As to whether cutlery facing up in the dishwasher basket gets cleaner than if it’s facing down, Ek says the difference is likely marginal. Instead, how you load them is more of a safety issue.

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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 ...