To never have cleaned my dishwasher

No not at all, been doing it for over 20 years

bleach and fairy
don't you get an Ibiza Foam Party effect from washing up liquid ?

I use Ecover tablets on a hot wash (70 for the DW /90 for the WM) no other detergents but this time after the clean cycle I did the sides of the runners and the baskets then ran it through with a bowl of white vinegar in the top shelf (Martha Stewart tip IIRC)

I clean mine once a month, empty the filter and then go in with a steamer around the seal and all the tough parts to clean. Then wash all the inside with bleach and fairy, then pop a dishwasher cleaner in on a cycle on its own

Hiya

Sprinkle is a slight underestimating.

But yes, I literally "sprinkle" aka dump loads in the bottom of the machine

Hijacking a bit here but how do you use soda crystals in a dishwasher? I use them in the washing machine instead of powder/liquid anyway so they just go in the dispensing drawer. Do you just sprinkle them in the bottom of the dishwasher?

Inspired by this thread I gave my dishwasher a good spruce up and found some satisfying gunk collections in various nooks and crannies. I use “Buster Plughole Clean and Fresh” which has multiple doses inside. I find the Finish dishwasher cleaners a ripoff.

Do people who wash up in a bowl not clean the bowl of any food residue or grease? Do you lift the bowl and wipe round the sink?
Do those who wash up in the sink not clean the sink?
Same thing, same reasoning really.

I sometimes wonder if this is to do with many people mainly using quick options instead of the full cycles.

we scrape plates and mainly use the eco programme.
when the dw makes a funny noise fill up salt and run a hotter cycle with a descaler tablet.

If you don't clean your dishwasher grease and food residues build up which can cause the cleaning cycle to fail, leaving you with unclean crockery and utensils. Also, it will shorten the life of your dishwasher, causing parts to fail, which can be expensive to replace.
Plus, it will save a small fortune on all those products the manufacturers are advertising that spray on to clean your dishes before you actually switch the dishwasher on.
The dishwasher smells if not cleaned out.

This is me too! I'm not the cleanest (ie skirting boards) but I do give my dishwasher a clean every so often. I don't use the cleaner though, I just put it on an empty cycle with a tablet.

She?!

My dishwasher is on the WiFi so she sends me little messages letting me know what she needs. I just do as I’m told 😂 and the washing machine also benefits as I’ll do her a deep clean cycle etc alongside the dishwasher.

I do mine every couple of weeks as we use it a lot. Filter gets scrubbed and I boil the kettle and run hot water around the bottom of the door - I find this bit gets particularly slimy, so I use a toothbrush to clean it.

Agree. We've got walk in shower, drain same level as tiles. I do this once a month or build up is disgusting.

I use a turkey baster and then wipe it out and spray with antibac

So when I take my filter out the hole is full of water....am I supposed to drain this and clean and how!!!

It’s on my to do list for this week actually. I also take out the racks/trays whatever you call them and scrub rounds the edges. You wouldn’t believe the amount of grime that accumulates around them, vile!
I don’t do it monthly though, just whenever glasses are starting to come out looking a bit yuck,

Dont they both live in the house? Surely he could clean the dishwasher too?

I clean mine every month. I take the spray arms off and rinse them through and check they’re not clogged, then I take the filter out and remove any debris and wash it with washing up liquid as it gets slimy, wipe down the door seals, then I run it on the hottest cycle with a dishwasher tab. I also run a cleaning cycle on the washing machine every month. I also try and vacuum the fluff catcher out n the tumble dryer regularly too as one of our old tumble dryers nearly caught fire years ago from a fluff build up

We (ok mostly DP) clean the filter probably once a week, then either get one of the dishwasher cleaners and run on an empty cycle or manually clean it and then run on an empty cycle monthly ish. We use ours a lot though and it does seem to stop cleaning as well after a while 🤷‍♀️

Yes and the washing machine. The washing machine lets me know when it needs a drum clean. I can’t stand a smelly washing machines with black around the rubber.

I clean my washing machine and dishwasher once a month. No big deal. Takes 2 minutes.
Recently, we were at my stepson and step DIL house. I took a couple of pots into the kitchen and she said ‘Oh just stick them
in the dishwasher ’
I opened the door and it was fucking FILTHY! Bits of food, black slime… yuk. How could they think that their dishes were being cleaned? 🤮 but she is a bit of a dirty cow 🤣🤣🤣

oh god, what some of you are doing sounds exhausting!
a dishwasher is supposed to make chores easier - not add to them.

I take the filter out of the bottom and clean it once every 1-3 months. I do an empty wash with a dishwasher cleaner thingy once a year.

Weekly the filter gets cleaned in hot soapy water (it gets emptied and rinsed more than that).

Monthly I clean the doors and put bicarb and vinegar in it and put it on a short wash.

Every few months I take off the rotating things and clean those, and put a dishwasher cleaner on a intensive load