How to load a dishwasher – part 2 (the dreaded nestle)

Posted by Jonathan on September 20th, 2007 filed in dishwashers

Must not nestle!

Dishwashers clean but shooting water onto and past the dishes and cutlery (silverware).  If the water can’t reach each surface effectively the object may not get clean.

It’s essential to avoid ‘nestle’ in the cutlery (silverware) basket.  A good example of the nestle problem is spoons – two identical spoons cupped within each other prevent good water flow across the surface of the spoons.

To avoid ‘nestle’ I use the following techniques: 

• Placing a mix of spoons, forks and knives (eg) in each of the basket compartments.  (A knife and spoon are much less likely to nestle than two spoons.)
• If there are multiple of similar items (eg 2 forks) in one compartment then I place some tines down and some tines up – again reducing the chance of ‘nestle’.