The top comment on this post is “Just watch what the other dishes are doing and follow their lead. You can do this”. (TikTok screencap)
You’re going to go to cast iron hell for this
That’s enamel. It’ll survive once or twice.
Not before I take this steel wool scour pad to a fully seasoned Field Company cast iron skillet that was soaked OVERNIGHT in vinegar water and then complain how dirty it was.
My Mother in Law literally did this. She ultimately bought me a new one.
The nice thing about cast iron is, even if you fuck up the pan pretty good, you can always re-season it and it’s good to go.
Hell, even a the shittiest, oldest, rustiest cast iron pan is fine. Sand off the rust, and re-season!
It just wasn’t the same honestly. There were channels cut into the side after she cleaned it that I always got food stuck in that spot. I would have had to sand it down to get rid of it.
Yep a vinegar bath can pit the metal, it’s why vinegar isn’t used to strip them.
Joshua Weissman recommends doing a 50% water and 50% white vinegar bath. https://youtu.be/PDTCgxvmShc
I still need to redesign mine after years of slight abuse…
Might even be a bit better after the sanding depending on the amount of post processing done by the manufacturer.
Cast iron should be buried in the garden where it can decompose naturally.
I never put plastic in the dishwasher even if it says it’s dishwasher safe. Like so many tupperware I own have warped over time even if it says it’s safe in the dishwasher and microwave. Also I like to reduce my micro plastic intake.
Does your washer use a “heat dry” cycle at the end? Ive been putting in plastic lids on top and bottom racks but shutting off the heat dry setting for years and nothing’s warped, I think that’s the major culprit
Don’t own plastic, problem solved
I did until I had kids. Then I got tired of cleaning up broken glass at the worst times.
Always upvote nsfdw
This is a Bosch. It will probably be ok. They’re in a good neighborhood.
Not sure I follow. Someone care to fill me in?
American dishwashers run very hot and use harsh detergents. Some dishes and cookware will state on their packing or even on themselves that they are not dishwasher safe.
Despite this, the sheer convenience of the dishwasher will make people ignore the warnings, and the objects retain their basic functionality just often enough that the meme can be an open-ended YOLO-like joke, phrased like parental encouragement, instead of merely mocking people who try it.
With the exception of pots and pans, which take-up too much dishwasher space, if it can’t survive in the dishwasher, I don’t want it anyway. Run it through and if it breaks it breaks!
American dishwashers run very hot and use harsh detergents
How rude of them. I will use european dishwashers now and my dishes that aren’t dishwasher safe will be better than ever.
lol, I didn’t want to presume, especially based on my experience with weak-ass European clothes dryers.
Dishwasher safe usually means that the plastic is safe for up to boiling water temperature. You can alter the chemistry of plastics so that you end up with microplastics in your food if you go above certain temps with most plastics.
Dishwashers have different cycles but they also have a “sanitation” cycle often which runs the water at boiling temps to kill bacteria to make it “food grade safe”.
Also the cast iron is there to fuck with the cast iron cult since you’re not supposed to wash them thoroughly but instead keep a small coating of whatever was there that makes it non-stick. You can watch “How to season a cast iron” to get the gist of it.
“Dishwasher safe” only means the plastic itself won’t warp or disintegrate at consumer dishwasher temps. This is not the same as microwave safe, which means it won’t warp or disintegrate at boiling/steam temps.
All of the studies I’ve seen have proven that all food/dishwasher “safe” plastics release millions of particles every cycle. All plastics basically release microplastics at all times, but the amount rapidly increases at anything above room temp.
Most consumer dishwashers don’t go higher than 65-75c on any cycle (read the fucking manual). They clean by washing food away, not sanitization; including their self cleaning cycles.
“Food grade” has nothing to do with boiling point. Chicken is safe to eat at 75c. The min temp to prevent harmful bacteria growth of cooked food is 60c. Most of the salad you’ve ever eaten grew out of shit and has never seen temps above 30c, post harvest.
Source: science… mothafucka!
I hate dishwashers. They use more water and time than hand washing, and don’t even do a good job cleaning them.
Dishwashers use less water than hand washing. Perhaps you were imagining that the entire dishwasher fills up with water like a clothes washer does?
Dishwasher use less water and energy (for heating) than hand washing does 🥰
if your dishes aren’t clean then try putting dishwasher powder in the machine as well as in the small door for it.
if you want a deep dive then I highly recommend “technology connections” a youtube channel which has a longer video on dishwashers (and some tips on how to best use it)
If you hand wash your dishes for more than 2 minutes, using a dishwasher actually uses less water.
If the dishwasher isn’t doing a good job cleaning them, you probably did one of these things wrong:
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Didn’t run sink until it hit hot water
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Didn’t use powdered detergent
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Didn’t put powdered detergent in the pre wash slot
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Didn’t load the dishwasher properly
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Didn’t clean the filter
This video gave me a new appreciation on how these appliances work and showed me how to actually use them effectively!
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don’t even do a good job cleaning them.
yeah, if they’re shitty ones
Just don’t buy wood cast iron or garbage and you’ll be fine.
I have been putting the same wooden knives for 20 years in the dishwasher. They seem to be doing fine now
