vendetta2115 OP t1_jdzzkz0 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM

Reply to comment by BaldBear_13 in LPT: put dishwasher detergent in your dishwasher as soon as you empty the clean dishes and you’ll never have to guess whether not the dishes are clean. If the detergent tray is empty, they’re clean; if it’s full, they’re dirty. by vendetta2115

Spill…into the dishwasher? Oh no, what a tragedy.

Why does it matter if a pod melts? It’s designed to melt. I really don’t understand what you are struggling with here. None of what you listed is a negative outcome.

I’ve been doing this for a decade and never had any issues.

And no, you can’t always tell by looking at them. Lots of dishes aren’t visibly dirty after using them. And why would I I go root around in the dishwasher looking at every dish (and still running the risk of putting away dirty dishes or adding a dirty dish to clean ones) when I could just glance at the detergent reservoir?

This takes no more time than not doing it, and gives you a 100% reliable way of knowing if dishes are dirty.