How many times per day do you run your dishwasher?

[Anonymous]

once a day, at most. usually we skip a day. 2 kids, 2 adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4 ppl, 1x per day

+1

We do put pots in there too. No hand washing.

[Anonymous]

Once a day. 5 people, and we generate washable things for each meal and then some. (Breakfasts and dinners at home, Tupperware containers and thermoses for lunch, baby bottles, pump parts.)

[Anonymous]

Family of 4. At least 2 times a day or more. And this is inspite of having 32 dinner plates, 32 salad plates, 40 bowls...

Kids snack a lot and fix their own snacks. The amounts they eat are small and varied (and by and large very healthy), and they do load the dishwasher too.

For example, my 10 year old might fix himself a snack - he will warm 1/2 cup of milk, cut a fruit, and fix himself some trail mix. For this, he has used - 1 cutting board, 1 dinner plate, 1 knife, 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 spoon. He will put everything in the dish washer. After sometime he will pick out 3-4 cherries, rinse them, transfer them in another dry bowl. He used - 2 bowls. Then he puts them in the dishwasher. So on and so forth.

The thing is that I do not mind the dishwasher being run multiple times. I love that my kids can fix really healthy snacks for themselves and their friends, that their diet is very varied, and that they load up the dishwasher and are learning to clean up after themselves. So this works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4. At least 2 times a day or more. And this is inspite of having 32 dinner plates, 32 salad plates, 40 bowls...

Kids snack a lot and fix their own snacks. The amounts they eat are small and varied (and by and large very healthy), and they do load the dishwasher too.

For example, my 10 year old might fix himself a snack - he will warm 1/2 cup of milk, cut a fruit, and fix himself some trail mix. For this, he has used - 1 cutting board, 1 dinner plate, 1 knife, 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 spoon. He will put everything in the dish washer. After sometime he will pick out 3-4 cherries, rinse them, transfer them in another dry bowl. He used - 2 bowls. Then he puts them in the dishwasher. So on and so forth.

The thing is that I do not mind the dishwasher being run multiple times. I love that my kids can fix really healthy snacks for themselves and their friends, that their diet is very varied, and that they load up the dishwasher and are learning to clean up after themselves. So this works for us.

Not a criticism, but just a comment on how people are different.

he will warm 1/2 cup of milk, cut a fruit, and fix himself some trail mix. For this, he has used - 1 cutting board, 1 dinner plate, 1 knife, 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 spoon. He will put everything in the dish washer. After sometime he will pick out 3-4 cherries, rinse them, transfer them in another dry bowl. He used - 2 bowls.

We'd use one cup (usually same cup you used from breakfast, but always water), cut the fruit on a paper towel, put cut fruit and trail mix on plate, and eat. So, new dishes being used would be the plate. Plus the paper towel being used.

[Anonymous]

I try to use mine at least once every two weeks but it's just the two of us so I run out of drinking cups and end up washing them by hand. I recently bought 36 forks because again, we run out of forks to use before the dishwasher is full.

BTW, my BIL says if you don't use your dishwasher regularly it will stop working then he'll charge you a lot to come fix it.

[Anonymous]

Errr, you are kidding right? You are definitely wasting water. We are a family of 4 and we run the dishwasher 2-3 times per week. If we are running out of glasses, I tell the kids to wash them after drinking water.

[Anonymous]

0, ours is broken (since 2002)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Errr, you are kidding right? You are definitely wasting water. We are a family of 4 and we run the dishwasher 2-3 times per week. If we are running out of glasses, I tell the kids to wash them after drinking water.

Agreed. We are a family of 6 and run it 3-4 times per week max. We eat all breakfasts, all after school snacks, most dinners and about half lunches per week at home.

[Anonymous]

none, we don't have one

[Anonymous]

2 adults and a baby - every other day

[Anonymous]

Four of us. At least 1x a day. I could run it more but I hand wash all pots and pans and certain dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4. At least 2 times a day or more. And this is inspite of having 32 dinner plates, 32 salad plates, 40 bowls...

Kids snack a lot and fix their own snacks. The amounts they eat are small and varied (and by and large very healthy), and they do load the dishwasher too.

For example, my 10 year old might fix himself a snack - he will warm 1/2 cup of milk, cut a fruit, and fix himself some trail mix. For this, he has used - 1 cutting board, 1 dinner plate, 1 knife, 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 spoon. He will put everything in the dish washer. After sometime he will pick out 3-4 cherries, rinse them, transfer them in another dry bowl. He used - 2 bowls. Then he puts them in the dishwasher. So on and so forth.

The thing is that I do not mind the dishwasher being run multiple times. I love that my kids can fix really healthy snacks for themselves and their friends, that their diet is very varied, and that they load up the dishwasher and are learning to clean up after themselves. So this works for us.

This humblebrag is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

family of 4- we run it every night after dinner. I unload in the morning while coffee is on and then it gets full over the course of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family of 4. At least 2 times a day or more. And this is inspite of having 32 dinner plates, 32 salad plates, 40 bowls...

Kids snack a lot and fix their own snacks. The amounts they eat are small and varied (and by and large very healthy), and they do load the dishwasher too.

For example, my 10 year old might fix himself a snack - he will warm 1/2 cup of milk, cut a fruit, and fix himself some trail mix. For this, he has used - 1 cutting board, 1 dinner plate, 1 knife, 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 spoon. He will put everything in the dish washer. After sometime he will pick out 3-4 cherries, rinse them, transfer them in another dry bowl. He used - 2 bowls. Then he puts them in the dishwasher. So on and so forth.

The thing is that I do not mind the dishwasher being run multiple times. I love that my kids can fix really healthy snacks for themselves and their friends, that their diet is very varied, and that they load up the dishwasher and are learning to clean up after themselves. So this works for us.

This humblebrag is hilarious.

It's not a humblebrag. It's just a brag.