Point up or points down? (Poll and comments)

[Shawn Seeger]

So, spending the week at dad's house (very thankful I still have him)... Anyway we have been having "discussions" about things...

Now the poll question... when loading the dishwasher do you put points up or down? (Obviously he does it wrong, point up)

(PS... Tight if OMJ because this topic would have driven him crazy! Hahaha)

 

[nwbobber]

Sideways, obviously.

 

[Tinker]

Points up. It's how it's done in restaurants.

 

[nwbobber]

Honestly though, in that type dishwasher, the silver is sanitary after the cycle is finished , so why would you want to put your dirty hands on the part that goes in your mouth?

 

[Tom Butler]

Points up. It's how it's done in restaurants.

Yep, when I was in the business protocol was spoons and forks up, all knives down. Had my left thumb sewn back together at NW after someone put a chef's knife in my saute' station sink at Ivar's. Always be careful.
edit: Points up cleans dried on food better and allows some movement for more through cleaning and faster drying..

 

[Tinker]

Honestly though, in that type dishwasher, the silver is sanitary after the cycle is finished , so why would you want to put your dirty hands on the part that goes in your mouth?

You don't put your hands on the silverware either way.

 

[nwbobber]

You don't put your hands on the silverware either way.

How do you get them to the silverware drawer then? In a restaurant the employees wear gloves. In a home not so much.

 

[Brute]

Our dishwasher has a silverware tray…everything in horizontal

 

[Shad]

How do you get them to the silverware drawer then? In a restaurant the employees wear gloves. In a home not so much.

Napkin or dish towel.

 

[Shad]

I put them facing up, and I also make sure to sort them by type as I put them in the dishwasher. Makes putting the dishes away much faster (but costs more time loading, so it's probably a "wash...").

 

[Jim F.]

Points down. I don't use a dishwasher . . . I am the dishwasher and it's still points down. I have never inadvertently cut myself on an exposed knife handle . . .

 

[Buzzy]

@Shawn Seeger - you missed one category in your poll:

◯ Points both up and down*

*(it depends on who is doing the dishwasher loading ;-))

 

[Snopro]

Knives down, everything else up. *The good knives are hand wash only.

 

[Salmo_g]

Points up so that the business end of each implement gets more exposure to the wash water jets. Knives? Only table knives, the kind that can't cut you, go in the dishwasher. Any knife that qualifies as "cutlery" is hand wash only.

 

[Dave Boyle]

Our dishwasher has a silverware tray…everything in horizontal

Us too, the beauty of a Bosch...I surprised my wife to a new one recently to replace our old one of 20 +yrs, the noise reduction was astounding. Best $800 odd bucks I've spent in a while...other than on fishing gear obviously

Dave

 

[ColinShots]

Points up.

 

[Northern]

How do you get them to the silverware drawer then? In a restaurant the employees wear gloves. In a home not so much.

I wash my hands before I empty the dishwasher

 

[RCF]

I do not load nor unload the dishwasher.

 

[FinLuver]

Honestly though, in that type dishwasher, the silver is sanitary after the cycle is finished , so why would you want to put your dirty hands on the part that goes in your mouth?

Hopefully, your hygiene regime is a little better than a third world country’s, before handling clean dishes and silverware.

 

[FinLuver]

Points down. I don't use a dishwasher . . . I am the dishwasher and it's still points down. I have never inadvertently cut myself on an exposed knife handle . . .

Sharp knives go into the farthest back receptacle…then mixing/serviing spoons/spatulas…then silverware towards the front. No sharp stuff and inadvertent pokes/cuts.

Over fifty years of trial n error experience talkin’ there.