On Sun 07 May 2006 07:21:46a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
Randall?

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> 28.19...
>> On Sat 06 May 2006 10:34:57a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
>> Randall?
>>
>>> I bought the larger of the two oxo salad spinners. I'm not sure about
>>> water getting into the top spinner lid mechanism. The one I've had
>>> for many years isn't closed in and I can put it in a sinkful of
>>> dishwater if I want to without worry about rinsing out the soapy dish
>>> water.
>>>
>>> How do you go about washing and rinsing the top spinner part; does the
>>> water always come out to dry?
>>>
>>> No answers from those who 'never' wash the top, please -- tee hee.
>>
>> Dee, is this the model you have? The description says "dishwasher
>> safe".
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/zs73z
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬ _____________________
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> Yes, thanks, Wayne, it is the one I bought.
>
> I did read that in my literature that "Your salad spinner is top rack
> dishwasher safe." I assume that they are speaking about the lid w the
> mechanism, which I'm speaking about, because the solid clear plastic
> bowl and the inside plastic basket-weave bowl are too deep to put in the
> top rack.

Oh, that's too bad. I can put an 8-qt stockpot on my upper rack,
seriously. I can fit the 12-qt stockpot on my lower rack.

> There is a another lid (not the spinner mechanism lid), which fits on
> top of the bowl to store the lettuce which I would not be afraid to put
> in the dishwasher.
>
> But the spinner-mechanism lid, which will fit on my dishwasher rack does
> take up a full 1/4 of my top rack, which I'm not willing to sacrifice
> the space for a multitude of cups/glasses. BTAIM, I would wash this by
> hand anyway. But the mechanism is almost enclosed (maybe a bit of
> hyperbole?) and it looks to me that it would take days for it to
> drip-dry, as well as a little mold here and there in the meantime drying
> it out.

Well, this is wehre you and I differ. I am willing to sacrifice any amount
of space to not hand wash something. I'm also willing to wash as many
multiple loads as necessary. :-) I just hate hand-washing.

> Just was wondering what most are doing with the washing and drying out
> (PLEASE NO HAIR-DRYER drying!) of this top lid so it's not air drying
> with water sitting in it while it is air drying. [I would probably have
> the same problem with the dishwasher, getting it to dry out.]

I would placing it upside down on the upper rack would minimize the amount
of water that stays inside. Likewise, storing the lid upside would
encourage faster drying.

> Thei OXO site was not available yesterday, but I just now find they are
> 'up' as I am writing this, and I copied this posting and hope they will
> get back to me.
>
> Yesterday when I wash washing pots and pans and things too big to run
> thru the dishwasher and things I won't run thru the dishwasher, I wash
> thinking of you, as I always do, when I think, "I wish I could be like
> Wayne and run these thru." But there were so many I'd be running it all
> day AND night. Do you put your nice antique cake pan in the dishwasher?
> I 'know' there are some things you must have to do by hand -- a stock
> pot? Fess up! Thanks for you nice reply, Wayne.

I'm really extreme when it comes to this. I sometimes remove the upper
rack in order to put something in so big that it would not fit otherwise.
:-) Periodically I even wash ceramic, glass, and metal decorative pieces
in the dishwasher when they require something beyond routine dusting.
However, I'll admit there are perhaps a handful of things in the house that
I fear would break if they were put in.

David bought himself an electric "omelet maker" a month or so ago. He
cooks in it and if he doesn't clean it up right away, it will sit there
until he does. I won't touch it since it isn't even submersible.

Even my electric skillets go in. The only appliance that doesn't is my
waffle baker, but it doesn't actually require washing, just a good wiping
out.

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Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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