are you washing your dishes correctly
let's talk about that
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good
mythical morning hey rhett how are you
doing in your home
oh i'm so homely
[Applause]
well at least you're the one saying it
not me yeah i'm of course still in my
home with all of us being in our homes
we've been cooking a lot more here at
the house which means that the dishes
have been piling up what's the dishes
situation like at your house right we
have more of them than normal yeah
because yes we're only eating in the
house a lot more dishwashing do you have
a system for washing your dishes uh if
by system you mean
taking the dishes and putting them in
the dishwasher and turning it on
yes
[Laughter]
my system
that ain't a system that's negligence
man listen i'm going to help you out and
i'm going to help you out today because
i am going to show you the best
near i say the best way to sud your
cruds or to de-ish your dishes it's time
for
your washing dishes wrong
okay rhett you've heard where love
making starts where is that in the heart
no in the kitchen and do you know where
dishwashing starts
in the kitchen no it starts in the
dining room i'm gonna tell you the same
thing that i tell my kids everybody's
gotta clean their own space that's where
the dishwashing begins did you get the
dirty dish that i mailed you
um
if this is what you're talking about
that uh was wrapped awkwardly in the
mail yes did you get the dirty napkin
that i mailed you the dirty napkin that
was with the plate yes okay now when
you're cleaning your space the thing
that you need to do is you need to take
your dish to the trash can maybe just
bring the trash can to you here just for
the sake of proximity and you use your
soiled napkin to scrape everything off
of the dish into the trash can and then
once you're sure you got everything
crumbs sauces all that type of stuff you
should have what appears to be
you know a reasonably clean plate this
way you actually don't have to pre-rinse
your plate before you destin it for the
dishwasher so you're saving time and
you're saving water let me just
interject i mean typically you're not
dealing with a plate that was mailed
over the course of a couple of days yeah
so i do think that pre-rinsing may be
required for this spaghetti sauce that
has been on there for more than 48 hours
all right now let's say you've moved to
the kitchen you got a pile of dishes
don't panic because i'm going to guide
you through how to do it properly with
my six phase process of
triage load wash rinse dry return
now let's start with phase one triage
okay rut for triage the principle is you
only want to hand wash the dishes that
the dishwasher shouldn't so step one you
want to step back and visually assess
your mess now don't panic the hand wash
items will reveal themselves to you
go to them that's big stuff that's bulky
stuff and that's weird stuff you want to
get your hands on those things and you
don't want to subject those to the
rigors of the machine what about wood
stuff what you want to do with your wood
stuff right well you got to scrub it
that's right you got to get your hands
on your wood right in order to make this
more simplified i have written a jingle
that i will perform for you now
oh gosh don't you
ever ever ever put your wood in the
machine it'll break your wood if you put
it in that thing use your hands to get
your wood clean don't you ever ever ever
put your wood in the machine
now you rat join in don't you
ever ever ever put your wood in the
machine it'll break your wood
if you put it in that thing only use
your hands to get your wood cleaned
don't you ever ever ever put your wood
in the machine
yeah that's good i love the song the
only thing my only small piece of
feedback is that when you said wood and
thing a lot of times i think of those as
the same
i'm glad you're into the song i'll take
that as a positive now that you've
triaged your wood pile is there you move
on to phase two
load
loading your dishwasher is extremely
crucial you want to get as much stuff as
you can in there but you want to space
it such that everything is sure to get
totally clean this is so crucial rhett
that i have crafted a video uh i mailed
it to you did you get that uh yeah i've
got it on my computer here okay good
just press play
and get ready for something amazing
first off all the utensils go in the
utensil holder right
and you always want to go handle side
down
except for sharp things which you want
to go sharp side down
and as you're placing utensils in there
go ahead and sort them so that like
utensils are in like zones to make it a
whole lot quicker to put them away once
they're clean
next up all cups and glasses lip down on
the top rack
and then
all plates facing the same direction on
the bottom right
now for these taller utensils that won't
go up right in the utensil holder i like
to put them laying down on the top rack
on their sides just make sure that
they're not too close together so they
all get clean
next take your bowls and glassware and
put them on the bottom rack angled down
but not flat and bonus points for adding
a couple of bowls on top of the tall
utensils
okay you dirty little dishes
daddy's gonna give you a nice
hot steamy shower
very soon
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and there you have it a perfectly loaded
dishwasher
oh yeah
um why are you making that face i gotta
say i'm on board for your system i'm
definitely not on board for your
expressions on your face or the way that
you get in sort of a weird sexually
aggressive relationship with your
dishwasher the dishes need to know who's
boss
that part is bothersome to me and you
might be surprised to know that thus far
i follow a pretty similar system for
loading you pre-sort your utensils i
don't do that sneak in a few more bowls
on top i haven't experimented with that
but you've tempted me you know what i
have confidence that you can
go that last five percent to perfection
and i'm here to help you do that but the
first thing you need to do is not start
the dishwasher you got to wait until
you're done with all the other steps
first in case you need to throw anything
else that you happen to find along the
way into that dishwasher which brings us
to phase three hand wash
all right first you want to set up your
hand washing station right so you're
gonna take the biggest bowl or pot that
you plan on hand washing you wanna go
ahead and grab that and oh you got one
you mailed it to me oh yeah that's right
i thought it was a bike helmet no that's
going to be your basin from which you
wash all of your other dishes you don't
want to fill up your whole sink or half
of your sink with sudsy water because
you might lose a finger digging down in
there so you're going to put hot suds in
that thing and then you're going to want
to take your brush and wash the other
side of your sink
