How often do you run your dishwasher and how large is your family?

[Anonymous]

When we were 4 just about every day. Now we are two..2-3 days. Meals are simpler now.

[Anonymous]

Family of 4. Maybe once a week if we have a lot of dishes. I never put pots and pans in dishwasher nor knives. At that point, just putting the dinner plate and a glass seems silly, so I’ll just wash it by hand.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5 and daily. Plus often have stuff that doesn’t fit that gets hand washed.

[Anonymous]

Family of six. We usually run it twice a day. Once after dinner and once in the morning with breakfast dishes and whatever is leftover from dinner.
I definitely put pots and pans in it. We have an All-Clad pan that has been through the dishwasher at least 1,000 times, and it looks great.

[Anonymous]

This is all shocking to me. Doesn’t the food get all caked on after sitting for 2 days in the dishwasher?

[Anonymous]

Two people. Once or twice a week, usually after a big cook with lots of dishes. We handwash our plates and cutlery during the week and leave them in the dishdrainer and then after a big cook or at the end of the workweek with all the tiny lunch containers we run everything to get it sanitized.

[Anonymous]

Twice a day because the kids' Bento lunch boxes take up the whole top rack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all shocking to me. Doesn’t the food get all caked on after sitting for 2 days in the dishwasher?

The dishwasher uses very hot water and detergent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never had one nor wanted one or needed one.

Everyone washes their own dishes immediately after eating, since they were big enough to stand at the sink.

Only guests get their dishes washed for them. Never had more than 30 guests at a time so no need for a dishwasher.

And you also fetch water from the well at the other end of the village.

It's no trouble at all, I can assure you! One of the girls does it, they don't go to school anyway.

Anything past their numbers and letters is pointless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4, about every 2 days.

This is disgusting.

Smaller family--2 or 3 times daily (and it is always full because we have pets).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all shocking to me. Doesn’t the food get all caked on after sitting for 2 days in the dishwasher?

No...comes out clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4, about every 2 days.

This is disgusting.

Smaller family--2 or 3 times daily (and it is always full because we have pets).

Pets?

[Anonymous]

family of four, generally daily, unless we eat dinner out and its a weekday (so no lunch dishes) in which case it will be after dinner on day 2. Dinner is our biggest meal in terms of dishes. I don't eat breakfast, one kid just has a smoothie and hand washes the blender; kids pack their lunch, so its usually light until dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4, about every 2 days.

This is disgusting.

Smaller family--2 or 3 times daily (and it is always full because we have pets).

What kind of pets require multiple dishes to be washed daily?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 people. About 5 times per week. I run it in the “short” cycle and things get perfectly clean. That’s my way of trying to make it a bit more eco friendly.

My dishwasher uses more water and power to get the load finished quicker. You may be using more unless your brand is different.

+1.

The energy efficient cycle for ours is 3+ hours.