Your Dishwasher Isn't Broken—You’re Just Ignoring This Part

If your dishes are coming out of gritty or covered in a cloudy film, don’t despair. Your dishwasher isn’t dying. It merely has a filter that’s desperate for a deep clean. 

Most modern dishwashers built post 2010 moved away from macerators-noisy internal grinders that chewed up food and sent it down the drain. With increasing demand for quieter dishwashers, manufacturers replaced grinders with mesh filters that trap food particles. While this makes your kitchen more peaceful, it also means that if you don’t clean this filter...