Do you wash/rinse/or do nothing to your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher?

Question

Settle a situation for my husband and I. He thinks dishes should just be put in the dishwasher after just being rinsed. I on the other hand think dishes should be scrubbed of all food before placing in dishwasher. What do you guys do?

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If you're scrubbing, why not just wash by hand since that's what you're doing anyways?

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This has been a huge point of contention in my marriage 😂😂  I was raised to scrub all the dishes and not have any food in the dishwasher. My husband hardly rinses and tosses things right in. 
so I Googled it.
The modern dishwasher has a sensor to detect how dirty your dishes are. If you scrub all the food off it won't wash as thoroughly. Basically you're supposed to rinse any large actual food chunks off and let the dishwasher do the rest.

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I put them in dirty and they always come out spotless. 🤷🏻‍♀️ if it’s something super sticky like honey or chocolate I’ll rinse it though.

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Knock any food into the compost and then put the dishes in the dishwasher. 
If it’s a pan with baked on stuff, then I fill it with water to soak for 10-15 minutes then dump the water and heavy gunk out then put in dishwasher. 
All this pre-wash and pre-rinse is unnecessary water usage for basically every modern dishwasher.

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I am the dishwasher. 😂

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My husband and I both hand wash our dishes we don’t actually use the dishwasher except as a drying rack

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Chunks = rinse
Anything else that’s liquid like condiments, grease, etc....throw it in 🤷🏻‍♀️

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My pots I have to scrub off the stuck on stuff, but I still put them in the dishwasher to sanitize them. Everything else might get a quick rinse.

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I used to just throw them in the dishwasher but then I had to take the sprayers out and spend about an hour cleaning them out lol. Now,  Depends on how much food is on the dishes. Like cereal, if it’s dried up around the bowl, I’ll scrub it a little.

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I’m a hand washer I don’t use the dishwasher.

Do you wash/rinse/or do nothing to your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher?

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