On 8/18/2017 2:12 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> 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
>
Thanks for the info. I knew it wasn't right to put them in the front
basket.

Jill