It can actually prevent your clothes from getting clean.

Here at Consumer Reports, we take dishwasher loading pretty seriously. For our performance tests, we load each dishwasher with 10 place settings of white ceramic dishes with baked-on food, then run it ...

Think you know how to load a dishwasher? Our experts do. Here's how to make your dishes shine. I’m not really particular about how to load a dishwasher, but I have a friend who’s the total opposite.