Can baking sheets be washed in the dishwasher?

Housewives who have recently acquired a “home assistant” are interested in whether the baking tray can be washed in the dishwasher. In fact, there are no problems here. If the size of the washing chamber allows you to accommodate the baking sheet, then it can be washed without difficulty. Some dishwasher manufacturers even include special attachments for washing baking sheets and large frying pans, so don’t be afraid to wash them in the machine. In any case, machine washing must be carried out correctly. How? We will talk about this now.

What to put in and how to wash?

Many housewives had and still have to wash greasy baking sheets with their hands. This is a very tedious task. Firstly, burnt fat does not come off easily, and you have to scrape the metal with a special plastic scraper to remove it. Secondly, for hand washing, the baking sheet must be placed in the sink so that greasy drops do not fly to the sides, and it is difficult for it to fit there. In general, washing such large dishes is an unpleasant and tedious task, so the dishwasher in this situation will act as a “magic wand”.

The dishwasher will clean the pan much more thoroughly.
The dishwasher will take a long time to wash the baking sheets, but there will be no manual labor.
The dishwasher cleans without mechanical impact, which means that the special non-stick coating of the pan will not be damaged.

Even a relatively safe plastic scraper, which removes burnt-on fat, will eventually damage the coating of the baking sheet, let alone abrasive detergents and brushes.

The baking sheet will take up a lot of space in the dishwasher, but you don't have to wash it alone.Place a large frying pan, saucepan, hood filter, duck meat, as well as cutlery. If you put it all together correctly, the result will be amazing. Let's begin.

First you need to remove the top basket. In machines with an upper cutlery tray, you may have to remove it if the baking tray will not fit.
On Bosch dishwashers, there are special grooves on the back wall on the inside of the washing chamber into which nozzles for washing baking sheets are inserted. We insert them.
We place the baking sheets vertically in the lower basket and lean them against the side wall of the washing chamber.
Place other dishes in the middle of the basket. If you have somewhere to put cutlery, you can load them too.
Add the detergent and close the dishwasher door.
Select the normal program with “Pre-soak”, if available. If there is no “Pre-soaking” mode, then it doesn’t matter, everything should be washed without it.
We wait for the washing to finish and evaluate the result.

Why didn't he wash himself off?

There are many housewives who blame the dishwasher, saying that it washes baking sheets and pans very poorly. Moreover, they almost always back up their words with photographs showing poorly washed baking sheets. When you start asking questions about how they laid out the baking sheets, what detergents they used, what programs they turned on, childhood mistakes pop up. Now we will discuss them.

Never place a baking sheet horizontally in the dishwasher basket. Firstly, water will accumulate in it, and the machine may freeze in the middle of the wash. Secondly, the baking sheet simply won’t wash well.
Do not place the tray vertically diagonally from corner to corner of the washing chamber.This way you block the sprinklers and prevent water mixed with detergent from reaching the most contaminated areas of items.
Do not turn on the quick wash mode. It is better to activate the normal or intensive washing program, this will improve the quality of washing.
Don't skimp on detergents. Use a whole tablet, not a half, or a dose of powder strictly according to the norm. It depends on what you use.

If you are sure that you are doing everything according to the rules, but the machine still does not wash the trays satisfactorily, then you need to contact a dishwasher repairman. Apparently there is some kind of malfunction.

What is the best way to wash?

Separately, I would like to note the fact that very often the dishwasher does not wash baking trays and other dishes “at full strength” because the owner has chosen the wrong detergent. There are a lot of publications on the Internet on the topic of preparing homemade dishwashing detergents in a machine. In an effort to save hundreds of dollars, people simply went crazy. They pour soda, mustard, and citric acid into the machine, and then complain that their “home assistants” don’t wash dishes well and sometimes even break.

When it comes to home remedies, experts are adamant. They reasonably believe that only certified powders, capsules and tablets can be used along with special salt and rinse aid. Only with such products can you achieve an acceptable washing result from your machine. It is best to buy those products that are recommended by the manufacturer of specific brands of dishwashers.. This means that the products have been tested in interaction with specific “home assistants” and have given excellent results. Treat your equipment with respect, and it will respond to you with long and flawless work.

So, we managed to figure out how to properly wash baking sheets and other similar dishes in the dishwasher. We looked at specific mistakes housewives make when machine washing baking trays and looked at what should be used to wash dishes in the dishwasher, and what should not be used to wash them. We hope the information we provide will be of practical help to you. Good luck!