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You're Doing It Wrong: How To Load Your Dishwasher

Okay, maybe there's no one right way to load the dishwasher. But there sure are plenty of ways to do it wrong. Mike Nerdig, marketing manager for dishwashers at GE Appliances, offers his top tips for getting sparkly-clean results. Stay Clear of the Rotating Spray Arms Those arms spin as they spray to shoot streams of water and detergent onto the dishes for a thorough cleaning. Anything that slips through a dishwasher rack—say, a spatula handle—can get in the way and prevent an arm from turning. The end result is a lousy dishwashing job. "Don't block the rotating spray arms," Nerdig says. "That's the number one cause of poor performance—a utensil or something getting under the rack and blocking the arm." He advises placing items with long handles, including pots and pans, along the side of the rack to eliminate the possibility they will interfere with a spray arm if they slip through, since the arms don't reach all the way to the sid