LPT: Dishwashers make excellent drying racks

bacondavis · 5 months

LPT: Get a NEW built-in dishwasher (better performance), extra dishes and wash them only when the machine is full!

noreallyimthepope · 5 months

In Finland, the drying rack is usually built into the cupboard above the sink. Efficiency and all.

kubananas · 5 months

Hand washing might be cheaper in some cases but dishwashers are pretty efficient these days. Treehugger has repeatedly rated dishwashers as more efficient than hand washing. The problem is most people don't know how to load a dish washer. Out of all the roommates I've had in the last 4 years, none of them did it right. The other day my roommate did stacked a ton of dishes on top of an already almost full load, and guess what, I had to run those dishes again. I'm guessing with your 2 out of 5 success rate, you might not be loading the dishwasher correctly. Here's a video showing how to do it right. Or you can look up the manual for your model dishwasher for instructions.

threeballs · 5 months

My Grandfather, now dead, used to wash his clothes in the dish washer. I asked him why he did this, to which he replied, "Because it washes and dries my clothes, boychick."

ihateirony · 5 months

LPT stack it correctly and don't overstuff it and it washes them better.

neurofuzz · 5 months

Welcome to every Asian family, ever.

saranowitz · 5 months

My dishwasher has an excellent rack.

HOOOOOOoooo!

catherinecc · 5 months

Most dishwashers, that's all they're good for. -grumble-

t_Lancer · 5 months

or you could just dry the dishes... with a tea towel...

DoctorCrouchJrWho · 5 months

I do this cause my dishwasher is a piece if crap But I put the rack on the counter because they will never get put away if they are still in the dishwasher.

4nimal · 5 months

I wish I'd realized this two apartments ago. Can't complain though, it came with a bottle opener bolted on to the side of the counter.

Rusty-Shackleford · 5 months

Get Lemi Shine. It helps me since I have a hard water problem in my area.

sturmeh · 5 months

You could always hand dry the dishes with a cloth.

DIGGYRULES · 5 months

My dishwasher broke this year and I am not replacing it for a while. If you use the dishwasher as a drying rack, where does the water go? Will it drain if the dishwasher isn't running? I don't think it will.

Ambiwlans · 5 months

Unless you are mega-unemployed and can't get any side work... like computer repair, or even lawn mowing. This is NOT worth it. Washing dishes by hands takes several minutes over using the dishwasher and costs a few cents more.

You are effectively paying yourself like 1$/hr to do dishes.

Edit: I got curious so I figured I'd do research.

Dishwashers take 1~2kwh/use or $0.10 (IF you use air dry not heat dry it is ~20% less) and ~25L of water. (If you have a newer efficient dishwasher, you can cut all of these numbers by 50%) And maybe 5 minutes.

Doing it by hand takes ~30L of water if you use running water rather than the basin method which takes 15~20L but is less sanitary. And maybe 15 minutes.

So, you break even on water usage. Save yourself 10 cents at the cost of 10 minutes. Effectively paying yourself 60cents an hour to do the dishes. For the average person, it is even worse. Plus, it is likely worse for the environment to wash dishes by hand.

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/statistics/cama09/2436
http://www.ontario-hydro.com/

donketh420 · 5 months

As a person of Asian descent, I highly approve. As a matter of fact first generation Asians rarely ever use the dishwasher for reasons other than a dish rack.

roberto_1632 · 5 months

This is an awesome idea! A true LPT

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