Thrilling dishwasher pill

[Bernadine]

If yours has a sanitize function, do you use it? I like the idea of it, but it doubles the running time of a load, and I’m wondering if it’s just a waste of energy.

[ssmjlm]

I had to check to see if ours even had that function, so obviously no, we don't use it. We don't even use heated dry either.

[mel]

We do not use it. Our dishwasher gets the water so hot that I feel like that's sanitizing the dishes enough.

[wanderingback]

I (typically) use my dishwasher as a drying rack because I wash things by hand as I go, it's just easier for me and I'm used to not having a dishwasher. I just looked and my dishwasher does have this feature, but no I don't plan to use it. I googled and it says that it's certified to kill 99% of bacteria? That is interesting, but no I don't think I have a need for using that feature.

[ally]

We don't use it.  We use express wash and heated dry - some things are still wet, but there are far fewer streaks.

[pixy0stix]

Yes, I use it. Specifically if we've been sick (@ especially the kid's bottles/sippies), or if I'm canning I run the jars through a sanitize cycle.

ETA: Our dishwasher doesn't have heat dry.

[gerberdaisy]

We don't use it. Melts/warps any plastic that's in there, takes too long, and our water is really not, never been worried about whether it was clean.

[wildrice]

Hmm now I am not sure? Our dishwasher takes like 3+ hours to run so maybe it's on that setting always. It's so annoying how long it takes to run!

[alicethellama]

I never did until this winter when DS had influenza. I’ve been using it these past few weeks too just because it makes me feel better.

[pixy0stix]

Apr 8, 2020 14:38:14 GMT -5 Catlawdy said:

Just when I'm canning. I sanitize multiple ways b/c I'm worried about bacteria in my jars.

Do you also boil? Because I do the same thing. I can never tell if it's overkill or if I'm just being smart. LOL!

[lolalolalola]

We have it but have never used it as far as I recall.

[melsbels]

We used it to death to sanitize bottles, sippy cups, pump parts, and teething toys for about a year, because twins. I wasn’t hand washing 15 bottles and parts each day lol. Anyway the excessive heat corroded the bearings on the top rack, which fell apart, and then small pieces of that trickled into the the pump and ruined the whole dishwasher.

So, now we only use the (new) dishwasher on sanitize if we are sick lol

[pandora89]

I did when DS was little and using bottles and I got tired of hand washing but otherwise, no.

[Alps79]

No, never.

[Susie]

I use it now because I put my pump parts and my son's bottles in there, but under normal/non-baby circumstances I don't.

[nospaekae]

Only when prepping jars for canning.

[usuallylurking]

Apr 8, 2020 14:46:13 GMT -5 Catlawdy said:

Apr 8, 2020 14:43:23 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Do you also boil? Because I do the same thing. I can never tell if it's overkill or if I'm just being smart. LOL!

Hand wash, dishwasher, plop in boiling water, then in the oven at a temp over 220 until I'm ready to fill and put in the boiling water bath.

If it's overkill, I don't want to be right.  If anyone gets botulism, it won't be from my apple butter.

Lol, this is exactly my sentiment and your process is the same as ours. It also makes me very skeptical of accepting canned goods from others, which makes me feel hypocritical.

[felicity]

I never have, not for pump parts or anything else. We've never gotten sick from using the normal wash, so I see no reason.

[DarcyLongfellow]

I use it every time I run the dishwasher. I never really thought much about it. It has the feature, and I just figured sanitizing is better, right?

I always run my dishwasher overnight, so the length of the cycle doesn't really matter to me.

[dragon's breath]

I also only use mine for canning (and only if I'll be doing a lot of water bath canning, sterilizing isn't necessary for pressure canning).

[pooh8402]

Only if I need to actually sanitize something. So I've used mine like twice.

[Deleted]

I have used it, but don't use it regularly. My dishwasher is a million years old and already insanely inefficient with a super long cycle, plus, I don't really see the need to use it on a regular basis.

[Mrs.flang]

My H always uses it when he runs it, but I don't because I thought it seems like overkill.

[larzhope]

we've been using it the last week or so, but otherwise no.