How to Load a Dishwasher the Right Way | Consumer Reports

Dishwashers that make our list of top picks deliver sparkling results every time -- but even the very best won’t get the job done if they’re loaded improperly. Here's how to do it the right way.

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[CamCakes]

For tupperware, We discovered if you plan ahead, by opening the dishwasher door just after it finishes, and leave it over night, the tupperware will have a chance to dry!

[ffbells]

How about adding: face the dirty side down, and toward the center, (that’s where the water comes from) some in my house can’t seem to remember that!

[kayjarvela]

I also read where you alternate dinner plates with a smaller plates so they get cleaner as the sprayers are able to reach them more effectively.

[osdahi]

I was also told to load the interior of the top rack rows first because consistently load the exterior when the interior is empty will dent the handles that hold the upper rack

[dyeet]

As a maintenance person that works on these, please for the love of god rinse your dishes first and scrub any big chunks off. It makes the dishwashers life easier and you have a less chance of clogging your drain pump with chunks of food. Just because there’s a “sensor” in it doesn’t mean bigger food particles won’t get caught in the drain.

[devoinregress]

Why are modern rack prongs so tightly spaced? I watched this video hoping it would help me load my new Frigidaire dishwasher with its tightly packed prongs and I’m still at a loss on how to load this.

[OG..]

Thanks, do you know why the dish soap doesn't get dispersed in the cycle and just piles up on the the bottom of the door?

[cbalano]

Amazing. Next, I need a lecture on how to go to the bathroom.

[kathleenmcbride]

Did anyone else notice how old and nasty this dishwasher was?

[nisetsu]

You tell her: load the damn dishes or I'm gettin a divorce.

[Wogger]

Back in the day load the dishwasher means get your wife drunk

[cathhughes]

Your instructions act like everyone has a top and bottom sprayer instead of just a bottom sprayer.

[newcar]

“avoid” prerinsing? Because modern dishwashers have a dirt sensor? Be more factual and accurate. DO NOT prerinse. People brainlessly run 10 gallons of hot water down the drain, literally doing the job of the dishwasher. Let the dishwasher do its job! Its job is to wash dirty dishes. Its job is not to wash 95% clean dishes. Also it was wasteful and wrong to prerinse dishes 50 years ago, the dishwashers back then were built to wash dishes that were only scraped off (like with a butter knife). They had food grinders (still do) that dispose of food particles.