# Do you pre-rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pre-rinse-dishes-before-putting-them-in-the-dishwasher/569928 "2011-02-02T19:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pre-rinse-dishes-before-putting-them-in-the-dishwasher/569928/41 "2011-02-03T17:46:03Z")

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I don’t own a dishwasher, but I pre-rinse as many things as need it, as well as soaking the pots and dishes that have baked-on residues, then I empty ouf the soaking water and pre-rinse them before the proper wash. It might sound like this requires a lot of water, but it actually doesn’t - I believe this uses considerably less than a dishwasher.

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