"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> I wash most plastic ware in the top rack. Depending on size, cookware is
> usually washed on in the lower rack and occasionally in the thop rack.
> There's pracctically nothing I wash by hand. I figure, why have a
> dishwasher if I still have to hand wash.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

Same here. The good knives and some of the cookware does not go into the
machine. If we use a pot to boil potatoes, a swish with a soapy sponge is
all that is needed to clean it and there is more space in the DW for other
stuff. Pans I always let soak with some water in them. All the plastic
goes in the DW and makes no difference upper or lower in mine.

Most times it is run full, but if we need some of the contents and it is 3/4
or so, we just crank it up. I do 90% of the machine anyway.