LPT: Using a dishwasher: Load back-to-front, unload bottom-to-top. Run hot water through your sink before starting a cycle and always add soap to the pre-wash.
LPT: Using a dishwasher: Load back-to-front, unload bottom-to-top. Run hot water through your sink before starting a cycle and always add soap to the pre-wash. Load back-to-front: Because dishes are heavy. Putting a lot a weight on the font of an extended dish rack without counter balance can cause damage to the tracks/wheels. Unload bottom-to-top: Because dishes don't always drain perfectly. Unload the bottom-rack dishes first to avoid dripping water that may have pooled on top-rack dishes on to them...