# Is Cascade dishwasher powder being discontinued?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cascade-dishwasher-powder-being-discontinued/955593 "2021-12-06T23:10:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cascade-dishwasher-powder-being-discontinued/955593/65 "2021-12-19T21:50:26Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Most dishwashers – and certainly mine – is designed to dispense a small amount of detergent in a pre-wash cycle before starting the main wash. The dispenser is divided into two sections for that purpose. With pods, it would be running the pre-wash on plain water.

Sort of… mine (a 2019 model) has all the lines for the powder along with a pre-wash depression, but in the manual, it very explicitly says that they recommend pods, not powder.

Personally, I like the idea of not having to fool with it, and just putting in a pod for each load.

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