Let's see. 8 people. 5 dishes per person per meal. Two meals at home per day. 80+ dishes to wash each day. And that's when the toddler doesn't decide to empty the kids dish cupboard onto the floor and play with them.
...A soup bowl, a plate for the appatizer, a plate for the main course, a plate for dessert and a coffee cup saucer? I'm sort of at a loss at how you can have 5 plates per person as the "normal" number. I've had meals with more ppp (plates per person - it should totally be a sorting measure for meals!), but standard breakfast has, what, 2? Or are you counting cups/glasses/whatever?5 dishes per person per meal.
I'm using the word "dish" to include everything the "dish" washer is expected to clean....A soup bowl, a plate for the appatizer, a plate for the main course, a plate for dessert and a coffee cup saucer? I'm sort of at a loss at how you can have 5 plates per person as the "normal" number. I've had meals with more ppp (plates per person - it should totally be a sorting measure for meals!), but standard breakfast has, what, 2? Or are you counting cups/glasses/whatever?
Okay, that I can see. I was confused because I was equating "dish" with "plate"; if you include everything, 5 is far from an unreasonable number.I'm using the word "dish" to include everything the "dish" washer is expected to clean.
So we have a plate, possibly a bowl, one or two utensils, and a cup at each setting - so between 3 and 5 per place. Then we dirty another 10-20 dishes preparing and serving the food, so that adds about 1-2 dishes per person on average, so between 4-7 items to be washed per person, per sit-down meal.
You make this sound like a bad thing. That stuff should not be used on a wide scale. I would rather have to put in a little elbow grease than completely thrash the ecosystem.They all suck ever since the government made detergent companies eliminate one of the more effective chemicals for cleaning dishes.
Living around the great lakes I'm well aware of the damage phosphate based cleaners play a significant part in:You make this sound like a bad thing. That stuff should not be used on a wide scale. I would rather have to put in a little elbow grease than completely thrash the ecosystem.
Make sure you either have your hot water heater set at 140 or else use the built-in water heater, works pretty well.The big benefit of a machine above doing it by hand is Sanitation. When my parents put in the dishwasher 30 + years ago we stopped getting each other sick. If one of us came home with the flu, is did not spread as badly to the other brothers.
ABS softens at 180C, well above the boiling point.It's doubtful. You'll notice that in industrial sanitizers there is almost no plastic on the entire thing. I presume this has to do with the extreme temperatures it gets exposed to.
I know that's why "commercial" mixing equipment does not have a painted/enameled finish on the attachments.Bang a pot too hard and it cracks, if it gets a deep scratch it can harbor bacteria.