the dirty stuff, and then washed off the bits that get left behind, you might just as well do the job yourself. I live alone, so there aren't really enough pots to make an economic load.

I rarely need to do either. Scrape off any unused food, put it in and take it out clean.

AubreyMac

This has got me thinking more. Does a dishwasher have to be on the same side as the sink?


I've had my old boiler taken out and replaced with a combi. This has left space where the water tank used to be so I could move the contents of a cupboard there and get a dishwasher fitted.

suki1964

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Doesn't the food get cold?

Nope

I'd have most the veg precooked and just pinged in the micro, the meat would be on a plate resting so really the only thing needing washing would be the roastie pan as they are last on the plate

Any saucepans still in use by time I'm serving take about 30 secs to wash as I empty them

I don't like seeing a pile of pans when I've finished my dinner, perhaps cos I've always had a kitchen diner. I just have to wipe down work tops , hob and put the left over joint away before I sit down. When meal is done then it's stack the dishwasher with the crocks and cutlery wash the roasting pan and that's it, all done and dusted

Same for week day meals, usually only one saucepan or a fry pan, casserole in use when it's time to serve up, just takes seconds

suki1964

AubreyMac wrote: »

This has got me thinking more. Does a dishwasher have to be on the same side as the sink?


I've had my old boiler taken out and replaced with a combi. This has left space where the water tank used to be so I could move the contents of a cupboard there and get a dishwasher fitted.

Mines on the wall to the right of the sink. As long as you can get enough of a fall to the waste outlet you will be fine

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I had one removed when I bought my house so I could make use of the cupboard space. I live on my own and barely have enough crockery/cutlery to fill one. I've never been convinced that they save much time/effort given you have to load/unload and rinse off really dirty stuff beforehand.

In my 20s I lived in a flat with one, and my flatmate's parents became obsessed with it. We didn't use it because we had 3 plates between the 2 of us and about 4 knives/forks/spoons (we had far more interesting things to spend our money on than kitchenware). But they kept going on and on about it and bringing dishwasher tablets every time they visited. Why would anyone care how someone else washed up?!

missbiggles1

AubreyMac wrote: »

This has got me thinking more. Does a dishwasher have to be on the same side as the sink?


I've had my old boiler taken out and replaced with a combi. This has left space where the water tank used to be so I could move the contents of a cupboard there and get a dishwasher fitted.

Not necessarily but you need to consider where the water pipes and outlet are otherwise the plumbing work will be expensive.

missbiggles1

suki1964 wrote: »

Nope

I'd have most the veg precooked and just pinged in the micro, the meat would be on a plate resting so really the only thing needing washing would be the roastie pan as they are last on the plate

Any saucepans still in use by time I'm serving take about 30 secs to wash as I empty them

I don't like seeing a pile of pans when I've finished my dinner, perhaps cos I've always had a kitchen diner. I just have to wipe down work tops , hob and put the left over joint away before I sit down. When meal is done then it's stack the dishwasher with the crocks and cutlery wash the roasting pan and that's it, all done and dusted

Same for week day meals, usually only one saucepan or a fry pan, casserole in use when it's time to serve up, just takes seconds

I still don't really see why you don't just put them straight in the dishwasher rather than washing them by hand, but if it suits you.... As for wiping down the work surfaces etc before eating, however quickly you do it, the food must be colder than if you didn't and I like my food to be absolutely piping hot when I sit down to eat, although I know from eating at friends' houses, not everybody seems to care about that.