As I put a dish into the dishwasher I thought to myself, “🤔 I haven’t cleaned the filter in a while.” So I took it out and gave it a real good blast with piping hot water from the kitchen sink. I even scraped some of the gunk off with a dish brush to the point where I couldn’t find a single mote of gunk upon careful examination.
Then I proceeded to refill the rinse aid (even though it wasn’t empty) and–as usual–spilled that stuff all over the interior door in the process. Is it even possible to not spill the rinse aid when refilling it? 🤔
My journey didn’t end there, however! I then proceeded to walk the entirety of my home searching for cups and plates that may have been left behind by my children, found several, and it was enough that it nearly filled the dishwasher racks; bottom and top.
The dishwasher has been started; the wait begins.
I rinse everything thoroughly before putting in in the dishwasher to avoid ever having to clean the filter. I check it a couple of times a year, just in case, and it seems to be working for me.
I think it’s recommended to not pre-rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.
That’s my understanding as well, but I don’t see a good reason not to, so I do it anyway.
If everything is working normally, that’s an unnecessary waste of water. Scrape the chunks into the trash and it it in the machine
This is the best case for rinsing I’ve ever heard. There are definitely two schools of thought. We have septic so I figure a light rinse helps keep solids out.
Our dishwasher connects to our sink drain. So I know the gunk goes to the same place.
Just, if I rinse off the worst of it, then it doesn’t go down the drain only after first tangoing with every other dish in there.