what say that again you're going to want
to wash you wash the rinsing side of
your sink your sink because the last
thing you want is to wash dishes and put
them in a dirty sink my wife insisted
that we get a sink that didn't have a
divider so we're already sol i think
okay well then that bowl becomes your
divider and i want you to wash the
entire
sink around it
and i should mention before you actually
get to washing dishes it's a lot of hard
work so you want to be as comfortable as
possible see photo from davin look at
him he's cleaning his wood by hand good
job david i don't know if he sends you
these photos but david's been sending me
dishwashing photos for like years i've
got a whole zip file i can mail you you
know what i prefer you just keep sending
them to you i mean he's in breathable
attire he's not going to get too flush
and if he does you'll know it but if you
want to go a step further you could just
pull a rat
now i don't see any wood in this photo
but if you had any i'm sure you'd be
hand washing it in this illustration i
did not model for this picture i need to
keep the record straight here this is an
artist's underestimation okay now that
you're totally comfortable you're going
to want to start hand washing your
dishes so grab your dish brush
now
i don't mess with no sponges because
they are gross
well that's what i got right here yeah
you're going to want to replace that
thing at least once a week dude
now when you start hand washing you want
to grab your next biggest dish and wash
that within your bowl and then place it
in the washed part of your sink face up
and then you want to keep going through
increasingly smaller items and wash
those as you go
nest stacking them inside of each other
facing up
in the rinse side of your sink there's a
right way to do this and there's a wrong
way to do this have you ever washed a
set of russian dolls in this way no but
that is basically the principle that i'm
working with because it really aids in
the next phase i'll mail you some dirty
russian dolls
i'll show you how to clean them properly
and then i'll mail them back to you so
that you can do it right from here on
out okay good now as the dirty pile gets
low you're going to survey that pile to
see if there's anything else that you
can fit in any nooks and crannies in the
dishwasher so that you don't have to
waste time hand washing it and after
that it's time for phase four
rinse
rinsing is so important i made you
another video so
take a look
all right to teach you how to properly
rinse i've enlisted the help of my
eldest son
lincoln
i don't want to do dishes but
of course you don't but when you do it
the right way there's a satisfaction in
knowing that you've done it okay now
as you can see i've already done the
nest stacked and washed dishes all you
gotta do is i'm with you lincoln rinsing
you've got your towel there you got your
honey you need to grab you need to grab
another towel you know how to do this so
turn on the water and there's a
cascading effect so you take the top of
the stack and rinse that
that's a little no no no no no no no
don't grab that don't you don't all you
need to do is grab the top one and rinse
it and it will cascade to the next one
too much water too much water there you
go put that in the middle of the lincoln
is all of us there you go no put put
that one on top of that one right yeah
well all the way you can go all the way
and that way it's gonna drain yeah you
go rinse that
yeah see you're stacking it you wanna
offset it a little bit
now you got that biggie offset that see
how you're you're maintaining a lot of
real estate for other things on a small
towel i didn't see you rinse that one is
okay you're good
you're good you're good that one like
that all right
you see how everything cascaded down
like a chocolate fountain except it's
not chocolate it's water
and i'm not peeing in your mouth good
oh yeah look at that you like that now
hold on don't rinse my wood i'll do that
myself never rinse another man's wood
you know lincoln this is i feel like
this is a really good bonding experience
don't do that with the knife don't
teeter a knife
yeah just flat i think i really feel
like this is a bonding experience this
is something that we're going to
remember forever and
you're going to tell your children my
grandchildren about but how you learned
how to you didn't wash this very well
what's that i don't know don't show them
that and now all that's left to do is
dry
okay
you like that cascading effect i
appreciate it me too you don't believe
in a dish rack no a drying rack is just
a cabinet without a door
and dishwashing can be a family bonding
experience but sometimes it's better to
just do it all by yourself now on to
phase five dry
now you're gonna be tempted to let the
items just dry on their own but leaving
items to dry is just code for i'll let
somebody else who's not me try and put
these away later i don't fall for those
tricks once you start a job you want to
finish it completely so you want to dry
each item and then you want to stack
like items that go in the same
destination so that you can save travel
time and putting them away which brings
me to the final phase phase six return
and now you just put everything away and
i'm talking every single thing look
around your house you will find other
dirty dishes find them put them in the
dishwasher then you can start that
dishwasher you can wipe down the
countertops and then you want to grab
that final basin which is your beloved
bowl
and you know what you just want to maybe
give it a warm smile you've been through
so much together this is your moment to
bask in the glory of a clean kitchen you
can also say something meaningful to
your basin give it a shot
hello basin
um
i'm gonna name you mason stroke it a
little
uh
you know you
you arrived here very recently from the
neil home and you'll be returning
soon and it'll be a little piece of me
on you forever and of course that little
piece of me that's on you is going to be
immediately washed off by link because
he's an absolute maniac when it comes to
how well he washes things yeah so you're
going to want to wash that basin
gingerly you want to rinse it gingerly
you want to spend a little extra time
drying and buffing it and then you want
to put it away in its special location
knowing that you couldn't have done it
alone
and there you go rhett
you've made a new friend you know what i
want you to keep that bowl it's my gift
to you um okay we'll make it a popcorn
bowl
and this entire episode has been my gift
to you
can i ask you do you always do the
dishes at your house or do you ever let
anyone else do them because you know i
found a new trick and it's called
letting other people do the dishes it's
even better than your system they just
don't do it right so i usually have to
step in
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