A couple here. We cook and eat dinner at home about 6 of the 7 nights. With that we control ingredients (sodium/fat etc) and portion size - as well as save a ton of $$ annually. That said, we have 2 sets of 4 'everyday' dinnerware and silverware.
So, after the home dinners, she washes everything in the sink (using WAY too much water, but shhh - commented a few times, and....yikes). Then puts in our LG dishwasher and runs about every 3-4 days. We have an "instant" hot water system installed in the house so the water is HOT during the cycle. I would hope that sanitizes better than simple sink wash.
Also - knives. I've always seen to NEVER wash knives in a dishwasher. I believe it refers to kitchen knives and not silverware knives. Apparently it expedites edge wear and knives can shift during wash dulling them. I don't put them in the DW.
My 2 cents.
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