On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:20:08 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/18/2017 12:30 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:45:41 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/17/2017 2:31 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> Overcrowding the utensil basket is another culprit. If your
>>>> dishwasher only has one wash arm at the bottom of the machine, water
>>>> must be allowed to flow betwen the bottom rack dishes in order to
>>>> reach the top rack.
>>>
>>> That reminds me of when I loaded the dishwasher when my brother was
>>> here. He actually started rearranging the flatware in the utensil
>>> basket after I loaded it. He put all the spoons together in one basket,
>>> forks together, etc. All facing the same direction. Wow. Really? You
>>> do know those spoons and forks might nest together, right? LOL
>>>
>>> Oh, and the dinner knives, including steak knives, he put in the basket
>>> point up. WTF?! Um, I really don't want to be emptying the dishwasher
>>> with even dull dinner knife blades pointing *up*. Yikes. He really had
>>> no idea how to load utensils in a dishwasher.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> I read in a manual long ago that
>> sharps (knives and pokey forks) go in point up, but, you select a
>> basket compartment where you always know they will be. For me, it is
>> the compartment at the back-right of the dishwasher. Point up and you
>> will not cut up the utensil basket, or drop the point low enough to
>> interfere with the impeller.
>> Janet US
>>
>That makes sense. My brother was putting them face up in the rack at
>the very front of the dishwasher. OUCH!
>
>Jill

In my house, that would be asking for trouble. We're always opening
the door just far enough to slip something in -- yowee!
Janet US