AIBU to actually use my dishwasher

[EmJay19]

So for the past 5 years we’ve done it my husband’s way because I figured you’ve got to pick your arguments but now with new baby I really don’t want the extra work.

What currently does go in the dishwasher:
Cutlery
Crockery (plates & bowls but not big bowls)
Glasses
Mugs
Sometimes chopping boards

What currently does not go in the dishwasher:
Chopping knives
Any sort of cooking utensils (large wooden spoons, garlic crusher etc)
Saucepans
Mixing bowls
Oven trays
Sometimes chopping boards

So currently after dinner we put plates and cutlery in the dishwasher and wash and dry up everything else...

What do people put in their dishwashers? And what is a no no and why?

Apart from a few things that aren't dish washer safe (and some really nice glasses I'm extra careful with) everything just goes in the dishwasher. Why wouldn't you?

Everything but wooden stuff here. (And knives sharpened regularly).

Everything but things that aren't dishwater safe.

Everything unless it specifically says not to. I've recently moved into a house with a dishwasher and, because I bake and cook for a living, I'm literally saving hours every week by not washing up!

We put everything in.

My parents don't put in chopping boards- wood so would warp. Or chopping knives as they think they would break. Or serving dishes. Or saucepans. So similar to your DH.

Quite frankly if something doesn't survive then it doesn't deserve to live in our house.

As long as it is safe to go in the dishwasher it goes in.

If your DH says no, then he does the washing up, no extra work for you

everything except the Chef's knives. That's it. Everything else goes in. If it doesn't go in the dishwasher, it's not allowed in my house

Everything goes in when it fits. Your second list items might not go in but only by because of space. I'd rather wash a couple of big items than leave things around, especially if they need a scrub to get clean.
I always put chopping boards in as I think it's more hygienic.

Everything except knives, fiancé is precious about his knives!

Everything including the washing up bowl

Everything goes in the dishwasher, if anything isn’t dishwasher proof it doesn’t get used, or has no place in my home!

Most things but not the pans/knives that say they are better if they are handwashed, and glasses as I don't want them to break.

I don't think you're supposed to put your knives in the dishwasher, but I do. I shove pretty much anything that will fit in there, with very few exceptions.

Everything that’ll fit in there and won’t melt!

Everything. And if the dishwasher wrecks it, then our relationship wasn't meant to be.

Pans are better hand washed but dishwashing them doesn't ruin them overnight, it'll take about 10 years.

Everything as long as there is room.

With pans, we sometimes wash them if there isn't room to put them in as they are so big and I'd rather wash one pan than the equivalent of number of plates that take up that room but if at all possible they go in.

Everything that can - not wooden chopping boards, not the garlic crusher because I always seem to have to wash it by hand anyway, and stuff like cake tins/baking sheets and the Le Creuset. But all the normal stuff (pans, plates, knives, etc) goes in.

I've only got a small dishwasher, so often saucepans wont fit in, so I mostly do those by hand.
Pretty much everything else - including wooden spoons and spatulas; they wood has got a bit dark, but still perfectly useable, don't seem to come to any harm.
Long stemmed glasses dont really fit in.

Everything in this house goes in the dishwasher, regardless of whether it's 'suitable' or not. The exception is some vintage G&T balloon glasses that I have, which are very fragile glass.

For all my other pots, pans, knives, wooden chopping board etc - if it doesn't survive the dishwasher then it doesn't stay in my kitchen. I loathe washing up by hand.

Even my bamboo steamer goes in! The wood has darkened a bit but it still works well, hasn't split etc.

No wooden things. Nothing with a glued-on handle. No non-stick pans. No good chopping knives. No flasks etc with seals. Everything else is fine.

We tend to run the dishwasher once a day, which means that there’s not usually room for big saucepans or oven trays as well as everything else (3 teenagers). So the pans get washed by hand.

same rules as laundry here....if it goes in and something tragic happens then just too bad.

Crystal glasses excepted....strictly hand wash only.

I'd put the kitchen sink in there if it fit!

My dad used to be precious like your husband but the ex was a chef who bunged just about everything in so I was happy for the backup that my dad really was an idiot about it. Having said that, dad did come to realise what a pernickety muppet he was about so many things before he died, having had to do things himself after mum went into a home.

Yes, your husband is being a pernickety muppet.

Absolutely everything goes in here, unless not dishwasher safe or wooden. Your husband is... odd.