The Dirtier Dishes And Glasses, The Better!

You can do a better job washing the dishes by being lazier. Yes – I said LAZIER! According to a cleaning expert in Australia, you should stop rinsing dishes before…

Carla Rea

Updated Aug 4, 2020 10:06 AM PDT

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You can do a better job washing the dishes by being lazier. Yes - I said LAZIER!

According to a cleaning expert in Australia, you should stop rinsing dishes before you put them in the dishwasher, because that could make them wind up LESS clean.

Why? Well most modern dishwashers have sensors that figure out just how dirty the dishes are, and then adjust things like water temperature and jet pressure to match. So when you rinse off your dishes, even though they're still pretty dirty, the dishwasher senses that they're clean and only uses a light wash.

What's a neatnik to do? Instead of rinsing them, you should scrape off solid food before you load the dishes, but that's it. Then just load the dishwasher!

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Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.