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Modern dishwashers use 4-6 gallons per load. The average faucet flow rate is about 2 gallons per minute. I’ve cut back on pre-rinsing because its mostly unnecessary and a waste.Yep. Takes all of 10 seconds to rinse and place in dishwasher if you do it right away
I might not worry about rinsing if I ran my dishwasher daily but I don't like the idea of plates with food debris sitting in there for any period of time
I grew up basically rinsing dishes spotless before putting into the dishwasher. Pots, pans, tupperware, etc got hand washed. Now I do a good scrape into the trash then straight into the dishwasher. Light pre-rinse if necessary with everything dishwasher safe going in. We run it every 1-3 days because is fills up quick between pots/pans and blender bottles.