Wondering how to properly store cutlery in your dishwasher?
This is important so that knives, forks and spoons are well washed!
Some people think you should put all the cutlery down and some people up.
But there is also a question of safety:knives with the point upwards are much more dangerous for you and your children.
Luckily, we did the investigation to finally find out what is the correct way to put cutlery in the dishwasher . Watch:
1. Put the spoons with the handle down without sticking them to each other.
2. Place the forks with the tips up without sticking them to each other.
3. Store knives with the tips down.
There you go, you now know how to properly store your cutlery in the dishwasher :-)
Easy, fast and efficient, right?
This method is perfect for having well-washed cutlery while avoiding the risk of injury to you and your children.
Indeed, the most common household accidents are children falling on the dishwasher and skewering on knives or forks.
In addition, it is much more hygienic to be able to put and remove the knives by the handle.
Why ? Because it avoids getting your hands dirty when putting away dirty cutlery and dirtying them when emptying the dishwasher.
- Do not put all the spoons in the same place. Why ? Otherwise they may nest with each other and not be washed well.
- Same for forks. The best is to alternate, forks, spoons and knives so that they never get stuck.
- If you don't have wire mesh on the cutlery basket, the safest thing is to also put the forks with the tips down.
- If you have thin and pointed knives, it is best to wash them by hand so that they do not pass through the basket and block the rotation of the washing arms.
- If you have a removable mesh on the cutlery basket as shown below, it is best to remove it completely, as it will be much easier to store the cutlery with the point down.
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- These tips work for all dishwasher brands:Bosch, Electrolux, Siemens, Whirpool, IKEA, etc.
If you have a dishwasher with a cutlery drawer, it's even easier!
Indeed, you have no risk of injury, because the knives are stored flat.
To ensure that your cutlery is properly washed in the drawer, follow the following guide:
1. Unlike the cutlery basket, put knives with knives, forks with forks, and spoons with spoons in the cutlery drawer.
2. Put the knives at the bottom right, the forks at the top right, and the spoons at the bottom left.
3. Place the knives on the slice with the cutting blade down.
4. Store the forks on the edge with the tips to the left.
5. Put the spoons on the slice with the domed side on the right.
6. Store large utensils like salad spoons in the middle.
