Hey I do down, DH does up. I always seem to notice leftover gunk when they are up so I don't know if it helps. Do you know which is better, if any? lol
The silverware basket on my dishwasher has three compartments - two have slots where you can slide the silverware in - those have to turned up. Knives do not fit those slots so the they go down in the third compartment. It all seems to come out clean but we rarely use the dishwasher.
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Down. DH feels extremely passionate about this. That way, when you take them out you're only touching the handles and not the part that's going to touch food and people's mouths.
I load them all pointing down. We hand wash knives, so those aren't a concern, but I still get stabbed. We recently had a houseguest who loaded every utensil pointing up. When I went to fix it (yep, I'm nuts) I stabbed myself 3 times on the forks. I just don't get how that could be considered a good idea.
I never thought of RedZee's hubby's reasoning, but that makes total sense.
I load them all pointing down. We hand wash knives, so those aren't a concern, but I still get stabbed. We recently had a houseguest who loaded every utensil pointing up. When I went to fix it (yep, I'm nuts) I stabbed myself 3 times on the forks. I just don't get how that could be considered a good idea.
I never thought of RedZee's hubby's reasoning, but that makes total sense.
Also I don't like to touch any left over food on the forks/ spoons, etc. lol
I load them all pointing down. We hand wash knives, so those aren't a concern, but I still get stabbed. We recently had a houseguest who loaded every utensil pointing up. When I went to fix it (yep, I'm nuts) I stabbed myself 3 times on the forks. I just don't get how that could be considered a good idea.
I never thought of RedZee's hubby's reasoning, but that makes total sense.
My mom reorganizes the dishwasher whenever anyone else loads it. Even if you think you're doing it just like she does, it's apparently wrong. Sometimes I just run it before she can see because I just want her to take a break!
I load them all pointing down. We hand wash knives, so those aren't a concern, but I still get stabbed. We recently had a houseguest who loaded every utensil pointing up. When I went to fix it (yep, I'm nuts) I stabbed myself 3 times on the forks. I just don't get how that could be considered a good idea.
I never thought of RedZee's hubby's reasoning, but that makes total sense.
My mom reorganizes the dishwasher whenever anyone else loads it. Even if you think you're doing it just like she does, it's apparently wrong. Sometimes I just run it before she can see because I just want her to take a break!
DH told me to just run it and move on, but I couldn't. It wasn't even half full yet.
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The silverware basket on my dishwasher has three compartments - two have slots where you can slide the silverware in - those have to turned up. Knives do not fit those slots so the they go down in the third compartment. It all seems to come out clean but we rarely use the dishwasher.
Ditto - plus I don't want DD grabbing the knives with her little hands.
I load them all pointing down. We hand wash knives, so those aren't a concern, but I still get stabbed. We recently had a houseguest who loaded every utensil pointing up. When I went to fix it (yep, I'm nuts) I stabbed myself 3 times on the forks. I just don't get how that could be considered a good idea.
I never thought of RedZee's hubby's reasoning, but that makes total sense.
Also I don't like to touch any left over food on the forks/ spoons, etc. lol
My mom reorganizes the dishwasher whenever anyone else loads it. Even if you think you're doing it just like she does, it's apparently wrong. Sometimes I just run it before she can see because I just want her to take a break!
DH told me to just run it and move on, but I couldn't. It wasn't even half full yet.