Before I load, I wash by hand. It's stupid, I know, but I can't stand loading the dishwasher with remnants on my stuff.
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That's actually bad for your dishware. The washer soap is designed to break down the food particles from what I remember reading when I first got a dishwasher.

Could've sworn I saw a different video about it, but here's a news clip.
I do this too! 😆