Dishwasher madness!

[Timeforausernamechange]

Just emptied and refilled our (full-size) dishwasher for the 2nd time today ( and it's not even bed time... AIBU to think this is ridiculous?

We are a family of 2 adults and 2 kids (3&1) and we do tend to cook from scratch. DD also has an afternoon nursery place which means she needs to be fed before I drop her off at 12.00. This means we can sometimes end up with 5 mealtimes over the day, which might explain some of it. But even so it seems ridiculous.

How many times do you run your dishwasher every day?

[Sofabitch]

I was reading an article the other day that said multiple dishwashers is the must have for kitchen design.

I'm always filling mine. I think in all reality I should just replace my cupboards with them and live out of them 😂

[teacher54321]

Three of us here and we normally run it once a day, maybe twice at the weekend. Today we had friends round for a big Sunday lunch and we've had it on 5 times!! We wash everything through it though-saucepans and all.

[CheddarGorgeous]

britbat I laughed out loud at that. Sorry, not showing much solidarity.

We are a family of three and usually fill it once a day. But we are tenacious in our aim to fill every single space. Everything still comes out clean even when it's piled high.

[YelloDraw]

Goes on after dinner, or if at home during the day and cooking then after lunch and dinner.

It costs something like 30p to run a load and it is more economical than running hot water and washing things up by hand.

[PinkSwimGoggles]

every other day with a full size one.
partly due to stacking cleverly and partly due to re-using cups.

[Eolian]

4 of us. Never need to run the dishwasher more than once a day unless we have guests. We cook from scratch.

[Justwhy]

Every other day but we don't wash pots and pans in it. 2 adults, 4 year old and baby.

[woodhill]

About once a day but maybe twice if I bake etc, 2 of us at the moment. Will wash up pans sometimes.