If only high school had covered the things we really need to know. We would have had a full semester on the right way to do laundry, run the vacuum and set out the recycling. Or we’d have had to take ...

It’s the household task that’s launched a thousand (or more) domestic disputes: loading the dishwasher. Silverware pointing up or down? Cram in those unwieldy pots and pans, or wash them by hand? How ...

Woman putting pots and pans in dishwasher - Carolyn Franks/Shutterstock We spend so much time in the kitchen planning, prepping, and cooking meals, most of us rely heavily on our dishwashers to make ...

A dishwasher is a machine used to clean your cookware, dishware, and cutlery automatically. Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, a dishwasher cleans your ...

How to load the dishwasher properly is a longstanding argument in many households. Do the forks face up or down? Can the bowls overlap or should they never touch? Do you have to rinse every speck of ...

We've known since January of this year, thanks to a study in the Chemical Engineering Journal, that pretty much everyone loads the dishwasher wrong. Researchers encouraged people to place their plates ...

"So, if you've rinsed everything off, it's not going to pick up that there's any dirt on the plates at all, and it just thinks, 'Oh, great, they're already clean. I don't need to wash as hard.'" You ...

We spend so much time in the kitchen planning, prepping, and cooking meals, most of us rely heavily on our dishwashers to make cleanup a breeze. It doesn't hurt that the high temperatures help ...