Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Tue 06 Sep 2005 05:46:07a, ~patches~ wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>>>Andy
>>>>Something else to clean
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>>>I have always put the crock and lid in the dishwasher. I use virtually
>>>nothing in the kitchen that is not dishwasherable (is that a word?),
>>>except my good knives, which I hand wash.
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>>Andy, I put the crock and lid in the dishwasher too. Wayne, I don't put
>>my pots and pans or any non-stick pans in the dishwasher. My pots and
>>one fry pan are stainless steel with a polished finish. I find the
>>dishwasher leaves spots that I don't like and sometimes there is a film
>>left on the inside. I treat my non-stick frypans and wok with kid
>>gloves. IME the dishwasher not only leaves spots on the non-stick
>>surface but lessens the lifespan of the non-stick surface. My good
>>knives are handwashed too.
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> I don't like dishwasher spotting either, but luckily mine rarely does it.
> I also have polished SS pots, well the interior is a brushed finish, but
> they come out spot free 99% of the time. I only own one non-stick pan and
> I've had it for years. When I take it out of the dishwasher, I rub a tiny
> bit of oil on the non-stick coating. As long as nothing is actually
> touching the nonstick surface, it seems to fare well in the DW.
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I'm not sure what is causing the spotting. We have soft water and I use
Electrosol Gel with Jet Dry Action. For some reason my pots don't like
the dishwasher. Fussy little buggers, I tell you! Thanks for the tip
of rubbing a little oil onto the non-stick coating. I'll give it a try.