Hand-washing dishes beat my fancy dishwasher for a week straight
I ran a test comparing my $800 dishwasher against doing everything by hand for 7 days, and the dishes came out cleaner and I saved about 3 gallons of water a day. The secret was just soaking stubborn pans in hot soapy water before scrubbing, something the machine never really handles. Has anyone else ditched their machine for a specific meal or busy week?