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Take This Step Before Leaving Clean Dishes In The Dishwasher Overnight By Moriah House Nov. 13, 2025 12:00 pm EST

Dishwashers are an incredibly convenient, magical-feeling perk of 21st-century life (even though you're probably loading the appliance all wrong ). However, as nice as it is to avoid hand-washing every single dish, a dishwasher isn't all sunshine and rainbows. For example, when you get home late at night, the last thing you want to do is spend 15 minutes unloading every clean pot, pan, and plate (and waking up the whole house in the process). Leaving clean dishes in the dishwasher overnight isn't ideal, but sometimes it's inevitable.

The main problem with postponing emptying the dishwasher is that the warm and steamy environment can promote bacteri

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