Hot Erie Topic: No! You Should Not Rinse Your Dishes for the Dishwasher

12/27/2022 (Permalink)

If your Erie, Waterford, North East and surrounding areas home is affected by a dishwasher back-up…SERVPRO of Erie and Warren Counties can help.

If your mother is anything like mine there was no placing dishes, even with one miniscule crumb on them, in the dishwasher without rinsing. “IT WILL CLOG THE DISHWASHER!” At least that was always the argument why I had to spend an extra few minutes cleaning each dish prior to sticking it in the machine that supposedly washes dishes. SERVPRO of Erie and Warren Counties is here to debunk you and your mom’s time-old argument.

If you ask the Wall Street Journal---you should not wash your dishes AT ALL before loading them. *MIND BLOWN. * “Believe it or not, it’s actually more beneficial to not rinse your dishes before putting them into the dishwasher, says Procter & Gamble’s Cascade scientist, Morgan Brasher.” She goes on to say that most modern dishwashers can tell how long and heavy to run a cycle because of a sensor inside of them. The sensor can determine the soil level and it decides how long the cycle will run. Therefore, if you rinse prior to placing them in the dishwasher, the cycle will be shorter and will not clean them as long or thorough as they probably need. And that would not be a clean outcome.

So, you can tell your mom she’s wrong. (One point for you!)  But then she will then ask where does all that excess food go? Well. Newer models have an internal filter and garbage disposal. And yes! This does have to be cleaned regularly to prevent clogging and backups. A dishwasher is not a garbage disposal. So, this means you do have to scrape off the excess food on the plate. It is just not necessary to take the dish wand to after.

Childhood life transformed. But I guess it is too late for that. But that doesn’t mean dishwashers can’t back-up. There are still many ways this can happen. It could either be not cleaning out that filter, like stated above, or a clogged drain hose, or even a garbage disposal backup. If your Erie, Waterford, North East and surrounding areas home is affected by a dishwasher back-up…SERVPRO of Erie and Warren Counties can help. We know water. In fact---this is the cornerstone of our business. A dishwasher overflow would be considered a “Category 1” water loss…since it would be deemed ‘clean water’. This is water from a clean source, such as a broken clean water supply line or faucet. If left untreated, category 1 water can quickly degrade into categories 2 or 3 water depending upon such factors as time, temperature, and contact with contaminants. And this is where the “yucky stuff” starts. Special training and equipment are necessary to safely clean this type of contamination.

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