A dishwasher is a convenient appliance that can clean a week's worth of dishes with the simple press of a button. But few things are more frustrating than when you go to unload your dishes and find ...

Few topics are as polarizing among roommates and clean freaks as the best way to load a dishwasher. Everyone has their own “system,” which they believe to be infallible. But in reality, it’s probably ...

Need some help with this kitchen staple? Our experts explain the right way to load and run a dishwasher.

There are some things in life that spark never-ending debate. Pineapple on pizza, for example, delicious or gross? Or the correct way to hang toilet paper. Is it over or under the roller? And right up ...

Brought to you by the researchers who spend their time studying the mysterious mechanics that happen behind the closed dishwasher door. Of all the complicated things we have to contend with in ...

How you stack and load your dishwasher is extremely important. Journalists, YouTubers, and dishwasher experts have all written guides on how to do it properly. One PhD student even wrote a 300-page ...

Are YOU loading your dishwasher right? Let me put this delicately: Consumer Reports doubts it very much. The venerable magazine published an article on this site a few days ago that touched off an ...

Experts have revealed a key reason we should not be rinsing off dirty dishes before loading them into the dishwasher. It has to do with the amount of water that's reportedly wasted by this habit.

Many people have a specific way they load their dishwasher—but the silverware basket often sparks the biggest debate. Some have turned to social media to proclaim that loading the silverware basket by ...

We've known since January of this year, thanks to a study in the Chemical Engineering Journal, that pretty much everyone loads the dishwasher wrong. Researchers encouraged people to place their plates ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...