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Why does plastic never dry properly in a dishwasher?

Whenever I get tasked with unloading the dishwasher, I'm always amazed at the amount of water that's still stuck (always in droplets) to our plastic kitchen utensils and storage containers. We have a dishwasher with three racks, but it doesn't seem…
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Non-plastic cutting board that can be cleaned in a dishwasher

We currently have the following dilemma: My wife does not want us to use plastic cutting boards because of the potential negative health effects of ingesting microplastics. I really really do not want to wash cutting boards by hand. Yes, I'm aware…
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What are the consequences of dishwashering a cast iron skillet?

I know that with cast iron skillets, one isn't supposed to put them in a dishwasher to allow bits of what was cooked (called seasoning) to build up, since some people think that that produces better tasting food (maybe it does, I'm not taking a…
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White residue after putting bacon grease laden cookware in dishwasher

I scrape off most of the bacon grease then put it in a dishwasher. The residue doesn't feel very greasy, it has kind of a powder feel to it. There is only residue on the cookwares, and no residue on all other plates. The cookwares are a nonstick pan…
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Should I wash newly bought plastic tumblers?

Just bought these cups from IKEA. Beside from being dusty, I asked myself whether I should put these once before usage into the dishwasher to "wash away toxics" that might be on the surface of the cups. On the other hand, this might be pure…
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Teflon-coated pans: are they ever dishwasher-safe?

I've had my T-Fal teflon fry pan for a year and a half, and have used it every morning. I treated it well, but since they said it was dishwasher-safe I did put it in the dishwasher from time to time. Now it's worn out. Some non-stick teflon pans say…
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What to look in a truly dishwasher friendly non-stick cookware?

Dishwasher + Non-stick = Disaster. I know that, but still I'm wondering what type of non-stick cookware I can buy which would be more resilient towards dishwasher? I know ideally you don't want to put your non-stick cookware in dishwasher but let's…
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Mistakenly put KitchenAid spiralizer in the dishwasher

Mistakenly put KitchenAid spiralizer in the dishwasher, and now when you touch the main body the paint comes off on the hands. Is there any way to remedy this, and was the spiralizer damaged by this mistake of putting it in the dishwasher?
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